My grandmother always used to tell me that she longed for the simple life again.
I remember what she called simple. She said they didn’t have air conditioning and yet they all survived the hot and humid summers. She would say how they would have only a thin sheet pulled over them during the summer, and that was enough to keep them cool and comfortable. I remember sleeping at her house during the summer. It was not cool and comfortable, no matter how many curtain shades she had drawn to keep the sunlight out. I do agree that life was much simpler back then. People trusted each other and looked at each other with warmth and kindness. If I could get into a time machine, I would go back to my grandmother’s time. I would want a modern HVAC system sitting in the time machine with me. I would love to see my grandmother and my mother when they were younger. I would love to see how they lived and worked and how my mother really met my dad. I think the most fun would be to find out if their life was much simpler than ours, other than there were a lot fewer people. I would introduce my mother and grandmother to the modern furnace and the air conditioning unit, just so they could see what to expect. Unfortunately, they would think I was crazy because they didn’t have modern electricity back then and the HVAC system probably wouldn’t work. I also wonder if they would be happy to know that their daughter/granddaughter is an HVAC technician.