When I got the text to come over and hold the flashlight for my neighbor, I knew it was a bad deal. Earlier that night I had slipped out of the air conditioning of my home for my night walk. These days, after spending all day inside the commercial HVAC of the office, I don’t come home and plop down in front of the TV. Nope, I get home, change, and then head out to the gym for a walk and some pickleball or whatever. I just make sure that I get some exercise after spending the day inside the zone controlled HVAC of the office. On my walk that night, I noticed my neighbor outside with the HVAC system so I walked over. Turns out the air conditioning had gone out and she was going to try and repair it herself. For sure, this woman is superb with her hands and is tops when it comes to taking care of apartment projects. However, heating and cooling units are a bizarre pet altogether. I gently reminded her that perhaps it would be easier to simply call the HVAC experts instead. But she’s the sort who doesn’t absolutely know all that much about HVAC professionals. My HVAC unit gets seasonal HVAC service twice a year, but she doesn’t believe in HVAC service. And that also might be why my HVAC machine was running and her wasn’t. So I ended up going over to hold the flashlight for an hour before she finally gave up. The next afternoon, there was an HVAC company van in the driveway.