I need to follow my three keys to success while working with my bandmate; stay calm, forgive mistakes, and talk positively. I need to contact him because we are going to fall apart if not, and fall apart very soon and very abruptly. He is terrible with communication and it is finally reaching a boiling point with me. I’ve tried over and over to communicate openly with him but he just clams up and doesn’t say a word. Imagine having a spouse like this, which I’m sure many have, and trying to resolve issues in the marriage. My cooling specialist friend had the same problem with her husband and she ended up leaving him in the end and finding someone she clicked with better, which happened to be the heating rep in the business where she worked. I really don’t want to have to start over in a band because we are doing great on the stage, but when everything else is not so great then things start to fall apart at the seams. My air conditioner is falling apart too, thanks to me not cleaning the HEPA filter on a regular basis, heck I don’t think I cleaned the thing for a year or more at one point, and now it is now working anymore. I learned a lesson from that and now know that maintenance is big for systems like this and next time I will do a better job at keeping it clean. I will probably just get an HVAC service contract and let the pros clean it for me.