Well, things sure are feeling hot and heavy right now. Hot, in the fact that there is a lot of steam passing around between my family members, and heavy in the way that my stomach feels every time I get another harassing message from my mother. You see, this year for the first time, my significant other and I are not travelling to see our respective family members in their far-off locations. My family resides 690 miles north in the brutal chilly and snow of the midwest. My bestie’s family lives in the opposite direction, 600 miles south in the heat and humidity of FL. My buddy and I reside anywhere in between, torn between the two battling teams. This year instead of trying to please everyone and killing ourselves, my pal and I decided to just stay put in our current house together. I knew that the decision wouldn’t be accepted warmly, but I didn’t know that everyone would get so hot under the collar. My family was immediately bribing, with my mother telling me that the chilly air temperature wouldn’t be so awful this year because she had recently replaced her furnace. The central heat entirely works this year, she exclaimed! Surely, my pal and I want to come up and inspect her brand current smart temperature control and forced air furnace! My bestie’s family, on the other hand, has been nothing but cold… Rather than bragging about their indoor temperature control measures, they’ve totally frozen us out. Ice cold. Neither situation is ideal, but I know that our relaxed plans, heightened indoor comfort, and outdoor air temperature is going to make up for all the family heat.