Back when I was a youngster, I used to always go out and play basketball with my buddies.

• Sometimes we would have an uneven number of players but would try to balance things out.

Of course, one of my buddies would always complain about domination when the teams were unfair. Obviously, some of us were more skilled than others. I wasn’t exactly the best player myself, but I did become pretty good at my long range shots which made me a good choice in the games. The biggest issue for me though was keeping comfortable while on the hot days. I typically would tell everybody that I needed to go back to my house to get air conditioning breaks. Everybody laughed at me when I first did this, but I would bring cold drinks back for everybody. Usually it was just bottled water that I would bring back in an ice chest, but everybody appreciated that I looked out for them and offered a way for them to cool down on incredibly hot days. The cooling relief of an ice-cold drink is incredible! Everybody appreciated me being sort of the ‘water boy’, but I was happy to help everybody out and get some cooling relaxation at the same time. The air conditioning back at home was always fantastic. I even had friends come over to play video games sometimes and they were able to see why I loved the cooling comfort so much from the AC system. These days, I have a basketball hoop in the driveway and play sometimes with the kids. We do the same thing with the AC breaks and cool drinks to this day.
Portable space heater