I can’t say the heat came out of nowhere that summer.
But, having such a busy life meant I didn’t prepare for it.
I’d read somewhere that weather experts were warning about an oncoming heatwave. However, I paid the matter no heed and went on with my life. When the fateful day came, I was in utter shock. Summer was here, and I’d delayed getting my air conditioner serviced. I remember waking up that night to a pool of sweat after tossing and turning. My phone was at the bedside table, so I reached for it to access the central air conditioner app. I tried in vain to get it to start, and that’s when it hit me. I’d not had my HVAC home system serviced in the spring. In my inbox was an email from the cooling and heating unit service reminding me of the matter a month ago! I did open the email but never got back to the HVAC technician to set maintenance and possible repair date. Needless to say, I didn’t sleep a wink that night. First thing in the morning, I put in a distress call to my auto air conditioner service. Lack wasn’t on my side because all technicians were busy until the coming week. The only way I could get one to come to my place was to pay an emergency 24 hour HVAC unit maintenance fee. All the bargaining in the world didn’t bear any fruit. Therefore, I finally caved in and accepted the high AC repair costs. I’d learned my lesson and would never skip wall-mounted heating and cooling system servicing ever again. The AC specialist was at my door in less than an hour and went about fixing the stalled unit. My capacitors were faulty, and the air conditioner needed new ones adding to my overall cost.