My wife and I met working in the hotel business.
- She was a suited up front of the house manager and I was the recreation guy.
Mostly, I was outside of the air conditioning looking after pools and recreational offerings for the guests. I’m very much an outdoor person and don’t think I could ever work in the zone controlled HVAC of an office environment. Honestly, I could hardly stand being inside the air conditioning of the hotel or resort each day. I made the meetings inside the air conditioning of the hotel or resort but the rest of the time, I was outside. Naturally, I am also into camping. And my wife’s idea of camping is an interstate hotel where you can see the HVAC equipment sticking through the wall of each room. So it has taken me the better part of a decade to get her to agree to go on a camping trip. She’s actually going to walk away from the quality heating and air of our house to sleep outside for five whole days. This is unprecedented really. I don’t think she’s ever taken any vacation in her entire life that didn’t come with some great heating and cooling comfort. Since we are hiking and camping in the mountains to watch the fall colors, I’ve had to make a couple of compromises. First, we are staying in tent sites that have access to restrooms and showers. Second, we are taking a small space heater with us so my wife and sit it in front of her on the cool mornings before she gets out of her sleeping bag.