Yesterday afternoon around 1 p.m. Katie called down stairs to tell me that the air had gone up to 88 degrees in the house. We checked the air conditioner and could feel air coming out but it wasn't the normal cooled air. We were able to get a Sunday service call but it was not a repair that could be done that afternoon and the return call would not be until first thing Monday morning. We got a hold of our landlady who is currently in Panama and she asked us to get a second set of eyes to look at the unit and give an estimate. Unfortunately, the man she suggested also couldn't come out until first thing Monday morning. After some debate about spending the night at a hotel we decided to tough it out and use fans to get through the night. It was a miserable night as poor Arianna just couldn't keep cool even with a fan on her crib. She woke up several times and at one point was awake for about a two plus hour stretch between 1:00 and 3:30 a.m. She finally fell asleep and slept until a little after 7 a.m. She was happy this morning but still tired and went down for her 9 a.m. nap happily even though she had only been up two hours.
The repairman suggested by our landlady showed up right at 8 a.m. and for now has gotten the unit back up and working (cool air never felt so good). It is a bit disappointing that the first repairman couldnt get it back up and running at least for last night as this one did. However, even this repairman says it is just a temporary patch job and that the unit will have to be rewired and repaired though his estimate is substantially less than the first one. He is communicating directly with our landlady who to her credit has said to him to get it fixed asap. Much like the blackout last week this was another dry run for a hurricane aftermath when we wouldn't have A/C though this time we got to see how it would be if we at least had battery powered fans and frankly it is only marginally better.
