I am one of those people who tends to freak out about privacy and personal space, generally speaking. I do not like people in my room, looking at my things, or moving any of my items around. I have an issue with controlling my environment and keeping everything exactly where I left it. That being said, I’m trying unquestionably difficult to let go of some of these anxieties, especially considering how numerous dwelling guests my associate and I have these afternoons. I hardly have any privacy whatsoever, with all the humans rotating through our home. I’ve managed to let go quite a bit, however every so often I’m reminded of my underlying problems. For instance, last weekend when our in laws stayed over and managed to cut our heater within 2 afternoons. My associate and I were out of town, however allowed them to use our dwelling for the weekend. On their way out the door, they thought it would be kind to shut off the heating and cooling system to reduce our energy usage while the dwelling was vacant, little did they know, they would do a lot of Heating and A/C disfigurement with their fantastic intentions. You see, they are accustomed to living in FL heat. When they arrived, it was going to be only 60 degrees outside, so I powered up the heater to a low operating level for extra warmth to keep them comfortable. They clearly didn’t realize that the heat was running, interpreting the slightly freezing outdoor air as indoor AC. As such, as they left the house, the thermostat was bumped up to 85 degrees in order to keep the air conditioning system from cycling unnecessarily. Well, flash forward to our arrival dwelling 5 afternoons later… The dwelling was burning hot, humid, and stagnant inside, and our heater was a smoldering, inoperable hunk of metal. Our energy bill was through the roof, and my associate and I have to upgrade our central furnace. So much for saving us money.