OMG My Air Conditioner Broke!
Posted by Laurie
I was going to write a post about how little time I spend reading the week-by-week pregnancy updates, as compared to the immense amount of time I devoted to that during my first pregnancy. I was going to write about how this second child is already getting less attention than my first, but, I can’t even write about that right now, because I am totally sidetracked by lack of AC! It was in the 90s today. It’s 85 degrees right now, and a high of 98 tomorrow.
We have AC working on the first floor, but it broke down today on the second floor where the bedrooms are. If it was only my husband and me at home, we’d live, but with Blake, my sweet little 2-year old? Poor thing! His crib is upstairs and we’ve debated all options. It’s too late to go to my parents’ house, his crib is too heavy to carry downstairs, so we put on our little fan and my husband is out running to Walmart to buy an industrial strength fan. We have an emergency AC guy coming sometime before midnight, but who knows if he can fix it? And in terms of stressful marital moments, lack of AC certainly creates one.
I guess I am back to my original topic. There is so much going on in life and so much of my energy is taken up by Blake that I just don’t have the time to devote to the wonder and excitement of my pregnancy. (Just checked the baby monitor, thank goodness Blake fell asleep!).
A while ago I wrote a post about the affect of birth order on personality. The first-born is the approval-seeker, having been lavished with attention and praise throughout childhood. The second-born tends to be a risk-taker, possibly trying to steal attention. I can already see this happening during pregnancy. My husband and I talk about this second pregnancy about one-third as much as we talked about the first one.
I guess that’s just how things go. Now if only the AC guy would show up!!!
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If it makes you feel any better, my parents live in your town and their house does not have central AC. They have a window unit in the kitchen, one on the family room (both downstairs) and a portable one in their bedroom. That’s it. Their house is brutal in the summer.
Good times.
I feel for you in the heat! Especially if you are used to having central air!
Try not to worry about the difference in attention that you are paying to this pregnancy vs. the last one. It’s just par for the course! Everything will work out just fine!