Improvement

So I think I can probably say (hopefully without jinxing things!?!?!) that Jason's wood window kit (replacing the plastic one that came with the portable A/C unit) has made a difference in the efficacy (that word feels really fancy right now, ha!) of the air conditioner.

His other advice (his, and he talked to a heat pump type technician person) was to start the A/C earlier, like as soon as I wake up as apparently it's easier to maintain a temp than to cool a warmer temp.

So Sunday was hotter than Saturday and for most of Saturday I was cool (YAY) but the night wasn't and I didn't sleep.  There's no A/C in there and with windows shut and covered it still gets hot and stuffy and that's hard to cool down and I'm apparently really sensitive to heat (and noise) while trying to sleep so Sunday morning wasn't great but I had been cool all day and was grateful for that.  Sunday I got the unit running as soon as I woke up and it went all day and kept temperatures inside reasonable.  Like 23 at the highest, which felt cooler than a 28 degree day last year, I think anyway....

But again my bedroom heated up and it was hard to cool down by bedtime, so maybe one of these upcoming summer nights I'll try to sleep in the main room maybe?  I don't know.  The noise is still noisy (and I do stress about the neighbours, even though I was ok with my former upstairs neighbours running theirs, it didn't bother me terribly although I did notice it... I have rolled mine on to some dampening material but I'm sure it's still noticeable to those who are sensitive like I am.) 

I know it's not summer yet so I'm not quite banking on this working all season long but I'm maybe ever so slightly hopeful and grateful that the weekend wasn't as gnarly as the warm days before it were (before I got this going.)  

Fingers crossed, eh?