I have always been a warm-blooded creature.
Well, you may think that is a given if I’m human.
However, what I mean is, I worship the sun. I was born on a tropical island, and I am used to warmth, humidity, and at most, a cool island breeze in the evenings. This means that if the temperature dips below the 70s, I become a cold and desperate creature indeed! I barely use my air conditioner, even in the summer. I’ll use the ceiling fans or a box fan to circulate air before I use my A/C. This often does the trick for me. However, even I could not deal with the recent heat wave that hit my town a week ago. Finally, after I’m not even sure how long, I turned on the thermostat and cranked the air conditioner back up. I hadn’t even gotten maintenance on it in a few years! It was able to maintain the 78° that I set on the thermostat, but then I remembered something. I was lucky it was able to do so, because when I checked the air filter it was filthy! I had neglected even the most basic air conditioning maintenance because I barely ever use it. I decided that I would at least replace the air filter. After that, at least I had my air conditioner, and it was functional. I considered whether or not I should call out an HVAC technician to do a check up and a tune-up. Then I checked the weather and saw that there would be only one more day of extreme heat. No HVAC technician visit for me!