This day as been disastrous.
It started at three in the morning when the loud grinding noise started out in the yard.
It sounded like someone was killing my air conditioning unit and then when it stopped, I knew that I was in for a long day. By seven I had called into work, left a message for the HVAC dealer and found every fan I had to try and keep cool in the eighty degree temperatures. I was sitting there dreading the day while waiting for the repair technician to arrive. I was also worried about the cost of the repair. I was already going to have to pay an emergency repair fee but I had a feeling that I would be paying to replace the unit completely. I should have called a while back when I started to hear unusual noises but I figured it was just something like a stick or something that had fallen into the fan. It turns out that the compressor was slowly dying and now it was completely shot. When the technician arrived and opened up the unit the look on his face told me that it was going to cost me a lot of money. Thankfully, because I was purchasing a new unit, the emergency fee was waived and they had a great finance plan for the new appliance. They placed the order and the new one will be here in just a few days. It means suffering through a short time without air but I guess that will make me appreciate my new investment even more. The new HVAC unit is going to be way more efficient and that will end up saving me on my energy bills so at least I have that as a consolation prize too.