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My extended family are a weird lot.

I know plenty of people feel that way and have strained relationships with their kin, but I feel as though I have an extraordinary case.

I only found out recently that I come from a clan of weirdos, including several professional carnies and someone my mother would only refer to as my “cat uncle.” I have no idea what that means. However, I do know a thing or two about my cousins, and they are strange enough to make my case. I am convinced that they are not human. Explain this one to me, they are obsessed with their HVAC system. I know plenty of people who care about their indoor comfort, but I’ve never seen such an advanced heating and cooling setup before in my life. First of all, they had a smart thermostat installed that is automatically programmed to keep their house at the exact air quality and temperature to match the sub-tropical climate of the gecko. It costs them a ton of money each month to pump that much heat and humidity into their home. They actually use micro misters to add extra moisture into the indoor air! Secondly, they have radiant heated flooring installed throughout their entire house. They continually talk about how they love the advanced heating reliability and accuracy of their new heated flooring system. However, they also openly talk about sleeping on the floor in order to soak up every ounce of heat to keep their blood pumping. If you aren’t yet convinced, I understand. I might be willing to let their strange heated floor obsession go, if it wasn’t also for the heated basking lamps installed throughout their whole house.

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I love my older brother, but 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 girlfriend 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 good job locating an affordable house to live in, and he’s managed to keep up with his utility bills, mortgage, and neighborhood fees. However, when it comes to taking action and improving his home, he has not been very 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 HVAC system. I should be clear that the heating and cooling units are in place, but they are hardly operable. The furnace is well over 15 years old, and the air conditioning unit must be about 12 at this point. When he moved in, the temperature control equipment clearly needed professional services, but he has never bothered to have an HVAC company come out to inspect his ventilation whatsoever. Instead, he continues to live with an unreliable furnace that randomly shuts off in the night all winter long. In the summer, you can count on his air conditioner 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 HVAC equipment, which must be fully clogged with his beard trimmings and frequent farts.

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There are a few things that I’m really passionate about in this world.

One of them is spreading suicide awareness amongst our local communities and advocating for critical mental health reform.

Another thing is civil rights around the world and supporting progressive social change. Probably my biggest passion, however, is raising guinea pigs. It all started about 10 years ago, when I got my first guinea pig, Prince Albert. He was an adorable long haired furball who resembled a toupe more than a living animal. Soon, I got Albert a new friend, and named my new guinea Papua. Pretty soon, however, I figured that they both needed more company in the form of a lady guinea. And so, with that addition, my guinea pig farm was born. At this point I have expanded from three to three hundred domesticated guinea pigs, and I couldn’t be happier with my life. The only thing is, they are continually outgrowing their habitat and costing me more money in home renovations. Right now the largest issue facing my bank account is the need for a superior HVAC system for the guineas. See, guinea pigs are very resistant to cold air and cool drafts, so I never worried much about our indoor heating before. Recently, however, I’ve read that baby guineas thrive when they are toasty warm in artificial heating. As such, I’ve set up a new nursery room, which I would like to install radiant heated flooring into. Then the little guys will have accurate and reliable heat right under their tiny feet. The room will need zone controlled heating, so I’m also installing a smart thermostat to operate the heated flooring. For whatever reason, when the HVAC technician was inspecting my home, he also insisted I get a brand new air purification system and all new HEPA air filters for my indoor animal farm. I’m not quite sure what he was getting at.

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I wonder about my family sometimes, nay, often times.

We all have interesting quirks, you might say.

Some other people might refer to this as a family history of mental illness. Tomato, tomato. My family doesn’t seem to see it that way. That’s why it was so wild the other day when my mom actually told me she had recognized that she had anxiety problems. I almost peed my pants laughing! It’s been 60 years, and she just realized that it isn’t normal to have 50 racing thoughts per second. It’s also not normal to live without heat because you’re too anxious to call a new professional HVAC dealership. You see, two years ago my mom’s normal heating and cooling technician passed away. Ever since, she has been without any professional ventilation repair or routine service, because she is convinced that no other HVAC shop on earth will be as good as Ernie. It’s a pretty stubborn anxiety, considering she was willing to endure a terrible Midwest winter without a furnace this past year. When her central heating system broke down in December, she didn’t tell a soul. Instead, she loaded up with electric space heaters, and froze in her empty house. Over the holidays I came up to visit and realized within 3 minutes that my mom was in need of some help. Clearly she could not find her own ventilation specialist, and she was going to burn the house down with all of those space heaters. Eventually, I lured her out of the house and during that time my brother arrived to let in the HVAC technician. The best part was, his heating and cooling dealership was only 1.5 miles down the street.

