"Bruce" > wrote in message
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> On Wed, 22 Jul 2015 00:48:11 -0700, "Julie Bove"
> > wrote:
>>
>>Let's see. I have one near the front door. One near the two bedrooms. I
>>bought one for husband to put in his room but he didn't. Angela has one
>>by
>>her computer. I have two little battery operated ones near mine. She has
>>the same on the back of the couch. There is one on the kitchen counter
>>near
>>the door. There is a big one around the corner from the kitchen door.
>>There is one by the sliding door. One by one window in this room and a
>>tiny
>>one in the other window. It is a personal fan so basically just blows on
>>whichever cat is on the perch. There is another little one in front of
>>the
>>couch. And there are two in each bedroom, one by each bed. So I guess we
>>are really only using 13.
>>
>>There are a lot of windows in this house but several of them don't open.
>>
>>Keep in mind that the entire middle portion of this house, has no windows
>>whatever. It's just a walk through dining room. Which obviously nobody
>>uses for any reason when it is hot. Nobody likes to sit in an oven and
>>that's essentially what it is. This is in no way any kind of a normal
>>floor
>>plan.
>
> You beat me. We have 8 on the ceilings, 1 standalone, 1 table model
> and 1 airco.

Oh snap! I think I only listed two ceiling ones. There are three. They
should have put one in the dining room. I think that would have really
helped.

We had a three bedroom house on Cape Cod that was bigger than this. But it
had a different floor plan entirely and a basement. It got very hot and
muggy there every summer and I managed with no AC up until I got pregnant.
And then I got grumpy. Got a window unit for the spare bedroom which was
where the computer was. I pretty much moved in there. I'd use the kitchen
or bathroom but even ate my meals in there.

Pregnancy does weird things to ya. I never had any food cravings like some
do. Perhaps because I was good to take vitamins and I ate only healthy
foods. When I do have cravings, it is because my body is lacking in
something, like magnesium.

But I did crave comfort! Towards the end, I was miserable because my feet
and lower legs ballooned up. I was starting to go into Pre-Eclampsia when I
was induced a day early. And I couldn't really elevate my feet very well
because I was told only to lie down on my left side. So I could elevate the
one leg somewhat but trying to do the left leg was a tad uncomfortable.
That's where the AC helped. The cold air helped to bring the swelling down.

I remember going to the Mutual of Omaha Zoo in Nebraska when we were passing
through. It was a wicked hot day and we had to do a lot of walking.
Normally I like going to the zoo but this was too much. I found a little
building with a fake cow in it and it had AC. The cow was nice and cool and
I kept hugging it. Husband was getting mad at me because he thought I had
some sort of thing for the cow. I couldn't get him to understand that it
was the AC I was after.

Back at the motel, I was so miserable from the swelling of my feet and legs
that I made numerous trips to the ice machine, filling anything and
everything that I had. I always travel with at least a few zip top bags.
Could have used a few more that time! I got on the bed and packed bags of
ice all over my feet and legs and within about a half an hour, the swelling
went down.

I don't know what it is about heat that does that to me. Also really dry
air, too much humidity and flying in an airplane. Maybe it's because I am a
Cancer. I just have a great propensity for swelling.