I care about my older sibling, even though he is quite a conundrum of a human being.
- As kind, intelligent, and grounded as he is, he’s also an irrational mess.
Ever since his lady of 11 years broke his heart through despicable means, he hasn’t been the same person. He moved out on his own and began trying to take care of himself for the first time in his adult life, and it has been a tale of relative successes and failures. He did a unbelievable task locating an affordable condo to live in, and he’s managed to keep up with his energy bills, mortgage, and town fees. However, when it comes to taking action and improving his home, he has not been certainly motivated. That’s why he still has two boarded up windows, a sagging roof, and a yard full of weeds. He also barely has an Heating and Air Conditioning system. I should be clear that the heating and cooling units are in site, but they are hardly operable. The boiler is well over 15 years old, and the a/c equipment must be about 12 at this point. When he moved in, the temperature control equipment clearly needed professional services, even though he has never bothered to have an Heating and Air Conditioning company come out to inspect his ventilation whatsoever. Instead, he continues to live with an unreliable boiler that randomly shuts off in the evening all winter season long. In the summer, you can count on his cooling system providing sub-par treated air that comes out of the air vents about 3 degrees cooler than it was to begin with. Worst of all for his health and well-being, however, is the nasty old air filters on the Heating and Air Conditioning equipment, which must be fully obstructed with his beard trimmings and frequent farts.