Learning lessons the hard way – renting a room in Milan during the summer, with the advertisement reading “conditioned air.” That is a polite way to say, “We have a fan for you!”
Yesterday we were in Milan here at the ranch. It’s always advisable to test your air conditioning on the hottest day of the year. Do not have it serviced before you need it – just assume it will work! It is a humbling way of remembering when you didn’t have that luxury, when you would go to bed at night with your head on the sill of the window, praying for a puff of air, hoping the window wouldn’t slam on you and decapitate you. Or you would lay in front of a fan hogging the air, thus causing a ruckus within the family, creating more hot air.
Today we are back in the lap of luxury with air conditioning, and a newly purchased box fan – in case we feel like revisiting Milan.