Last summer there were a few particularly hot and humid days here in Chicago, where I live. Over 90 degrees is just too hot for me to handle! So of course on one of those gloriously hot summer days, I was enjoying staying out of the sun and being in my nice cool house…when my air conditioner stopped working. My first thoughts were to call up a friend that usually fixes things around the house for me. Unfortunaetely for me, this friend was out of town and wouldn’t be back until the following day, or maybe even the day after.