Sometimes it's easy to get dragged into your day…and the day isn't a very inspiring one.

That was my day on Wednesday. I had what felt like an army of workmen at my house, in and out, lugging materials around for the air and heat system. They kept me in the loop as far as what they were doing (although I didn't understand a word of it.) And my daughter was dying to get out of the house (probably because we couldn't get out of the house.)

The salesman who sold us the system, which cost ...