Tell me how I supposed to breathe with NO AIR!

So.. love that song by Jordin Sparks (right?) but it really came true for us this week! We come home from church on Sunday to a 85 degree house. Steve and I are looking at each other in panic because it is August in Texas which is the absolute WORST time for your AC to go out!

After arguing about how to go about getting it fixed..(I want to call an emergency person that day, and he wants to try and get quotes so we don't get totally raked over the coals)..we decided to brave it overnight after the hottest day of the summer (106 degrees).

Our house was almost 90 degrees all night so not a sleep filled night for us. Monday rolls around and Steve tries to handle it on his own. Calls around, gets a part and installs it. He calls me at my mom's since we couldn't bear our house anymore, and says:

S: Hey, the ac is fixed! Glad we didn't call anyone and have to pay to fix it.
Me: Are you sure?
S: Yeah, it turned right on, so come home when you can and I am going to work. I should totally be a AC repair person on the side..ha ha!
Me: ( rolling my eyes..still feeing skeptical)

I then get my stuff together and head home and can you believe it.....Still 85 degrees in my house!!!

I call Steve in a panic and decide to call someone to come out. We are now doing things MY way! The ac person I called doesn't get there until 8 pm and doesn't even have a part to fix it!!
So another sleepless, hot night. FINALLY, we go back to Steve's way and he finds the part the next day that we needed and we had a family friend install it. It took forever to suck all the hot air out of our house on Tuesday night but man, I have never slept better.
Thank goodness for AC in Texas in August.. and thank you Jordin Sparks for your fantastic song!