Last night was by far the most comfortable night of sleep I have had in the winter, in a long time. Before I paint the picture, let me paint for you winter nights in Washington:
My dad thought 55˚ was warm for the house, or at least a 40˚ temperature outside didn’t constitute heating the house. A few times I got in trouble for changing the thermometer settings. I guess heat was seen as a privilege, not a right. When my sister or I would complain about the frigid chill, he would reply, “Put on a coat.” I thought coats were for outside? I distinctly remember watching T.V. downstairs and actually seeing my breath. No joke. Once he’d walked into our bedrooms and see us shivering, he’d turn the heater on, so that was nice.
Queue last night. We recently started using the heater and it feels so nice. I added a quilt to my bed a few weeks ago to battle the cold, but the heater has made it a perfect insulator. I only slept for 6.5 hours but it felt like I slept in. I remember waking up a few times at night from dreams (good ones), to think to myself, “It’s so warm!” Not to hot, but perfect. It helps you sleep so much better. The best part is getting out of bed and not having to bolt to a hot shower. Even the bathroom was warm!
In my dad’s defense, he did have to pay the electric bill, and I don’t, Josh does. I had an electric blanket but I think it stopped working when I had to wash it because of an accident. C’mon, I was only in 10th grade! What 16 year old doesn’t wet his bed?
2 comments:
What David has said is true...mostly. Just understand that this is a boy who wore sweats-pants and shirt-in the summer when it was in the 80's and justified it by saying, "It might get cold." Then, in the winter time, even with snow on the ground, would wear shorts and a t-shirt to school. When we dared to question it, he would respond, "I'll be inside most of the time." His sister was the same.
FYI: I checked the labels of all the coats and non of them said, "For outside use only" or "Warning: Never wear inside."
It's true, too, that he didn't pay the electric bill for heating. But that's a no-brainer... He never paid for anything!
Finally, don't assume that just because he owned up to wetting the bed when he was younger, that he is over it now.
Its called thermostat, not thermometer genius.
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