I was on my second serving of mashed potatoes and gravy when one of my engineering professors who also happens to be my uncle took a seat beside me at the dining table.
- That year we were celebrating Thanksgiving Day at our house and my mother’s only brother and his family were present.
My mother had told me to call the heating business more than five days before but I had completely forgotten about it. I remembered all about it when my uncle started talking about how he always ensures that his dual fuel system receives an annual furnace/heater tune-up. The discussion on heating equipment started when my mother was reminding his brother about the house they both lived in together when they started working. The house had an electric furnace for heating but the summers were not so pleasant because the a/c was always breaking down and they only had one portable fan. My uncle finally moved out to his studio apartment and by then he was working as a heating technician. It was only after his skills at the homeowner solutions business had improved was he able to fix my mother’s a/c. I was surprised that he was once a heating contractor because I have always known him to be in the teaching profession. My mother suddenly turned to me and asked if I had called the HVAC supplier to have the ductless HVAC unit in the guest room fixed. I thought the HVAC professional was only coming for a heat pump service, now we had guests staying over and the ductless heat pump unit in that room was not working. My mother gave me a murderous look but my uncle calmed her down and said he would get the quality heating equipment running in no time.