It hurts my pride to hear my children say that we are poor.

I never really thought that we were entirely poor, but they are right, we are basically broke for the most part. I mean we own our home which is good and we can afford to put food on the table and get clothes for everybody. Other than that though we struggle to do anything else. We never really go on family vacations or even camping trips which would be nice. I would love to be able to rent a nice RV or something with excellent climate control and just get away for a little while. Of course, we struggle just to keep up with our HVAC system maintenance. There was also a time when I used to get the cheap air filters to save a little bit of money, but that was a mistake. It was a bad move because the air quality became really poor and we had dust collecting all around the household. We ended up having to get our ductwork cleaned and that cost us a good amount of money, but the air quality improved substantially. It’s sad because I have been stuck at this dead end job for so long. I think I will try to go for a raise, or try my hand at something else for a change. I hear that HVAC technicians make pretty good money. I could always attend night classes to get my HVAC certification and then find a good HVAC company to work for. Then nobody could say we are poor anymore!

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