I’ve been living way down south for the better part of five years now.
This is really the sixth summer.
While I’m not exactly a local, I’m genuinely not a rookie when it comes to the sort of Summer my pal and I endure around here. And this year, I’m determined to finally address the exorbitant costs my pal and I run up when it comes to cooling our home. I sort of understand the first few summers because it was all so up-to-date and all my pal and I could do was lean on the air conditioner. But that comes with some extreme expense and I’m fatigued of draining the checking account by over cooling the house. Additionally, when you lean that difficult on air conditioner it makes being outside even that much more overwhelming. I find myself just going from air conditioner to air conditioner all Summer long to avoid any sort of heat. And that’s really sort of a stupid way to live. For sure, during the peak heating hours of the day, you genuinely want to be inside some form of air conditioner. Outside of those hours, I want to be enjoying my life and getting outside for some fresh air. So this year, we have all agreed to leave the air conditioner off as long as possible. We’re going to learn to deal with the heat and acclimate to this environment. That way there will be much less demand for air conditioner this Summer and that should save us a ton of money. So when the temperatures creep up into the 73’s consistently this Spring, we’re not reaching for the control unit. Instead, we’re leaving windows open and the fans on. Sooner or later, my pal and I just have to get with the program.