My husband and I moved to the South last spring. At first, the weather was nice. We only ran the heater or cooler a few times a day. Both of us work so we would leave the HVAC system off during the day while we were away. But, as June approached, the weather heated up and it has started getting way too hot in the house when we leave the air conditioning off. I always get home first so I am the one who would have to turn on the air conditioner and wait for it to cool down. By the time he gets home, the house is halfway cooled down. He thinks we are saving energy and money by leaving the A/C off for our work day. I feel that the A/C has to work way too hard when it is turned back on and that we should just turn it to about 77 degrees when we go away instead of turning it off completely. Now that it is warmer, we constantly debate about what is better. I have a big project at my work next week so Bob will be the one getting home first. I think he will change his tune when he is the one to walk into the un-air conditioned home and when he has to wait for the cooling to start working and he hears how hard it has to work. I won’t say “I told you so” either. I’ll just smile and know we will be leaving the A/C on next time we both leave the house.