I took difficult child out today for a mother daughter shopping trip. I had gone to a speciality lingerie store for a bra fitting a few months ago and thought difficult child would enjoy getting a fitting. She is ~ how should I say this ~ rather small in that department which has always driven her crazy since easy child and I are on the other side of the spectrum.
Anyway, on the way to the mall, I asked difficult child is she had gotten her car fixed (when we went to get it inspected the week before, she was told that she had to get an axle fixed).
She said no because she had to pay an unexpectedly high electric bill. She indignantly told me that it was $175 this month and that she couldn't believe it was that high. This was the girl who turned down our thermostat to 60 degrees every time that we left the house despite our repeated requests that she leave the thermostat at 78 degrees.
Adulthood bites, doesn't it? :rofl:
I have to admit that I brought up all the times that we had to turn the thermostat back up to 78 and she got a devilish grin and said, "Yeah, I told my roommate about that."
Here's the kicker, though. difficult child told me that her roommate's mom had told them that their bill would be lower if they stopped switching back and forth from heat to air.
Heat???? I said, "Surely you are not using heat in July in Georgia." She said, "Well, we like to have the heat on when we take showers."
So they are heating the apartment and then using air to cool it down and are surprised about the high electric bill.
I suggested that they get a small space heater and use that in the shower instead.
We actually had a delightful day. It's kind of fun watching reality hit difficult child.
~Kathy
Anyway, on the way to the mall, I asked difficult child is she had gotten her car fixed (when we went to get it inspected the week before, she was told that she had to get an axle fixed).
She said no because she had to pay an unexpectedly high electric bill. She indignantly told me that it was $175 this month and that she couldn't believe it was that high. This was the girl who turned down our thermostat to 60 degrees every time that we left the house despite our repeated requests that she leave the thermostat at 78 degrees.
Adulthood bites, doesn't it? :rofl:
I have to admit that I brought up all the times that we had to turn the thermostat back up to 78 and she got a devilish grin and said, "Yeah, I told my roommate about that."
Here's the kicker, though. difficult child told me that her roommate's mom had told them that their bill would be lower if they stopped switching back and forth from heat to air.
Heat???? I said, "Surely you are not using heat in July in Georgia." She said, "Well, we like to have the heat on when we take showers."
So they are heating the apartment and then using air to cool it down and are surprised about the high electric bill.
I suggested that they get a small space heater and use that in the shower instead.
We actually had a delightful day. It's kind of fun watching reality hit difficult child.
~Kathy
