Summer in the South can be unbearably hot and humid, at least for some people, but, we enjoy the heat, as long as we have cool air conditioning to return to. Our summers are spent swimming in lakes, at the beach, a friends pool, or in the local swimming hole. We also enjoy caneoing the river, fishing the streams, hiking the trails, barbecuing with friends and family, playing frisbee in the park, playing sports and all sorts of summer fun that makes us hot, sweaty, and often sunburned. We don’t have a problem with the heat, as long as we know that when the fun is over, we can go home to a decent shower and a cool air conditioned house. We usually keep the thermostat set on seventy-six degrees and keep our ceiling fans on high, but, we will usually turn the thermostat down to seventy before a day of fun in the sun, so that we know it will be nice and cool when we get home. We make sure we have our HVAC unit serviced regularly to keep us comfortable. We learned a hard lesson when, during our third year of not having it serviced, the HVAC got sick. We are grateful a certified technician was able to fix it before it died. I will never neglect my air conditioning unit again and am so grateful that we have such a healthy, energy efficient unit.