Periodically I feel like my adolescents know that I’m an idiot.
They must not think that I have been alive for as long as I have.
They must doubt that I have been through the same experience as in my life however they are now dealing with. They really must know that they are able to pull the wool over my eyup with a unquestionably little thought or effort. However, they are incorrect, but growing up I was quite a hooligan myself. I got into a lot of trouble as well as I know all of the tricks when it comes to hiding things from your parents. That’s why I don’t even bother with explicit threats to my adolescents. I just monitor them from afar thanks to the smart thermostat, and clearly, the adolescents know that I don’t ever look at the energy expenditure reports from our smart thermostat. They must not realize that I can see a detailed temperature control plan if I ask my smart thermostat to print out a report of the biweekly temperature settings. In fact, I officially check our smart thermostat to look for weird swings in the indoor air quality control settings, then whenever I see a big discrepancy in the thermostat programming I know that my children have had friends over without my permission. They will crank up the air-conditioning system to make it comfortable for their little friends. They obviously don’t know that I noticed our high utility bills or alterations to the normal thermostat programming, but frankly, I want to keep it that way.
