No one ever told me about "Summer Rates"

I have now realized that Karyn and I are officially homeowners. Yes, I am extremely happy about living in our new condo but after I opened our Pepco electric bill, I now have a whole new outlook on the energy crisis gripping our country. Little did we know about "summer rates", which just happened to creep into our most recent bill. These so called "summer rates" more than doubled our electricity bill - granted it was also a lot hotter last month compared to the prior but still.

Now I am all paranoid that there is some secret whole in one of our windows that is sucking all of this priceless air conditioning out. Many of you know I always praise the fact that Washington doesn't have wildfires, earthquakes, occassional blizzards and nothing to note of in terms of major hurricanes or tornadoes. I guess "summer rates" are better than any of those.

Anyway, I gotta go and hold the fan over Karyn's head while she watches Oprah. Just kidding! We are still using our A/C!