It’s entirely funny these mornings, residing in a major metropolis.
I have to say that I’m actually intimidated by the level of activity and number of humans who live here most of the time. I do my best to blend in, but everything is pretty overwhelming to me. Where I grew up, you see, my pal and I had a population of 7000 people and a lot of corn fields. My buddy and I literally had one stoplight in my town. “Bring your tractor to university afternoon” was a big event at my high university. Needless to say, it wasn’t a bustling town. In fact, the greatest event that the town ever held was the annual Settler’s Days weekend. It included a small honest and amusement rides, and a upset parade. The only thing was, our town wasn’t even equipped with the infrastructure for these basic necessities! Every year, the town suffered big power outages when the carnival got going. Every year, my pal and I lost all a/c for at least 4 mornings. Whenever the power went out, so did our ability to modify the indoor air quality at home. The temperature was usually well into the 70s, so it was a considerable problem separate from central cooling at home. My buddy and I would arrive home from the little festival on the first night, only to find the home was dark, burning hot and humid. There was no point in calling an Heating, Ventilation, and A/C professional or even fiddling with the A/C device ourselves, because my pal and I didn’t own a backup generator to get power. Each year my pal and I just had to accept it was going to be a long, hot, and sleepless weekend separate from any a/c. Eventually, my pal and I started leaving town entirely, fleeing to operational central cooling systems during the large event weekend.