When I graduated, dad was strict and firm with me.
He told me I was still young, and he wanted me to have fun, although he always wanted me to begin working toward becoming a successful person.
He wanted me to think about something I could see myself doing for the rest of my life. The job had to be secure and make me independent. I had only graduated a month ago, and already dad was trying to push me out of the house. He wasn’t at all sympathetic when I told him I wasn’t ready to get a job. He wasn’t sympathetic with anything I had to say about getting work. He gave me money if I wanted to go to school, but it had to be with a career in mind. I was offended and hurt, but I started to plan my life. Somewhere along the line, I realized heating and air conditioning was a career that would always have security, and I was excited to tell dad. He owned the local heating and air conditioning business, and I wanted to know if he would let me work my way through school. I don’t suppose I had ever seen my dad more proud or more animated. He started telling me about the heating and air conditioning contractor and the plans he had for the future. He asked if I would be interested in getting a degree in engineering and design for heating and air conditioning systems? I wanted to become a heating and air conditioning professional first, and then we would talk about engineering and design of heating and air conditioning systems. It amazed me how quickly he had changed his attitude towards me and was now talking about me becoming his partner in the heating and air conditioning business.