I'm Stressed Out. It's Going To Be $700 To Fix The AC And We Don't Have Enough. My Husband Is Scrambling

I'm stressed out. It's going to be $700 to fix the AC and we don't have enough. My husband is scrambling to get overtime, but it may not be enough/soon enough. I'm really hoping the additional fans from my mother this evening will make the main living space/kitchen bearable. As it stands I try to stay down here but it triggers my tachycardia so fucking bad it's not even funny. Not even 5 minutes in the living room and I'm shaking. I can handle being cooped up in my room but the kids can't. They'll go stir crazy and honestly it's not good for them to stay in a bedroom day and night, for the now week+ ahead of us.

I'm currently alternating which bedroom we hang out in. I sit or lie on the floor in front of one of the fans while they run around and play. To keep them active and engaged and not festering in the same place for too long. My only issue is that despite the fans being fine for them, I'm still overheating in their rooms.

(My room haulted in the middle of a re-do so it isnt really the best/safest space for them to be poking around into everything in there. Only reason we don't also all pile into my room.)

I'm sorry I'm really mostly venting lately. Complaining. Worried. I've just got so much anxiety about this situation I can't stop trying to talk and think of anything that can remedy it sooner rather than later. Thank you for listening/reading.

If anyone has literally any tips on cooling down themselves or their living space please pour in the ideas. I can't rightly buy anything to help but if there are simple home hacks y'all have figured out I'll try anything.

Currently I've been hydrating like crazy, cycling through ice packs and damp cold cloths on my body (chest, feet, back, neck, etc) and wearing an uncomfortably minimal amount of clothing.

Suggestions welcome 🙏😭

This made me cackle yes we know what you're talking about 😻

when i stand my knees react like miette the cat please tell me you know what i’m talking about

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The reading comprehension and overall common sense on this website is piss poor.

I'm weary of this gloomy weather today. Sometimes when it's gloomy and rainy here, it cools everything down and stays cool. Other times, it cools down briefly before becoming ungodly humid.

We shall see which way it goes today.

For now the gloom has cooled down the whole house, (and bettered my mood), so things are going okay right now.

Hopefully that replacement part comes today, though.

I've passed out twice today, for several hours, from overheating. No idea when our AC can be fixed. I cannot do this for multiple days. I'm very concerned for the entire family as well.