Someone broke my AC.
I know that's a totally crappy picture, but it's the best I could do because I can't raise my head to see what I'm even taking a picture of.
What you're looking at though is a puncture, someone punctured the AC's coolant line, intentionally.
It was done sometime between Monday night and this morning.
The AC may still cool the house off for a few days at the most, and then it will be totally dead.
When it is turned on, the freon just blows out that hole, the house does cool a little bit, but water leaks from the bottom, it sprays out of the top cooling vents, and soaks the carpet and floor, and the wall where the AC is.
I tried to call my landlord a bunch of times, but his voice mail says he is gone for the long holiday.
His kids are on spring breaks and it's Easter.
I can't reach him.
It totally figures that I'd get my income taxes back, pay off loans, pay off a bunch of bills, doctor bills, doctor appointments, prescriptions etc, and then something major breaks.
I did get paid from some paid blogging today but it is nowhere near enough to buy a new AC at all.
It's going to cost between $300-$400 to get a new one.
The heat wasn't too bad today, but it's going to get hotter.
This is the forecast for the week, and I'm dreading it.
I don't know who did this, who would do this, but someone intentionally poked the AC coolant line and has made it so all of the freon will escape if we turn it on.
Mindy's husband Chris stopped by this afternoon to look at it, and that's what he told me, that someone poked it with a screwdriver or some other object, it can't be repaired, no AC service centers repair them, I called all over today.
They all told me I'm better off just buying a new one, but with what?
It just figures, this is what my life is like, this is what always happens to me.
Things go good for a little while, and then BAM!
I called the pawn shop up the street to see if they'd buy any of my jewelry.
Nope, they only take gold and I'm a sterling silver kind of girl.
I just don't know what to do at this point.
I think I've spent most of the day crying off and on out of sheer frustration over this.
The heat is going to get to me really bad, my body can't handle the heat, and I have another surgery coming up soon, I'll be in that damn halo brace, and it's just really going to suck.
I don't know why someone did this, why would someone do this?!
I leave people alone, I don't bother, heck, I don't even talk to most of my neighbors, but still someone poked the damn thing and killed it.
The teens think it was either the punk ass teens who are always following them home tormenting them, or just other punk ass teens in the hood.
I don't know, all I know is I just have really shitty fucking luck and I don't know why or what to do right now.
Comments
Did you file a police report? Not that that will actually do much, but at least its on record. Also, do you have renters insurance? The landlord's insurance may pick this up also, so you wouldn't be out.
Posted by: Lisa | April 9, 2009 7:53 PM
dont worry, help is on the way. although what I am sending was meant to be for "fun" if you need to,use it for A/C. It won't cover the entire cost, but I'm sure it will help. I really wanted you to have it for something special, but life happens. should arrive by late next week. All the best.
Posted by: wendy | April 9, 2009 7:58 PM
Wendy, that's how it always goes for me...LoL
I just get ahead, try to be able to have a little something to put away or see a movie or something, and bam!
I filed the police report just now, there's not much they can do unless we catch whoever it is coming back to do something else.
I know you wanted it to be for fun, but at least I'll be able to put it to good use so we don't sweat to death here.
Thanks again.
Posted by: Kat | April 9, 2009 8:05 PM
I'm sorry, some people are such assholes.
Posted by: karri | April 9, 2009 8:11 PM
We really wish we could do more for you and the boys. Money on our end is tight but we are in abundance of everything else. Chris wasn't happy that someone or somebodies would intentionally be so freaking malicious. Chris has told me that if you and the boys need a few nights away from the heat that you are more than welcome to stay with us. I know its not your own home but at least you could escape the heat and my computer would most definitely be yours while you were here. Think about it.
Posted by: Mindy | April 9, 2009 9:18 PM
Some people are stupid fuckheads Anyone who maliciously destroys other people's property needs to have their asses beaten into the next galaxy.
I will try to help if I can.
Posted by: Christine | April 10, 2009 12:01 AM
Kat, I want to help you. I can't believe that someone would do this to your AC unit intentionally. That is ridiculous.
I'll contact you through e-mail. You can either fix the AC or do with it as you please!
I'm sorry to hear that this week has been so rough!
Posted by: The Constant Complainer | April 10, 2009 1:07 AM
It's really annoying that people decide that the only way to somehow make their lives less crappy is to mess with someone else's. I have all kinds of stuff like this happen to me in my neighborhood; granted it's not as severe as having an expensive appliance destroyed, but I find garbage all over my yard and random objects that appear to have been thrown onto my property from elsewhere, because of negligent and irresponsible people who lack the common courtesy to respect the property of others. I feel for ya :-/
Posted by: Scrapbooking Ideas | April 10, 2009 7:34 AM