It’s really difficult to be an aunt.
- I love my nieces and nephew so much, but I also can’t stand to be around them sometimes.
It’s difficult because I can’t discipline them when they’re acting like little brats. I have a hard time holding my mouth when they are clearly being unreasonable and my brothers are bending over backwards for these miniature nightmares. I try really hard to be patient and understanding with the children, but they really need some ground rules laid down. Recently, I made the mistake of inviting my family over for Christmas. I should have known if that this would cause chaos. My nieces and nephews got plenty of new toys for the holiday, but their favorite one was my smart thermostat. They were obsessively running into the hallway and pressing buttons on my thermostat all week long. Normally, this would be annoying and potentially hazardous for the health of your forced air furnace. And my case, it was even more annoying because they were ruining my smart thermostat settings. For the past 6 months I have been carefully working with my smart thermostat to program the most energy efficient Heating and Cooling plan for my household. I have perfected but Heating and Cooling plan to match every single person schedule. Wouldn’t you know, within a few days the entire HVAC program would be destroyed. With three meddling children around, my highly intricate Air Temperature Control plan didn’t stand a chance. Every time I try to stop them from touching my air temperature control device, my brothers acted as though I was being unreasonable. Finally, I gave up and let them run the HVAC to their heart’s desire. I guess we’ll start out the new year developing a new air quality program.