But I leapt on this air conditioning problem and wouldn’t let go.
Sometimes, I’m simply my own worst enemy. And this recent experience when it came to my HVAC equipment is a perfect example. I can get so tenacious about some things to the point that I’m relentless. This is a good quality to have inside the zone controlled HVAC of the office. But that’s really where it should stay. Too often, I get nearly obsessed with small details or puzzling circumstances and can’t let it go. That’s exactly what happened when the HVAC unit stopped working one evening just before bed. Where we live, the heat and humidity can be brutal from June through September. That’s the time that we need all the HVAC cooling in our home that we can get. This is also the time that I need some air conditioning in order to get some sleep. The heat pump just quit running that night and my wife started to call the HVAC company. I stopped her because I thought that I might be able to save us an after hours HVAC service call fee. Why I thought this, is baffling. I have zero training in heating and cooling. On top of that, I’m certainly not known for even being a particularly good handy man. But I leapt on this air conditioning problem and wouldn’t let go. My wife, she put a fan in front of the bed, opened the window and went to sleep. I stayed up half the night but still couldn’t figure out what was wrong with the HVAC unit. After a night with nearly no sleep, I finally called the HVAC professionals.