We are home owners!
We had a major scare today that left me literally shaking and holding back tears.
When we got to the home for our final walk through the sellers had not quite vacated. They were trying but they just weren't out yet, and the house was full of people and cats. This left me unwilling to drop off my dog and birds as I had planned (after multiple days on the road and in hotels).
Instead we took them along to the closing with us and left them in the car, in the shade, doors locked, AC blasting, as we have every time we were unable to take them with us, such as for potty breaks. My jeep has a killer AC and I really wasn't worried.
The closing took about an hour and when we left we congregated in the parking lot to discus keys, internet, trash pickup, etc. I noticed I couldn't hear the engine and asked my mom to double check that the jeep was still running.
She starts yelling that the jeep ISNT RUNNING! Keep in mind it is Georgia in the summer! Initiate PANIC!!
I practically threw my things at one of the realtors and ripped the door open. One second of relief as I hear and feel the air is on, followed by panic again as I realize it is HOT AIR!
Meanwhile my mom has the side door open and already has water in a dish for the dog. I check the carriers but they are not clear sided and while I can see that the birds are ALIVE I can't see what sort of shape they are in.
I start yelling at my poor mother to close the door and get in, thinking that the reason the air is hot is because the car isn't moving (don't ask me why my mind made that up in the moment). All the birds are growing their feathers back after shipping so I can't safely open the carriers and I just wanted to GET THE AIR COOL as fast as possible!
I go to throw the car in reverse and it won't go. I see the gas gauge and it's on E, even though I just filled up! More panic! How am I going to get them somewhere safe??? (If I had paused for one second I would have realized that two realtors and the seller were all still right there and their cars worked)
I finally realized THE ENGINE ISNT RUNNING, just the battery. No wonder the fan is on but not the AC! So we jump in, crank it up, and take off. I'm shaking at this point and the only thing that kept me from vomiting was the fact that I HAD to get them back to the house so I could safely open the carriers!
We get to the house, thank God the sellers had vacated finally! Got the birds into the master bedroom and carriers opened.
They didn't even seem phased. Here I am, a disaster, about to dissolve into a puddle on the floor thinking I've cooked my babies by leaving them in a freaking hot car, and they are just like "are we done with the carriers yet?
Anyway I thought I would share my horror with you all. I'll have nightmares about that for years.
But everyone is fine, myself and my mom suffered the worst of it apparently, as the car wasn't really all that hot (it really is nice and cool today by Georgia standards!), but I am still just... stunned.
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. All the hard work will be well worth it. Almost there! 
