Summer is over because I say so.

[susandennis]

I just put the air conditioner away for the winter. It's supposed to get warmer next week but as long as the lows stay under 60 - and the next 10 days have them all under 60 - I can get along with just the floor fan in the living room and the ceiling fan in the bedroom.

Normally I would leave it up about another month. This is, actually, the earliest date on record - well, since 2002 when I started keeping records - I've ever put it away. In 2005, it went into the storage closet on 9/4. The last two years it's been 10/6.

I may regret short circuiting the schedule, but I doubt it. I've drained all the water out and put away the hose and the pet door (I use it for venting). I've wiped it down, taken the batteries out of the remote and the filters are getting a wash in the dishwasher. When they come out, I'll slip 'em back in and push it all into the storage closet until next Summer.

Good job again this year, Mr. A/C. I do totally love you. Rest up. I think you can handle another year.

Comments

[cfchica.livejournal.com]

It's getting bearable here, too. Got up early this morning(Thanks, cat) and went outside to grab the paper. I felt that "snap" in the morning air that tells me Fall isn't too far away.

It could not have come sooner.

[howeird]

I don't know if it has been the pattern lately, but when I lived there, a few weeks after it started looking like fall, there would be a short heat wave, maybe 3 days to a week.

[rosehiptea.livejournal.com]

I wish it were cool enough here to turn the sucker off, because the electricity bill is nasty. But food for you cleaning up!

[ciddyguy.livejournal.com]

For the past couple of weeks, I've noticed the snap in the air too, and it's really been feeling like fall this past week.

I've had to get out the light blanket and put it on the bed as the air is cool enough that I get chilly with the bedroom window open, even during the day.

Even when the temps soar into the mid to upper 70's, to near 80, I can tell the temper to the heat isn't there, the sun feels warm, but not hot.

Plus, the days are getting shorter, and I see it when by 8:15pm, it's nearly dark out.

[anita-margarita.livejournal.com]

I briefly considered draining the swamp cooler and covering it up for the winter... then changed my mind. It could still get up to 110 here.