My family has the silly opinion of me that I try to counteract all the time.
Ever since I was a little girl they have been calling me a vapid and shallow human being.
They are convinced that I only care about my hair, my makeup, and my clothing. They think that I am expecting Prince Charming to come along and take care of me someday. That’s why they were all extremely shocked when I graduated high school and went right into the heating, cooling, and air quality control specialty. I quickly became an advanced air quality control specialist at the local heating, cooling, and ventilation dealership in town. My family was blown away when I successfully navigated a professional HVAC career in this male-dominated industry. I can understand why they were so shocked at my choice in air quality control technical school when I first applied. However, I really thought that they would gain more confidence in me as I brought home straight A’s on my heating, cooling, and ventilation system exams. I was actually the best air conditioning repairman in the entire class… And I’m the least-manly member of the course. After all of this effort trying to prove myself as a real heating, cooling, and ventilation worker, my parents still regularly make derogatory comments about my heating and cooling career. I guess they can’t get over the fact that I initially signed up for HVAC certification school at the local trade college because I thought I was going to marry my heating and cooling professor.