Creature comforts vs feeling like you are going to die part 1

   Everyone has stories about the time their air conditioning went out at the hottest time of the year.  This is my story.
   It was this past Sat. evening when the A/C quit blowing cool air.  Hobbled to the basement and everything there looked ok to me...which isn't saying much as I know very little about the way it's supposed to look. So I called Peter's Supply Co who had installed the furnace and hot water heater.  Did I mention the house is 51 years old and everything is wearing out at the same time? Anyway, the nicest young man said he would be right here, and he was.
   I think the heat index and temps were 100 and 90's.  It got hot in the house fast while he was working in the heat checking things out.  I really thought it was just that it needed Freon and all would be well. HA! I'm stupid! My friend brought a fan down and the dogs were scared to death of it.  They did NOT embrace the fan. The bad news was the A/C was shot.  And the worse news was they could replace but not till Mon. morning.
  In the meantime, I called my friend and my Mom to tell them the news.  Well, they both said, you can leave the dogs there and come and sleep here.  Neither of them have pets. If it's too hot for me, it's too hot for pets.
    OK, I thought.  We can do this.  I went and picked up another fan from Mom and settled in. HoneyMarie, Fred and I made it through the night.  There was very little sleeping. The temps were supposed to be even hotter, and it was when we got up.  I tried to get us all under both fans, but the dogs were panting, and my heart was pounding.  I am a short, round person.  The heat is not my friend, even in the best of times. HoneyMarie is 60+ and Freddy 91 in people years. I remember thinking, "we are all going to have a heart attack!". I was feeling very dizzy and very not right.
   The only thing I could think of to do was get in the car and drive.  There were no cooling centers in a 75 mile area that accepted pets. So we all piled in the car with a bowl of water for them and a bottle of water for me and drove...and drove....and drove.  All day.
to be continued