 

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Have you ever had one of those years when nothing was going right? It feels like bad fortune is knocking at every door.

Everything that possibly can go wrong, will. Even things that you don’t normally worry about are swiftly blowing up in your face. This is quite literally what happened to me the other week when our AC component died dramatically. The entire cooling component became obstructed plus broke down for good. I was already having a really bad week, but swiftly I was hot on top of all the other stress. I didn’t know what to do because when I called the local Heating plus Air Conditioning business, they were booked solid for another week. It looked like I was going to be experiencing our first 90 degree afternoons without any modern cooling system in my house. Thankfully, bad fortune had my back this time. At the same time as my AC component broke down, our entire block was closed off for construction. I could not even get loft to rest miserably in my hot loft that night, but feeling disgruntled, I went to my friend’s loft instead. Wouldn’t you know, as soon as I walked in the door I forgot about all my complications. My neighbor really had a working a/c unit, plus the sensation was awe-inspiring. I stopped feeling bad for myself the second I was surrounded by cool, refreshing air. It wasn’t until two afternoons later that I could return to my own hot plus sticky apartment; Luckily by then the Heating plus Air Conditioning business was able to send out a supplier to repair my AC.

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Have you ever had one of those years when nothing was going right? It feels like bad fortune is knocking at every door.

• Everything that possibly can go wrong, will.

Even things that you don’t normally worry about are swiftly blowing up in your face. This is quite literally what happened to me the other week when our AC device died dramatically. The entire cooling device became clogged and broke down for good. I was already having a truly bad week, however swiftly I was hot on top of all the other stress. I didn’t know what to do because when I called the local Heating and A/C business, they were booked solid for another week. It looked like I was going to be experiencing our first 90 degree nights without any new cooling system in my house. Thankfully, bad fortune had my back this time. At the same time as my AC device broke down, our entire block was closed off for construction. I could not even get apartment to rest miserably in my hot apartment that night! Feeling disgruntled, I went to my friend’s apartment instead. Wouldn’t you know, as soon as I walked in the door I forgot about all my problems. My friend truly had a working air conditioner unit, and the sensation was awe-inspiring. I stopped feeling bad for myself the second I was surrounded by cool, refreshing air. It wasn’t until two nights later that I could return to my own hot and sticky apartment, but luckily by then the Heating and A/C business was able to send out a specialist to repair my AC.
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Have you ever had one of those years when nothing was going right? It feels like bad luck is knocking at every door.

Everything that possibly can go wrong, will.

Even things that you don’t normally worry about are quickly blowing up in your face. This is quite literally what happened to me the other week when our AC component died dramatically. The entire cooling component became congested & broke down for good. I was already having a entirely bad week, but quickly I was sweaty on top of all the other stress. I didn’t know what to do because when I called the local Heating, Ventilation, & A/C business, they were booked solid for another week. It looked like I was going to be experiencing our first 90 degree mornings without any modern cooling system in my house. Thankfully, bad luck had my back this time. At the same time as my AC component broke down, our entire block was closed off for construction. I could not even get home to stand miserably in my overheated home that night, but feeling disgruntled, I went to my friend’s home instead. Wouldn’t you know, as soon as I walked in the door I forgot about all my concerns. My acquaintance honestly had a working a/c unit, & the sensation was awe-inspiring. I stopped feeling bad for myself the second I was surrounded by cool, refreshing air. It wasn’t until two mornings later that I could return to my own warm & sticky apartment; Luckily by then the Heating, Ventilation, & A/C business was able to send out a worker to repair my AC.

 

 

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