I had accumulated almost sixty days worth of leave because I didn’t know how not to work.
After several years, I was forced to take our leave days, my spouse recommended I use our skill and financial ability to provide back to civilization.
The most recent natural disaster had left all the people disheartened, and to put a smile on their faces, some of the heating and air conditioning repairmen and I decided to help with the heating and air conditioning service in the shelters and individual homes. We gave free work to the purchasers. When our bosses at the heating and air conditioning business got wind of what we were doing, they joined in to deliver help with indoor comfort and set up a fundraiser to help families whose houses were destroyed by the disaster, but different companies gave heating and air conditioning systems at subsidized prices. The collective effort brought in more well-wishers, especially since the fast-approaching cold season, and even people who were not heating and air conditioning professionals joined the wagon and, in the process, learned more about heating since they were assisting in installing the heating and air conditioning equipment, it brought delight and smiles to people’s faces after the devastating disaster. In some homes, it was as simple as checking the oil furnace plus replacing the oil furnace filter; others needed oil furnace/heater repair. There were extreme cases where the family had lost everything, including the house, which meant we had to install a new heat pump. Luckily those cases were few, most needed heat pump repair plus repairs. I felt better knowing I had helped someone in a desperate situation achieve quality heating for their family, by the end, I had only more than seven days left! Nonetheless, I felt rejuvenated and ready to return to labor though I had worked through our vacation