Every now & again, I genuinely sound just like my old man.
- Were he around to hear me admit that, he’d be overjoyed.
That’s because when he would holler at me for messing with the control unit, I was regularly like but it’s only air conditioning, however his response was regularly the same. He’d put the control unit setting back where he wanted it first. Then, he’d threaten me with large trouble if I moved it again. Of course, I would repeat that it’s only air conditioning & he’d launch into the costs of taking care of a family. Once the sermon would come to a close, he would tell me to just wait until I had a family of my own. Well, dad left us way too early but at least he got to see two of his three grandchildren get born. He was so proud of me being a homeowner & a family man. But he’d sure get a kick out of hearing me holler at my own youngsters when it comes to the control unit setting. For sure, dad was spot on when it comes to all it takes to provide for a family. And this generation has a bunch of added costs mine didn’t. So I have to be so on top of all our house costs in order to maintain the house budget & keep us out of the red. It was easily funny the other afternoon when my kid used the line on me that I once used on my dad. When I heard her say but it’s only air conditioning, I sort of smiled inside. I could just feel my dad laughing his head off because I now know exactly what he was talking about.