I have no idea what it is about my core group of friends and I, but I swear we’re connected by the same cosmic energy.
If one person feels extremely low and unmotivated, it’s guaranteed that we’re all feeling that way.
If one member has a really great week, we all feel like we’re walking on air. Unfortunately, if one of us is struck with bad luck, it’s almost a no-brainer that we’re all going to experience the same misfortune. That’s why I really shouldn’t have been surprised last month, when one by one we all reported having a slight variation on the same general problem; our HVAC systems. It started when my friend Alicia told me that her entire heating system wouldn’t turn on one morning because their heat had still not switched over. She was chilly, but they made it through the mild winter days. Next, my good friend in Kentucky told me that her car’s furnace stopped working one morning, so she had to drive to work blind in the frosty outdoor air. It was maybe two days before our good pal Beau begrudgingly told us that his own radiator had malfunctioned at his apartment. He was without heat during a cold snap of midwest winter, and had to set up a dozen space heaters to keep his cats alive that weekend. Well, it should have come at absolutely no surprise to me when I woke up the other morning and my whole house was freezing cold. I could see my breath as I exclaimed loud dissatisfaction. Sure enough, when I walked down the hall to the thermostat, the central heating system had powered off at least 12 hours before.