My preferences for the time of the year have changed a lot over the years. When I was a kid, I typically favored the times when I was off from school, usually the summer, winter, and spring. As I got older and started to hate the frigid winter and the intensely hot summer temperatures, I loved autumn the most, with spring being a close second. It was fun going to Halloween parties and pumpkin carving events in my rural city. The town had a large agricultural presence because we were adjacent to large chunks of farm land on one end and state forests on the other. The harvest was a time for celebration and a time of reckoning for anyone caring for plants over the course of the spring and summer growing seasons. But I sadly left that quaint little town when I moved away for college. I was ready to see a big city for a change, which is where I reside to this day. At times I wonder what it would be like to go back home, but my job prevents that from happening. The one advantage is the home I live in now. It has all of the modern amenities you would expect from a 21st century house, but with a focus on energy efficiency. I wasted too much money running inefficient HVAC systems in the past. I refused to spend wasted cash on a poorly running HVAC, so I made sure to get a good system when the current one was installed. Nowadays my favorite season is spring because of how little energy I use with the air conditioner and furnace both off most times of the day. It’s a great time to put money into my savings account.