I was trying to plan my daughter’s graduation party when she threw me for a loop.
I was shopping indoor venues because she was graduating late in the fall from college. She had worked hard to earn her Master’s Degree in just under three years and I wanted to have a celebration to let her know how proud we are of her. The problem was, she came home and said that she wanted to have her party in the back yard with a huge tent. She said that she hated all of those banquet hall settings and wanted to be able to relax at home. My biggest concern at that point was not having everyone at the house, it was how to keep everyone warm in a tent!. As I said, she was graduating late in the fall and in our area, that could mean temperatures anywhere between 30 to 60 degrees. I didn’t want people to be cold so I tried to discourage this idea. She told me not to worry and that she had already found a company that could rent portable heaters to us. I never even thought of this as being an option. After looking into it, I found that they not only rented patio heaters for parties but they also did commercial buildings and job sites. Apparently, there are even really big portable heaters that can be rented for industrial buildings. My only experience with portable HVAC units had been window air conditioners and small plug in heaters up until this point so I was amazed that this technology even existed. The tent was ordered and so were the heaters making my daughter’s celebration exactly what she wanted.