I few weeks back I posted on how we (my roommate and I) are going to try to go for the entire summer with just fans despite the fact that we have a window air conditioning unit. Well, my roommate was away for a while and it got really hot. So when she came back I asked her if she was interested in putting in the air conditioner: I didn’t want her to feel like she couldn’t use it if she wanted. Well she just gave me a funny look and explained that she was perfectly happy with the conditions in our apartment, so we’re planning on keeping things the way they are.

I actually managed to borrow two fans from my advisor (left over from her grad school days) and I also remembered that our living room has a ceiling fan so that has helped out a lot. If at any point it seems like it might be getting too warm for the dog, I will just go ahead and throw the ac unit in the window (of course I won’t actually throw it). However, seeing as the pooch is content to sleep on the carpet at night and doesn’t come close to running out of water during the day, I’m guessing that she’s not bothered by the air temperature. Plus we have two bathrooms that both stay quite cool throughout the day and she often retreats into one of these. I didn’t have air conditioning at my last two abodes either, so I think that she is probably quite used to it by now. I’ve noticed that quite a few of my neighbors have windows fans as well, so I guess we’re not the only ones. However, I have observed one of my neighbors sleeping on the porch, so maybe we’re all crazy together.