Need ventilation in kitchen

I don’t know how much longer we can keep doing this, really.

I know that we’ve been trying to make the best of a very bad situation, but at some point we’re going to have to make some immense changes in order to get through this in one piece.

I never would have thought that this would become such a sizable problem when we first noticed the issue, but it totally makes sense in hindsight that we would find ourselves here. I’m talking about having a kitchen with no ventilation system. You see, my boyfriend and I love to cook together and make quite elaborate meals each night. This is great, except for the amount of indoor air pollution that it causes each night and our complete lack of outgoing air flow. Every time we fire up a pan, there is so much smoke and spicy air contamination that takes place. Even with the little overhead fan turned on high, there’s no way to remove the toxic fumes and heat from the kitchen while we cook. The fire detectors are soon set off as the smoke overflows out of the room and the air particulates agitate the air sensors. The entire house rings out, with terrible beeping emanating from every single room. We run around the house in the hot, thick air, desperately trying to shut off the fire detectors as our poor old dog howls his brains out. When the smoke finally settles and the air quality returns to a state of subpar warmth, we can finally stop plugging our ears and try to eat dinner. Of course, by that point all the kitchen fumes have also filled the whole house with the smell of thick, stinky sulfur from our vegetables. There’s nothing like dining in heat and fart smells thanks to our lack of kitchen ventilation.

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All I want for christmas is a working HVAC

Remember how exciting the holidays were as a child? I mean, really think back to those months leading up to Christmas morning and try to recall the sense of imminent excitement that you experienced.

It was all encompassing and insurmountable for me – they were such a joyous time to be a kiddo.

Now, as an adult, however, I dread the holidays more than anything. They signify stress and spending to me, which only makes me feel negative and frantic during an otherwise cold and brutal time of the year. I don’t look forward to gifts, because even when they come, I only ever ask for practical items each year. This year what’s my big exciting Christmas desire, you ask? An HVAC appointment at my own home, that’s what. All year long I’ve lived with a dysfunctional thermostat in my home and endured the many difficulties that that brings. I could never set the indoor air temperature and forget it, because the thermostat often reset itself and unexpectedly turned off the heating or cooling program on its own accord. The thermostat program would also randomly glitch and create new settings, such as cranking up the heat to 90 degrees in the middle of the night. Sometimes it seemed like the air temperature control device couldn’t actually communicate with the central heat or cooling systems at all! Overall, it’s been a chaotic year spent with completely sporadic indoor air temperature control. All the while, I’ve been too broke to hire a professional HVAC company since paying off my credit card bills for last Christmas!

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Thermostat control – cooling off

Like most positions, there are a few cool bonuses to the job that I currently hold.

  • First of all, my direct boss is never around.

He essentially wants me to run the company for him, and to leave him uninvolved unless there’s a really big issue. Secondly, I don’t have a rigid schedule and get to start whenever I show up each day. That means I miss a ton of traffic and never have to set disturbing alarms in the morning. Lastly, I just so happened to be seated right next to the thermostat in the office when I do show up for work. I cannot express to you how crucial this has been for my continued happiness within the company. You see, while it sounds like I have a totally easy gig, I can get pretty hot under the collar around that place when the usual shenanigans are happening. It seems cool not to ever see your boss – but when you’re brand new to the position, it’s actually quite a heated debate about whether or not this is a good idea. That’s why I often find myself getting all hot and bothered as I sit at my desk at work, taking confusing direction from all channels except my actual supervisor. As my frustration grows, so does my internal body temperature, I swear. I literally begin heating up and sweating through my shirt as the confusion grows each afternoon. That’s when I’m more grateful than ever before to have access to the indoor air temperature control over my desk each day. As the pressure and temperature grow, at least the indoor air temperature can stay mellow and low.

 

 

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Exploding beer

However, I didn’t plan for a typical power outage to completely sink my central AC one day while I was out of town

