It was repaired today. I was happy to find out it was a blown capacitor(guy said lightning surge possibly) and a wire was burnt out going to the compressor(same cause). So it wasn't horribly bad(not in the htousands to repair) and it was repairable.
I did set the fans up to blow air in from the cooler side of the house, and out the other side(yup did have to swap the fans halfway through the day!).
Now the house is slowly cooling off, and I'm off to shower in cold water, since I also had to help dig the big truck out of sand pit in my road when he tried to leave.
Thanks for the well wishes!!!