Thursday, July 13, 2023

The We Dodged a Bullet Weekly Link Round-Up

 


I'm still in shock over what happened Sunday, so I have to share. Denis used to work 2 PM to midnight before he retired, and for some reason, both of us have stuck with the same sleep pattern. This means that we go to sleep sometime around 3 AM and get up between 10 and 11 AM. (Just setting the stage for y'all.)

I woke up several times during the night and even turned the ceiling fan up a notch, which isn't normal for me. It was warm in the house, and I saw that the temperature on the little clock that I have on my side of the bed said 87° when it had never had a reading above 81° before. (I know what you're thinking, but that's cool here in the summer.) I never once heard the air conditioner running. I got up at 11 AM and took a shower, knowing that something had to be wrong but trusting Denis to have noticed and called it in.

I was wrong. When I told him that the thermostat was dead, yada yada yada, he called the company who installed and services the air conditioner at 12:15 PM. Both of us were expecting to be sweating in the house for at least a day. The repairman arrived at 1:20 PM, and the air conditioner was fixed twenty minutes later. Boy, did we dodge a bullet on that one!
 
The red hot speeding bullet of a broken air conditioner...

My leg is s-l-o-w-l-y improving, and besides the usual household chores, I have home health nurses who come on Mondays and Wednesdays to change the bandaging. One of the nurses is a young man named Alex, and when I told him that the area code of his phone number looked familiar, we found out that we're basically from the same neck of the woods. (Me from south of Decatur, Illinois, while he's from Quincy, Illinois.) The work week concludes with Dial-a-Ride to the doctor's office on Fridays. Thank heavens I have good books, knitting, and plenty of British crime dramas to get me through these interminable medical appointments!

Which reminds me: the company that "supplies" the bandaging and other necessities is pretty much worthless, so I'm relying on Amazon and some online medical suppliers to send me the things that are needed. I did manage to take advantage of a sale, so I'll be getting a shipment of yarn within a week or so-- so much better than bandages, disinfectants, and antibiotics!

And that's my week. Boring, but ever so much better than many of the alternatives that I can think of. I hope you're enjoying summer; staying cool when necessary, taking road trips when possible, and finding good books to read.

Enjoy the links!



►Books & Other Interesting Tidbits◄
 
►Book Banning & Censorship◄


►Channeling My Inner Indiana Jones◄

 
►Channeling My Inner Elly May Clampett◄
 
►The Wanderer◄
 
►Fascinating Folk◄
  • Françoise Gilot, whose art transcended her relationship with Picasso, has died at the age of 101.
  • William Dorsey Swann, the first self-proclaimed drag queen was a formerly enslaved man.
  • John William Boucher, the 72-year-old who lied about his age to fight in World War I.
  • How Ann Rule, the Queen of True Crime, transformed murder stories forever.
  • Enslaved by George Washington, Harry Washington escaped to freedom-- and joined the British Army.
  • Isabelle Eberhardt, travel's rebel with a cause.
  • The genius behind Bisa Butler's vibrant quilts.
  • How Thomas Edison tricked the press into believing he'd invented the light bulb.
 
►I ♥ Lists◄

That's all for this week! Don't forget to stop by next Friday when I'll be sharing a freshly selected batch of links for your surfing pleasure.

No matter how busy you may be, don't forget that quality Me Time curled up with a good book!

17 comments:

  1. So glad you got your a/c fixed as I heard it was going up to 112 degrees in Phoenix. Also glad your leg is improving, albeit slowly. Thanks for putting up these links. So many good ones. More books to ponder. I have only read five of the top 20 books read. Better crack those books (figuratively) and stop streaming.

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    1. It was 117° today. (What's a mere 112°?)

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    2. Hope everyone survives, especially anyone working outside or tourists who may not realize how dangerous this heat is.

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    3. Organizations here in the desert that involve the outdoors are learning that they must compensate for human stupidity by closing their businesses during these excessive heat advisories-- or at least closing the parts that involve being outdoors.

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    4. Then there are immigrants who cross the desert in this heat.

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  2. Yipes! You really did dodge a bullet with that air conditioning, Cathy! That could have been an absolute disaster. I'm glad your leg is healing, and that you've got books, knitting, and crime dramas to keep you going through all of those appointments, bandaging, and so on. I want to go to the Bahamas to check out those shipwrecks, but when I get back, I'll look over all those books...

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  3. Can't imagine no AC in that kind of heat, Cathy. Thank goodness you were on top of the problem - and even more thanks that the AC company was so efficient in handling the problem for you guys. Hang in there...hope you're better soon. (Way to go, Amazon.)

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    1. As I told Margot, I'm still in awe over the company's rapid response.

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  4. Getting your AC fixed that fast is definitely a true blessing. I'm glad you didn't have to suffer through the Arizona heat without it!

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    1. I have lived through Arizona summers with no AC, and I definitely never want to go back to those days!

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  5. Wow! I'm impressed with the speed of your AC repair company. It is terrible to wake up in the middle of the night and know something is probably wrong, but waiting until morning to figure it out. Makes for a rough night of sleep. Glad there isn't too much else going on for you. Sounds like you've got plenty to keep you busy!

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    1. I definitely haven't been sitting around twiddling my thumbs! LOL

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  6. I'll add my delight to hear that your A/C company was so swift with their repair. Yes, you did dodge a bullet there. I bet they are busy, busy, busy as the ones in our area are. We're not as hot as you guys, but we've come a lot closer than I would like and that's a bit unusual. Part of the problem here with the high temps is that it's not getting cool enough at night and the humidity is up for some reason. Hope this too shall pass eventually. We recently got back from a vacation to coastal Oregon and the cool, winds were great and almost felt a little cold to us. Ha!

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    1. Coastal Oregon sounds like bliss to me right now! "Not getting cool enough at night"? I hear ya! It's not uncommon to have a few summer nights where the temperature never gets below 100° here in Phoenix.

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  7. Great roundup as usual and good to hear that your leg is healing. Sending good wishes your way for continued and fast healing.

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