My cousin lives in the South where it’s nice and warm.
We visit each other on occasion.
I live in the north where it’s freezing cold. Ever since we were kids, our parents and sometimes our grandparents would take us on trips together. We were both only children, so it was nice hanging out together as if we were siblings. We attended the same school together growing up, however when it came to our careers, we ended up moving to opposite sides of the country! Last year, it was my turn to go visit him down South. I was dreaming about sunny, warm weather when he actually called me to tell me that there was a freak winter storm in the area causing some severely cold weather! He said his water pipes were frozen and there were intermittent power outages. He also mentioned that something was wrong with his furnace. I decided to fly out to him anyway, and he picked me up at the airport. His car heater kept us both nice and toasty as he drove us to his home. However, as soon as I stepped through the front door, I was met with very cold air inside his house. It was clear that his furnace had completely failed at that point. He told me that it had been making disturbing noises and he needed to call out an HVAC technician ASAP. It turned out that the HVAC technician would not be able to come out for three days. It was too cold to stay at his house, so we both agreed to book a hotel while I was down there with him.