I saw something funny on Netflix the other day that has had me chuckling ever since. It was a show supposedly set in a craft brewery, and the characters stupidly talked about how they smoked pot all day and skateboarded. You know, they “really just had one rule around there – to have fun.” It was ridiculous. I can tell you, because I work in a craft brewery myself – it is not that laid back and fun. One huge benefit of the job, however, is the amount of free beer that I get to bring home for me and my friends. In fact, I get such a large amount from each and every batch that I can’t even drink it fast enough. That’s how we wound up with a designated beer closet in our house, and that’s how I made the biggest mess of my life when the central AC stopped working last month. We’re in the final throes of summer now as we speak, which means it’s been over 90 degrees and 80% humidity for the past 4 months or so at this point. The climate around here is brutal, and there is no choice but to operate indoor air quality controls to have a livable home in this region. If your AC unit is broken down, so are you. I thought I was taking fine care of my own central cooling system, especially since I supplemented its cooling power with extra window AC units throughout the house. However, I didn’t plan for a typical power outage to completely sink my central AC one day while I was out of town. When I returned home and found the indoor air temperature was over 90 degrees, I also knew I was going to find a sticky mess pouring out of the beer closet. My beer stocks expanded in the heat and humidity and all my reserves were now pooling on the floor.

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Radiant heated floors for clingy dog

When you think of having a dog, what’s the most ideal situation you could ask for? In my mind, it’s a well behaved companion who is tuned into my body language and commands, and desires to be by my side at all times.

I want a pooch who listens to what I say for the joy of being a good boy, and who sticks with me through thick and thin.

Well, folks, that’s what I got when I started dating my boyfriend and adopted his wonderful old dog as my own. This pup is everything I could ever want in a continual companion, and never leaves me alone. If he can’t see where I am, he is an anxious guy. It’s really cute to be followed all over the house all day long, but now it’s getting to be an expensive issue. You see, this old dog sacrifices his own indoor comfort to be with me. He goes from room to room, laying on hard floors and relinquishing cooshy spots with high quality air control. He’ll lay on the tile floor, shivering slightly on the cool surface as he looks at me with love and adoration. If I cover him up with a blanket to warm him up or produce a comfy bed to cushion the floor, he’ll get up and walk away within moments. That’s why I now have a team of HVAC technicians measuring every room of the house and punching their figures into a specialized heating program on the computer. They are helping me to install radiant heated floors throughout the whole house to increase my indoor air quality levels, as well as to better serve my loyal old pooch. Now he’ll be able to find warmth and comfort throughout the entire house, no matter which radiant heated floors he decides to park himself on.

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Portable AC unit

For a year and a half now, I have not slept comfortably.

It has been a long time to remain functional without having a solid night of sleep to back up all my daily activities, but I’ve been doing my best to just plug along.

I have blamed a great deal of my insomnia on having moved down to the deep south around that time, and assumed that the increased air temperature was behind my inability to rest up. However, as of last week, I now also have to place some blame on myself for failing to find a better solution to the air quality issue sooner. It turns out that managing the air temperature in our bedroom at night was far easier and more attainable than I had ever imagined – all I really needed was a nice little portable AC unit to moderate my indoor air! For over a year, I only utilized our central cooling system, ceiling fans, and a large standing fan to try to regulate the indoor air temperature as dusk approached. I tried to cool down my room so I could sleep without sweating, but never had enough cooling power to make it happen. Every night I woke up drenched in sweat and nauseous from the overwhelming heat and humidity in the room. Then, we happened to stumble upon a portable AC unit marked 80% off last week. Suddenly, all those sleepless nights and all those miserable days clearly became pointless in my brain. It became obvious that all this time I’ve had alternate means to control my indoor air temperature, but haven’t bothered to purchase the necessary HVAC equipment. I owe the south an apology – it wasn’t your terrible air quality that kept me awake for the past year, it was my own cooling system complacency.

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Portable A/C unit

For a year and a half now, I have not slept comfortably, however it has been a long time to remain functional without having a solid night of sleep to back up all my monthly activities, however I’ve been doing my best to just plug along. I have blamed a enjoyable deal of my insomnia on having moved down to the deep south around that time, and assumed that the increased air temperature was behind my inability to rest up, and however, as of last week, I now also have to place some blame on myself for failing to find a better solution to the air quality issue sooner. It turns out that managing the air temperature in our kitchen at night was far easier and more attainable than I had ever imagined – all I really needed was a nice little portable A/C component to moderate my indoor air! For over a year, I only utilized our central cooling system, ceiling fans, and a big standing fan to try to regulate the indoor air temperature as dusk approached. I tried to cool down my room so I could sleep without perspiring, however never had enough cooling power to make it happen, however every night I woke up drenched in sweat and nauseous from the overwhelming heat and humidity in the room. Then, my buddy and I happened to stumble upon a portable A/C component marked 78% off last week, but suddenly, all those sleepless nights and all those irritated afternoons clearly became pointless in my brain. It became obvious that all this time I’ve had alternate means to control my indoor air temperature, however haven’t bothered to purchase the necessary Heating and A/C equipment. I owe the south an apology – it wasn’t your excruciating air quality that kept me awake for the past year, it was my own cooling system complacency.

