Once a day we would load the dishwasher and do the dishes. I didn’t want to waste water or energy by washing the dishes several times a day. The other day I got home from work and all I could smell was burnt eggs. Instead of rinsing the dishes as they are supposed to, they just tossed them into the sink. I was upset with my kids, knowing they hadn’t done as they were told. I was more concerned when I began to wonder why the air purifier hadn’t cleared the odor from the house. In the past, the air purifier had always dealt with these odors, but not today. I called the HVAC company to make an appointment. I had to take a day off work to wait for the HVAC technician, which still had me angry the next day. When the HVAC technician showed up that afternoon, he checked out the air purification system. He told me that other than needing the air filter changed, there wasn’t anything wrong. He went ahead and checked the air conditioning unit to make sure it was okay, but he said everything looked good. My husband would normally change the air filters, but he had broken his arm. We had told our fourteen-year-old son that it was his job for a couple of months. I was prepared to hear him say that he forgot. Instead, he lied and said he had just changed the air filter two weeks ago. I hated thinking he had lied, but I had to admit that he had. When I called him out about the air filter, he changed his story and told the truth.