At least I won’t be going north again for the holidays.
- I hate that it came to that but I guess sometimes, enough is just enough.
Since I’ve been married, my wife and I have gone up north to her parent’s house for Christmas. I hate going north in the winter for obvious reasons. I go through a blistering summer with all sorts of air conditioning just to enjoy the winter. And yet, I take an entire week of my limited vacation time to go to the cold during the best time of year at home. I think I’ve been stewing on this for some time. But I’m also the sort of guy who always tries to make the best of things. Plus, it’s my wife’s family and I’d do anything for her. But Christmas trip 14 will be the last time. My wife’s mom rules the roost in her house with an iron fist. And just a few days into our trip, she went ballistic on me for asking to lower the thermostat a bit. She keeps that house so hot in the winter that I’m sweating if I’m wearing anything more than underwear. Well, she completely freaked out at the very suggestion that I was uncomfortable. And it went downhill from there. We got through Christmas day and ended up leaving a day early. On the way home, I just broke it down to my wife that I won’t be going back. It really wasn’t so much a discussion as it was a declaration on my part. So Christmas going forward is going to be awesome. I’ll be in the sun with warm temperatures and enjoying my own thermostat any way I want it. But mostly, the heat pump is simply off during the winter and that’s fine by me.