It's hot in Baltimore.

Yesterday was the hottest day so far of the summer (with today coming in as a close second, apparently), and my air conditioning stopped working.

You may remember my expressing some concerns regarding my air conditioning unit and then shrugging it off on my own incompetence, but no. As it turns out, it's actually not working. The fan works -- I can hear it -- but the actual compressing-thingy isn't moving. Like, at all. So that's upsetting.

There are a few things I'm going to try when I get home (I escaped to my parents' house shortly after I realized I was going to die of heat), and then I'll see about calling someone to come out and fix it while I'm in Arizona (if my mother concedes to drive aaaaaaall the way to the house. Again. I should buy her flowers or something as a thank-you for sitting around waiting for my repairmen/install guys all the time). And if any of you have other suggestions for things I can try myself before calling the repairman, please do let me know!

I leave for Arizona tomorrow. Might be fun.