It’s hot. And it doesn’t seem to just be hot in the places where it would normally be uncomfortably hot at this time of year. It’s hot everywhere. And it is especially hot in Los Angeles for this time of year…

Today in the Eastern part of Hollywood it was 104 degrees, which is where I ventured to buy myself an air conditioning unit for my window. Inside Home Depot, people literally swarmed around the air conditioners and fans. I purchased a unit, jumped in my car and drove home to my very hot apartment.

Luckily because it’s closer to the beach, Santa Monica stays cooler than Hollywood, but because I live on the second of two floors, all the heat rises into my apartment. My apartment is always a good 10 degrees warmer that the air outside.

I decided not to wait for any help with the installation of my window unit (oh no!), so as you can imagine, fun times with tools ensued!

Perhaps these next several pictures will illustrate the whole story better than I can with words…

First…

then…

which fell on my head on the way down…

and so…

but then…

and so…

and finally…

Though it was a bit of a saga, the air conditioner is my new best friend.

To see the whole set of pictures, with even more descriptions, [URL=http://www.flickr.com/photos/11155154@N00/sets/72157594208274324/]click here to go to my flickr.[/url]