Having one son home schooling I had to come up with a better solution. We have to really watch Brock in that kind of heat anyway because there's a possibility of it triggering a seizure. We live in a townhouse where we aren't allowed to have those window air conditioning units for liability reasons (should it fall). We own one of those units from our old apartment and it's been sitting covered up on our back patio. I plugged it in and it still worked so I got a little creative!
Since we can't have it in a window, I though, why not a sliding door? I pulled our folding table up to the slider outside so they formed an "L". I put some pots that had plants in them on the far end (so that the weight of the air conditioner wouldn't flip it over). Then I put the air conditioner on the other end by the slider. Now, at our apartment, we did a nice job installing it. We went and bought Plexiglass so the window was still pretty, but here, I only plan on leaving it up for a day or two until it cools off. Since it's very temporary, I used cardboard boxes and blue painters tape. It's definitely not going to win any beauty prizes, but it worked!!!! The downstairs was so cool in fact that we had a family slumber party in the living room. The kids took the couches and we broke out the camping mattress and slept on the floor.
It will be much more bearable today as things cool down, and hopefully our nice Fall weather we were having will return this weekend, but for now, whatever works!
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