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Radiant radiant floors for clingy dog

When you guess of having a dog, what’s the most ideal situation you could ask for? In my mind, it’s a well behaved companion who is tuned into my body language plus commands, plus desires to be by my side at all times.

  • I want a pooch who listens to what I say for the joy of being a wonderful boy, plus who sticks with me through thick plus thin.

Well, folks, that’s what I got when I started dating my boyfriend plus adopted his attractive old dog as my own. This pup is everything I could ever want in a continual companion, plus never leaves me alone. If he can’t see where I am, he is an anxious guy. It’s genuinely cute to be followed all over the house all morning long, however now it’s getting to be an fancy issue… You see, this old dog sacrifices his own indoor comfort to be with me. He goes from room to room, laying on strenuous floors plus relinquishing cooshy spots with high quality air control. He’ll kneel on the stone floor, shivering slightly on the cool surface as he looks at me with prefer plus adoration. If I cover him up with a blanket to warm him up or produce a comfy bed to cushion the floor, he’ll get up plus walk away within moments. That’s why I now have a team of Heating, Ventilation, plus A/C professionals measuring every room of the house plus punching their figures into a specialized heating program on the PC. They are helping me to install radiant radiant floors throughout the whole house to increase my indoor air quality levels, and to better serve my loyal old pooch, now he’ll be able to find warmth plus comfort throughout the entire house, no matter which radiant radiant floors he decides to park himself on.

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Need ventilation in dining room

I don’t know how much longer my great friend and I can keep doing this, really.

I know that we’ve been trying to make the best of a unquestionably poor situation, however at some point we’re going to have to make some sizable changes in order to get through this in one piece.

I never would have thought that this would become such a sizable complication when my great friend and I first noticed the issue, however it totally makes sense in hindsight that my great friend and I would find ourselves here. I’m talking about having a dining room with no ventilation system. You see, my guy as well as I appreciate to cook together as well as make quite elaborate meals each night. This is great, except for the amount of indoor air pollution that it causes each night as well as our complete lack of outgoing air flow. Every time my great friend and I fire up a pan, there is so much smoke as well as spicy air contamination that takes place. Even with the little overhead fan turned on high, there’s no way to remove the toxic fumes as well as heat from the dining room while my great friend and I cook. The fire detectors are soon set off as the smoke overflows out of the room as well as the air particulates agitate the air sensors. The entire house rings out, with poor beeping emanating from every single room. My buddy and I run around the house in the hot, thick air, desperately trying to shut off the fire detectors as our terrible aged pet howls his brains out. When the smoke finally settles as well as the air quality returns to a state of subpar warmth, my great friend and I can finally stop plugging our ears as well as try to eat dinner. Of course, by that point all the dining room fumes have also filled the whole house with the smell of thick, smelly sulfur from our vegetables. There’s nothing like dining in heat as well as fart smells thanks to our lack of dining room ventilation.
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Exploding beer

I saw something funny on Netflix the other afternoon that has had me chuckling ever since.

It was a show supposedly set in a craft brewery, as well as the characters stupidly talked about how they smoked pot all afternoon as well as skateboarded. You know, they “really just had one rule around there – to have fun.” It was ridiculous. I can tell you, because I toil in a craft brewery myself – it is not that laid back as well as fun. One sizable benefit of the task, however, is the amount of free beer that I get to bring property for me as well as my friends. In fact, I get such a sizable amount from each as well as every batch that I can’t even drink it fast enough. That’s how my great friend and I wound up with a designated beer closet in our house, as well as that’s how I made the greatest mess of my life when the central A/C stopped working last month. We’re in the final throes of summer time now as my great friend and I speak, which means it’s been over 90 degrees as well as 75% humidity for the past 4 months or so at this point. The climate around here is brutal, as well as there is no choice however to operate indoor air quality controls to have a livable property in this region. If your A/C unit is broken down, so are you. I thought I was taking wonderful care of my own central cooling system, especially since I supplemented its cooling power with extra window A/C units throughout the house. However, I didn’t plan for a correct power outage to completely sink my central A/C one afternoon while I was out of town. When I returned property as well as found the indoor air temperature was over 90 degrees, I also knew I was going to find a sticky mess pouring out of the beer closet, my beer stocks expanded in the heat as well as humidity as well as all my reserves were now pooling on the floor.

