Our living room has two big windows. They function as the main cooling element for our whole apartment. Last June, one of the screens fell out (and Margot went with it!). It is hard to describe the process of getting that screen back, but I will do my best.
But first! Let’s talk about the functions of screens and windows. Our apartment has outside walls mostly on the South side of the building so we get direct sun pretty much all day. And living in LA it gets fairly hot in the summer, like really hot. So all summer when we were less one window, we were burning up. And because we are energy conscious badasses, we are totally decided against buying an A/C.
But you may be asking, why didn’t you just open the window anyway? Well, let me tell you. We have a paralyzing anxiety about opening that window. What happened is, one night we were reading downstairs and we were so hot that we had to open both windows. While we were reading a HUGE COCKROACH FLEW IN THE WINDOW AND INTO LAURA’S FACE. That’s real, a true story. It was deeply traumatic.
So, since opening the window equals shepherding Margot and weird subconscious anxiety, we haven’t, for about 6 months. Well, that’s a lie. Sometimes we have to, like one night when we were sauteing chilies and couldn’t stop coughing. But it’s rare… and for < 5 minutes.
But now, today, six months and a day from when the screen fell out, we have two screens again. Let’s hope this is a metaphor for our country.
