I’m so thankful that I care about where I reside; however, that hasn’t constantly been the case even though I’m now living not at all far from where I grew up… But when I was a kid, I thought this region was too hot, too quiet and boring. I’m also sure I wasn’t the only teenager to recognize that way. I ended up leaving all that air conditioning to transport to the north for college… My college experience was awesome but I easily hated living in the dorm room during the winter. The dorm I lived in had a giant boiler that produced plenty of radiant heating. But that radiant heating was either off or full sauna. I ended up taking a task right out of college that kept myself and others in the north for a few more years; however, I just never could get accustomed to the winter. This led myself and others to take a lateral transport with the company just so I could get back to the south! And man, am I ever glad that I simply did that. I guess having lived away from this region for a while gave myself and others a whole other perspective when it came to appreciating this area… Then sure, the Summer is hot, humid plus comes with a whole lot of air conditioning. But I even have a newfound gratitude for that as well; then now that I’m an adult, I realize that there were people for generations who didn’t have access to residential heating plus air conditioning. And just thinking about that easily does help myself and others to stay grateful plus maintain that perspective even when I’m dripping with sweat just walking to the car in the summer.