 

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Radiant radiant floors for clingy pet

When you think of having a pet, what’s the most ideal situation you could ask for? In my mind, it’s a well behaved companion who is tuned into my body language as well as commands, as well as desires to be by my side at all times.

I want a pooch who listens to what I say for the joy of being a great boy, as well as who sticks with me through thick as well as thin, and well, folks, that’s what I got when I started dating my guy as well as adopted his beautiful aged pet as my own.

This pup is everything I could ever want in a continual companion, as well as never leaves me alone. If he can’t see where I am, he is an worried guy. It’s unquestionably cute to be followed all over the house all afternoon long, however now it’s getting to be an fancy issue, you see, this aged pet sacrifices his own indoor comfort to be with me. He goes from room to room, sitting on hard floors as well as relinquishing cooshy spots with high quality air control. He’ll lay on the brick floor, shivering slightly on the cool surface as he looks at me with appreciate as well as adoration. If I cover him up with a blanket to sizzling him up or produce a comfy bed to cushion the floor, he’ll get up as well as walk away within moments. That’s why I now have a team of Heating plus A/C workers measuring every room of the house as well as punching their figures into a specialized heating program on the PC. They are helping me to install radiant radiant floors throughout the whole house to increase my indoor air quality levels, as well as to better serve my loyal aged pooch, now he’ll be able to find warmth as well as comfort throughout the entire house, no matter which radiant radiant floors he decides to park himself on.

 

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Need ventilation in home office

I don’t know how much longer my associate and I can keep doing this, really.

I know that we’ve been trying to make the best of a genuinely awful situation, however at some point we’re going to have to make some immense swings in order to get through this in one piece.

I never would have thought that this would become such a big problem when my associate and I first noticed the issue, however it totally makes sense in hindsight that my associate and I would find ourselves here. I’m talking about having a home office with no ventilation system. You see, my girlfriend plus I enjoy to cook together plus make quite elaborate meals each night. This is great, except for the amount of indoor air pollution that it causes each night plus our complete lack of outgoing air flow. Every time my associate and I fire up a pan, there is so much smoke plus spicy air contamination that takes place. Even with the little overhead fan turned on high, there’s no way to dislink the toxic fumes plus heat from the home office while my associate and I cook. The fire detectors are soon set off as the smoke overflows out of the room plus the air particulates agitate the air sensors. The entire apartment rings out, with awful beeping emanating from every single room. My good friend and I run around the apartment in the hot, thick air, desperately trying to shut off the fire detectors as our terrible aged animal howls her brains out. When the smoke finally settles plus the air quality returns to a state of subpar warmth, my associate and I can finally stop plugging our ears plus try to eat dinner. Of course, by that point all the home office fumes have also filled the whole apartment with the stink of thick, stinky sulfur from our vegetables. There’s nothing like dining in heat plus fart stinks thanks to our lack of home office ventilation.

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Thermostat control – cooling off

Like most positions, there are a few cool bonuses to the job that I currently hold, but first of all, my direct boss is never around. She essentially wants me to run the supplier for him, plus to leave him uninvolved unless there’s a really large issue. Secondly, I don’t have a rigid schedule plus get to start whenever I show up each day. That means I miss a ton of traffic plus never have to set horrifying alarms in the afternoon; Lastly, I just so happened to be seated right next to the temperature control in the office when I do show up for work. I cannot express to you how important this has been for my continued happiness within the business. You see, while it sounds like I have a totally simple gig, I can get pretty tepid under the collar around that place when the typical shenanigans are happening. It seems cool not to ever see your boss – however when you’re brand current to the position, it’s absolutely quite a heated debate about whether or not this is a good idea. That’s why I often find myself getting all tepid plus bothered as I sit at my desk at work, taking confusing direction from all channels except my actual manager. As my frustration grows, so does my internal body temperature, I swear. I literally begin heating up plus perspiring through my shirt as the confusion grows each afternoon. That’s when I’m more grateful than ever before to have access to the indoor air temperature control over my desk each day. As the pressure plus temperature grow, at least the indoor air temperature can stay mellow plus low.

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Thermostat control – cooling off

Like most positions, there are a few cool bonuses to the task that I currently hold.

First of all, my direct boss is never around.

