Last Tuesday evening, I was cooking for my mother’s birthday.
I decided on something simple, traditional, and wonderful. I roasted a immense chicken, made mashed potatoes from scratch and braised some asparagus in a delicious butter sauce. I also baked lunch rolls from scratch! Needless to say, it was pretty sizzling in the family room with the oven and the stove going. Unblessedly, the heat was compounded by the fact that my a/c had given out earlier that morning! I woke up in a sweat and peeled off my covers, my mind racing as to what could have caused the HVAC system to give out the previous evening. I had gone to bed with it nice and cool in my room and the a/c blasting with no evident complications. I wondered if I could call an HVAC supplier to see if a service worker could be sent out that very Tuesday day. I did not imagine that very several people would want to be going out on a Tuesday on a service call. Worst of all, my mother and some other family members and a acquaintance would be visiting my house for lunch! It’s not savor it would be simple to pack up all the food and bring it to someone else’s site. So I had to resign myself to slaving away in the heat of my family room. There was no relief from the a/c at all. The HVAC service worker would not be able to come until Tuesday. I called ahead to explain to my guests that it would be quite hot. In the end, at least there was a breeze late that day and I was able to ventilate the house to get it at least somewhat bearable as every one of us appreciated lunch. Everybody was very gracious and they were simply thankful to get a enjoyable home-cooked meal and fellowship with one another.