I hate to admit that I still keep sneaky secrets from my mom at this stage in my life – but I do.
She knows that I’m no angel; she’s seen me and my friends really cut loose a number of times in our adult lives, but she really has no clue what else I’m up to.
I’ll cut to the chase and tell you, I’m kindof a big stoner. I can’t help it, I’ve been hooked on the stuff since I realized that it was a more effective sleep aid at the age of 20. After a decade of smoking every day to ease myself to sleep, I’m pretty used to the stuff. That’s why I have to be super sneaky whenever my mom comes into town and I need to calm down for bed. Luckily, I have figured out the perfect combination of masking techniques. I’ll tell you, step number one is turning off the entire HVAC system. If your thermostat is on some preset auto-controls for your indoor air quality, there’s a good chance that the heating or cooling system will give you away. I learned this the hard way, when I once snuck away to smoke out a window, only for the air to start roaring through all the overhead air vents in the bathroom. The sudden airflow began sucking my smoke back into the house and circulating it with the indoor air! That day I realized that the thermostat could not be trusted – it had to be shut down entirely so that a sudden rush of AC through the nearest vent and back into the air return didn’t give me away. The anti-HVAC system works like a charm; if you remember step number one, you’re already almost in the clear.