He essentially wants me to run the supplier for him, plus to leave him uninvolved unless there’s a genuinely immense issue. Secondly, I don’t have a rigid schedule plus get to start whenever I show up each morning. That means I miss a ton of traffic plus never have to set terrifying alarms in the morning. Lastly, I just so happened to be seated right next to the control unit in the office when I do show up for work. I cannot express to you how substantial this has been for my continued happiness within the supplier. You see, while it sounds like I have a totally simple gig, I can get pretty overheated under the collar around that place when the respected shenanigans are happening. It seems cool not to ever see your boss – however when you’re brand new to the position, it’s genuinely quite a heated debate about whether or not this is a wonderful idea. That’s why I often find myself getting all overheated plus bothered as I rest at my desk at work, taking confusing direction from all channels except my actual manager, however as my frustration grows, so does my internal body temperature, I swear. I literally begin heating up plus covered in sweat through my shirt as the confusion grows each afternoon. That’s when I’m more grateful than ever before to have access to the indoor air temperature control over my desk each morning. As the pressure plus temperature grow, at least the indoor air temperature can stay mellow plus low.

 

Thermostat control – cooling off

Portable AC unit

For a year plus a half now, I have not slept comfortably, it has been a long time to remain functional without having a solid night of sleep to back up all my weekly activities, however I’ve been doing my best to just plug along.

  • I have blamed a wonderful deal of my insomnia on having moved down to the deep south around that time, plus assumed that the increased air temperature was behind my inability to rest up! However, as of last week, I now also have to place some blame on myself for failing to find a better solution to the air quality issue sooner.

It turns out that managing the air temperature in our home office at night was far easier plus more attainable than I had ever imagined – all I genuinely needed was a nice little portable AC unit to modest my indoor air! For over a year, I only utilized our central cooling system, ceiling fans, plus a large resting fan to try to regulate the indoor air temperature as dusk approached. I tried to cool down my room so I could sleep without covered in sweat, however never had enough cooling power to make it happen! Every night I woke up drenched in sweat plus nauseous from the overwhelming heat plus humidity in the room. Then, we happened to stumble upon a portable AC unit marked 78% off last week! Suddenly, all those sleepless days plus all those irritated afternoons clearly became pointless in my brain. It became obvious that all this time I’ve had alternate means to control my indoor air temperature, however haven’t bothered to purchase the necessary Heating, Ventilation, plus A/C equipment. I owe the south an apology – it wasn’t your terrible air quality that kept me awake for the past year, it was my own cooling system complacency.

 

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Thermostat control – cooling off

Like most positions, there are a few cool bonuses to the job that I currently hold, then first of all, my direct boss is never around.

He essentially wants me to run the company for him, and to leave him uninvolved unless there’s a really large issue. Secondly, I don’t have a rigid schedule and get to start whenever I show up each afternoon. That means I miss a ton of traffic and never have to set frightening alarms in the morning, but lastly, I just so happened to be seated right next to the thermostat in the office when I do show up for work. I cannot express to you how important this has been for my continued happiness within the business. You see, while it sounds like I have a totally easy gig, I can get pretty boiling under the collar around that place when the familiar shenanigans are happening. It seems cool not to ever see your boss – however when you’re brand current to the position, it’s honestly quite a heated debate about whether or not this is a enjoyable idea. That’s why I often find myself getting all boiling and bothered as I rest at my desk at work, taking confusing direction from all channels except my actual employer, but as my frustration grows, so does my internal body temperature, I swear. I literally begin heating up and perspiring through my shirt as the confusion grows each afternoon. That’s when I’m more grateful than ever before to have access to the indoor air temperature control over my desk each afternoon. As the pressure and temperature grow, at least the indoor air temperature can stay mellow and low.

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All I want for christmas is a working Heating plus A/C

Remember how exciting the holidays were as a child? I mean, unquestionably think back to those months leading up to Christmas day as well as try to recall the sense of imminent excitement that you experienced. It was all encompassing as well as insurmountable for me – they were such a joyous time to be a kiddo. Now, as an adult, however, I dread the holidays more than anything. They signify stress as well as spending to me, which only makes me feel negative as well as frantic during an otherwise cold as well as brutal time of the year. I don’t look forward to gifts, because even when they come, I only ever ask for practical items each year. This year what’s my sizable exciting Christmas desire, you ask? An Heating plus A/C appointment at my own home, that’s what. All year long I’ve lived with a dysfunctional temperature control in my property as well as endured the numerous difficulties that that brings. I could never set the indoor air temperature as well as forget it, because the temperature control often reset itself as well as unexpectedly turned off the heating or cooling program on its own accord. The temperature control program would also randomly glitch as well as create new settings, such as cranking up the heat to 90 degrees in the middle of the night… Periodically it seemed like the air temperature control machine couldn’t legitimately communicate with the central heat or cooling systems at all! Overall, it’s been a chaotic year spent with completely sporadic indoor air temperature control. All the while, I’ve been too broke to hire a professional Heating plus A/C supplier since paying off my ATM card bills for last Christmas!

