Here we go already

I am reminded of the rather caustic saying "The horn works. Try the lights!"  We live in the Great Plains region of the country.  Last year it was just plain hot!  I'm not really complaining.  It was hot everywhere and it was, after all, summer.  One should expect some amount of warmer weather.  It seems we are never satisfied.  We compalin about heat in the summer, cold in the winter, rain if it rains, and no moisture if it doesn't.  We need to learn to be content with the state we are in.  Nevertheless, we seemed to have an inordinate amount of heat last year as records were broken and drought conditions made it worse.  Still, we managed to save a lot on the utility bills by cutting back on the amount of water we put on the garden ... it was a colossal flop but nobody had a decent garden last year.  We also kept the electic bills lower by setting the air conditioner at about 80 degrees and running fans during the day.  We ran a ceiling fan at night and could open the bedroom windows.  Everything was closed up again in the morning.  As this process seemed to work, Hubby and I agreed to do this same program this year.  We have already had temperatures in the mid 90's and brought the fans up from the basement and even and run them a couple of times.  It looks like our early spring may be marching quickly towards summer.  Last week the air conditioner was uncovered.  I was preparing dinner last night when the air kicked on.  Being frugal, we decided it was too late in the day to run the air so the unit was set at 82 degrees and flipped from 'cool' to 'off'.  The realization was made that we might have to give in and run the air today.  Sure enough, it was slightly before noon and just shy of 90 degrees outside.  Hubby had just arrived home and said we had better close up the house.  We ran around (no, not literally) and closed windows and doors.  When I said it sounded like the air was already on, he looked at the unit outside the kitchen window and assured me it wasn't running yet.  When I kept hearing something running, I placed a bare foot over one of the floor vents to discover not cool air but heat.  "Um, Honey, the furnace works.  Try the air!"