Most of all, I was tired of paying my high energy bills as I operated the central HVAC system day in and day out in a mostly empty house.
I don’t know about you, but I’m feeling rather tired of this back and forth between the media and the government during this ongoing viral pandemic. It was pretty clear a few months ago that we had managed to lower the curve when it came to our country’s COVID-19 contaminations. At the time, I was feeling a little optimistic about all of our sheltering in place efforts, but I also know that letting people go back into the wild was going to increase the number of cases around the country. Lo and behold, that’s exactly what happened. Now, I feel like I’m being jerked around as I try to figure out what normal life is. Recently, my company tried to call us back into the office because they believe that we were “all-clear.” At that point, I was actually a little excited to get out of my highly air conditioned home. I felt like I couldn’t stand another day of hanging out with my air conditioning unit and listening to the air quality control device turn on and off in the background of my silent house. I was tired of feeling ice cold, dry air conditioned air blowing on my body all day long. Most of all, I was tired of paying my high energy bills as I operated the central HVAC system day in and day out in a mostly empty house. I actually thought it was going to be great to rely on my office’s thermostat and get a break on my own energy bills. Unfortunately, our return to the office only lasted one week. As COVID cases climbed again, we were ushered back into our own homes. I’m hanging out with my air conditioning unit every day, trying desperately not to break the bank with these insane energy bills.