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4 years and beyond

Re-Gas to be Cool

Today I am super excited, I have just booked the car into get re-gassed so we can have air conditioning. YES I have been suffering in this heat!!! So next Monday the car will hopefully have air conditioning and we will be nice and cool in this heat. I suppose after I get it fixed we will have a cool snap right?

It was not as expensive as the hubby thought it would be and that is why it was put off and put off. I am so sick of getting everywhere sweating, and looking like a beetroot, also having to have all the windows down makes you look constantly windswept and keen to be done with this look as it is not the look I am after.

The challenge for Monday is to be at the auto electrician’s by 9am and fill 2 hours if it is a simple re-gassing or if it needs the compressor replaced it is a half a day exercise. I think I will pack a picnic lunch and make sure to have the pram, this will make being on foot easier with the twins.  I can either go to a park or do a bit of window shopping.

At least the weather is a bit cooler for Monday, expected temperatures are around 24 degrees so warm but at least not that bad when on foot with kids.  I cannot wait to have a cooler car and have the windows up while driving. I would like to go and visit my cousin who had twin boys and she lives 5 hours away so not a fan of that trip in a car with no air conditioning.

So crossing fingers and toes and all other bits and pieces that the car will be icy cold when I turn on the air con when I pick it up on Monday. I pray to the air con gods that all goes according to plan and the car will be easy to fix and all will go to plan. I cannot wait! I think you can tell I am excited and it is still Friday.

What have you suffered without? Me it has been no air conditioning in the car for ages.  Send in your comments and why not continue the discussion on our Twitter or Facebook pages.

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4 years and beyond

Hot

Trying to cool down
Trying to cool down

Today is yet another hot day, we live in Katoomba and it is over 30 degrees here and expected to be 40 degrees in Penrith, so this would be 104 in Fahrenheit.

It is still 26.6°C and it is nearly 9pm. Crazy warm weather. Kids are finally in bed and hope it gets a bit cooler in their room. Have the fan on, door open, front door open and their window open.  Meant to get down to about 20 overnight so that is still warm for here.

Now it is 10pm and it is still 25 degrees although it feels hotter. Probably is with the humidity. Below is a breakdown on what the temperature has been like and also the future couple of days.

Friday
Possible thunderstorm
Min: 16°C Max: 33°C
UV: Extreme

Saturday
Possible thunderstorm
Min: 20°C Max: 34°C
UV: Extreme

Sunday
Thunderstorms
Min: 17°C Max: 23°C
UV: Extreme

Monday
Clearing shower
Min: 13°C Max: 24°C
UV: Extreme

Tuesday
Mostly sunny
Min: 12°C Max: 23°C
UV: Extreme

Wednesday
Sunny
Min: 9°C Max: 22°C
UV: Extreme

Thursday
Mostly sunny
Min: 8°C Max: 20°C.

At least it gets a bit cooler on Sunday although if this is the end of Spring hate to think what summer is going to be like.  Do you find it hard to get motivated in extreme temperatures? I do love the heat but some heat just makes me want to pass out and go back to bed, not ideal when caring for kids. What do you do to cool down? We went to the pool today but not helpful in a car that needs its air con fixed, should have stayed at home and just put kids and myself under the sprinkler. At least I would have been cooler and same with the twins.

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