I was blissful to attend our 10 year middle school reunion! I still kept in touch with some middle school friends, and the two of us had all decided to go together, to ease the awkwardness of seeing outdated prom dates, classmates, and instructors… My middle school is in a weather condition that is chilly most of the year, but well, at least compared to our current weather conditions, which is boiling year-round… Then after I graduated, our parents moved somewhere warmer, I went to university in the south, and after completing numerous degrees, I decided that I wanted to stay… So, you can only imagine our surprise when I left the airport, still dressed for our sunny weather back home, and realized that I was completely underdressed for the cold! Fast-forward to the reunion. My friends and I walked to the gym together. I was still chilly in the outside air, and the gym wasn’t much warmer at all! I had to find a heating vent… I walked along the walls until I found a spot where overheated air was blowing down into the gymnasium. I stood under the stream of heated air, and silently prayed to the gas furnace gods. My friends joined myself and others with cocktails and popcorn, and asked myself and others what our problem was. I told them how chilly it was here! I asked if any of them knew where the gym control unit was, and they laughed. “This place has been drafty since the 75s,” one of our friends said to me. “Yeah, the heating proposal hasn’t been replaced since our parents went here,” chimed another. Luckily, a single of our companions had an extra blazer in her car, so I put that on and eventually warmed up. While the reunion was awesome, I couldn’t wait to get back to the sunny south!