One of my favorite activities for my work is writing newsletters.
Newsletters are fun because there are lots of interesting things to write about, plus, it’s not exactly physically taxing work.
Well, at least that’s what I thought until I had to do a whole bunch of writing when the HVAC was on the fritz. I live in the south, so air conditioning is a must for the vast majority of the year. There might be a couple of months where a/c is unnecessary, but generally speaking if we are alive, we are using the a/c. Well, I have a bunch of writing to accomplish by a certain date, and when I sat down at the computer, I began to notice a slow trickle of sweat running down the center of my back. This is not normal, and I thought perhaps I had forgotten to turn the thermostat setting down when I got home from the office. I went to the hallway to check, and I discovered that although the thermostat was set on 75 degrees, it was actually 78 degrees in the house. I thought perhaps the a/c just needed a bit of time to catch up to the demand, so I didn’t worry too much. However, it became increasingly difficult to concentrate on my writing when the a/c was sticking out its tongue at me. After about two hours of the a/c seeming to be less and less effective, I finally had to call the heating and cooling company. They scheduled an HVAC service call for the next day, and I gave up writing for the night!