When our spouse leaves on a company trip I kind of go insane. I have so many projects that I method to do while he is gone. It is taxing to labor with him in the house. He requires lots of attention & also wants to get involved. Painting a room suddenly takes way more time & he frequently gets miserable. It wouldn’t be out of the norm for him to whip a paint brush out of the window or split something if the project doesn’t go well. The moment he steps out the door, I get to work. I respectfully start with cleaning the whole house. I mop, clean windows, clean the sheets & curtains & I wash all the surfaces. I then have a sizable project to accomplish. Typically it is painting a room, adding new drywall or ripping out shrubs. I then have a hired job that I have done while our spouse is gone. Rather than test his patience, I just get someone else to do it. Had new outlets put in the study room & one time I had a plumber over to service our shower drain. This most recent time I called the Heating and Air Conditioning business. I was starting to notice higher utility bills & knew something was wrong with the Heating and Air Conditioning. I didn’t alert our spouse. I just waited & called the Heating and Air Conditioning professional when he was gone. The Heating and Air Conditioning tech cleaned, oiled & lubricated everything. Now the Heating and Air Conditioning is good to go & our spouse has no clue what went down.