It is really not that big of deal, especially if you are not used to it. I have lived in Arizona for 34 years now and never lived in a house that had anything more than a swamp cooler and only had a couple cars that had working a/c, including the one we have now, my wife uses it now and then, but I have never even turned it on this year after charging it up at the end of spring.
If you came to my house right now and I turned off the AC you'd vamoose in 5 minutes flat.