What’s that old phrase? You can’t choose your family? That is very obvious in my case, because I would have selected extremely different human beings than the extended family I wound up with.
- When I was born into this family, God was playing some kind of a joke on everybody.
I have never fit in with my Aunts, Uncles, or Cousins, and they have never been my favorite people either. But, we have to get along for the sake of keeping the peace until Grandpa dies. Last week I almost lost my temper after I arrived at our cabin and realized that my idiot cousins had broken in the heating and cooling system the last time they were visiting. I was hoping to go out for a peaceful weekend at our family cabin, and instead I wound up with an HVAC disaster that I had to repair. When I first drove up to the cabin, I noticed that there was more garbage outside than usual. I should have realized that this would correspond to the general condition of the house and household appliances, including the HVAC system. My first night there, I turned on the central heating system and noticed that it was still ice cold after an hour. I checked on the thermostat and the furnace itself, but I had no idea what was wrong. It was just obvious that the heating system wasn’t functional. I messaged my family and asked if anyone could recommend an HVAC technician up here in the woods. That’s when my idiot cousins chimed in and asked if the heater was still broken. I’m sorry, “still?” The heater broke two months ago when they were using the cabin, and they never arranged for a furnace repair or mentioned the HVAC failure to any of us. I was livid then, and even more upset when I realized they had taken the AC unit home with them.
