Convenience or Laziness?

On Friday (yesterday), Chris and I spent the better part of the day cleaning most of the house. Not just picking up a few things here and there. No,I'm talking sweeping everything from under the beds, sorting, organizing, steam cleaning the carpets, etc...there's a little more to do this afternoon, but the house is a much happier place already.

During our cleaning session, I came across two remote controls. I couldn't place them at first, but I eventually remembered what appliance they are used for. You see, our central AC went kaput halfway through Spring. It's a high priority to get it fixed, but it will cost at least $1000 to repair. At least. So while we are saving up for that on our single income, we bought a couple of those cheap window AC units people used to have back when central AC was a luxury. I didn't even know they still sold those, but ROCK ON! We even have an oscillating fan in front of the AC unit to circulate the cool air throughout the room.

Anyway, I wake up this morning and decide to start blogging. After about 15 minutes of typing I find that I am getting chilly from the AC. But I was in the middle of writing out my thoughts, and I didn't want to get up from my bed to turn it off at the moment. That's when I look over at the nightstand and see the aforementioned remotes sitting there. I reach over, and press 'Power' on both of them and voilà! The AC unit AND the fan stopped churning simultaneously. After I did this, I couldn't help but chuckle to myself. I'm living in the stone age with the window AC unit and oscillating fan, but I have remote controls to power them on and off at will.

Note: You sharp-minded readers may be wondering what I was already typing about before all of this happened, as the subject of this blog is about events that occurred while I was already blogging! Very quick, you are. I'll publish that blog in a little while. :-)