Odd Phenomenon

We've had a pretty warm month, though it has been fairly mild compared to what the eastern portion of the country is dealing with.  But it has been warm enough here to kick the AC on each day. 

Oddly enough we have a crazy situation with our house's air conditioning.  The thermostat is in the west-facing front room--where it regularly gets warmer than any other room--thus kicking the AC on over and over.  But the family room, kitchen, and dining room respond beautifully and cool right off.  In fact, my feet get cold if I have to standing the kitchen working on something for 20 minutes or more at a time.  Yet our bedrooms are stifling still.

The AC can run all day long and still the bedrooms--which are all upstairs--are like dry saunas.  We keep the blinds closed upstairs throughout the day, doing our best to help the house with it's cooling issues.  But even at night, the nightime low never drops low enough to open the windows in July, so the AC tries all day long to cool the house enough for us to sleep.  So far, it isn't really do too well.

I know, this is a whiny issue to even bring up.  At least I HAVE the air conditioning.  And at least we can afford to run it through the summer.  But still, I have a nagging question--is this how it was designed to work?  Some mechanical engineer came up with THIS plan?  I have a hard time thinking that is true.

In the meantime, we have strategically placed fans right in from of the air vents to help circulate the AC as it is pumped around the house.  And when my feet get too cold in the kitchen, I just walk outside for a few minutes and then back in the cool house with a little attitude adjustment in my heart.