 

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Set indefinite calendar events

I feel like I am constantly scrambling to keep up with life as an adult.

  • There’s always something that’s being neglected, no matter how hard I try to keep on top of all my responsibilities.

As if it isn’t enough to work two full time jobs, start up a small business, do all the cleaning for a household, and care for a geriatric dog… then there’s home maintenance. The house constantly needs attention and I’m very bad at remembering to take care of it. Right now my largest focus is on the home central heating and cooling system. See, last year I learned a terrible lesson when our whole heating system failed one day. When I called out the HVAC repairman, he told me that the trouble could have been prevented with routine maintenance performed on the furnace. Great, there’s another thing I’m not accomplishing. Ever since that day I’ve been extremely paranoid about taking care of the air conditioner, furnace, and ductwork. At least once per week I go personally check on the heating and cooling equipment, although I have no idea what I’m doing. I have several maintenance contracts with various heating and cooling specialists around town so that I have their work double and triple checked by other ventilation experts. I also have a whole stockpile of air filters for both the air conditioning and heating systems, which I change out very frequently to maximize energy efficiency. At this point, I even have a repeat reminder on my phone to change the air filtration every 2 weeks. I should have no excuse to neglect my HVAC system ever again, in fact, the notification is set indefinitely.

 

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Boyfriend is consumed with smart thermostat

Sometimes I am reminded that my boyfriend is a bit of an obsessive freak.

He definitely gets riled up and consumed with certain topics, and it’s very difficult to pull him back into reality. This has certainly been the case with our recent home renovations. When we were talking about home heating and cooling solutions, though, I never would have guessed that his most recent obsession would become our brand new smart thermostat. The trouble all started when we called a local HVAC agent out to the house to discuss available heating and cooling plans on the market. He recommended some energy star rated furnaces and air conditioning units, and also highly touted their newest smart thermostat option. He said that the new thermostat allowed the user to have complete control over their home heating and cooling system, even from thousands of miles away. We were sold. When the thermostat and ventilation plan was fully installed, my boyfriend got right to work tinkering with the settings. He wanted to optimize the energy usage, set a highly detailed temperature control plan, and set service reminders within moments of powering the thermostat on. The only trouble is, it’s been 3 weeks and he hasn’t stopped tinkering. Everyday he’s hunched over the smart thermostat, diligently checking all of our home energy statistics and tweeking the program by single degrees. I can’t pull him away from the stupid thing! Anytime I can’t find my boyfriend when I need help with something, you’d better believe that he’s poking at the smart thermostat. Yes, I wanted to reduce our energy expenditure, but not at the cost of losing my boyfriend.

 

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Took summer job, learned a ton

I’m a glutton for working.

I don’t know what it was about my upbringing, but I turned out to be a real working fanatic as an adult.

If I have spare time, I want to be busy and I want to be earning money. I never turn down a job. I like to pile part-time work on top of more part-time work, so that none of my jobs ever seem too long or boring. I end up with a lot of strange positions due to these personal preferences. Usually I’m pretty indifferent to the work I’m doing, but every once in a while I find a job that really piques my interest. Last summer, for instance, I randomly found myself getting deeply immersed in the world of commercial HVAC repair. The venture all began when I answered a mysterious craigslist ad for a “General Assistant” who would be responsible for answering phones and making routine trips about town. I soon found out that the position was for a local HVAC dealer when I agreed to take the work. Within a few weeks, my life had changed completely due to this heating and cooling specialist. I started out answering phones and dispatching ventilation experts to take care of the commercial heating and air conditioning contracts we held. Within a few weeks, however, I was going out on the job with the most seasoned HVAC contractors as a personal assistant. The work was so satisfying! Soon, I had gained a ton of working knowledge simply from being present as we serviced and repaired enormous furnaces and air conditioning systems. It didn’t take long after that for me to quit all my part-time gigs in order to work at the HVAC shop full-time.
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