eventually i'll go to sleep before midnight again
But that is not this day.
I can't remember the last time I went to bed before it was the next day, to be honest. I'm not sure what happened, only that I say every night, Maybe tonight you can get to bed early! And every night, despite feeling sleepy, the minutes slip by and suddenly it's tomorrow again.
I could probably sleep til noon every day if I let myself - as it is, I have to fight to just hear my alarms. Meh. I probably just need to be more disciplined.
In other news, it got cold here! And everywhere, apparently - I saw a headline today that all fifty states hit the freezing mark, though maybe with Hawaii they counted it from a mountaintop or something? Still. Still. It's cold here too! Today it was only a high of about 25°F, and it's already - according to my weather widget on my computer - 19° outside.
We went to a pub for dinner, and on the way back I was thinking about how the city only opens its warming centers when the temps go below -15°C (that's 5°F) before windchill. Or, at least, that's what I remember from last year. It has to be fucking cold, basically, before the city opens warming centers. Until then, I'm not sure what a person does if they're living on the streets. On our way back, we passed two men who seemed to have set up camp in a bank ATM lobby. We passed another spot, somewhat sheltered I guess, in that it was set back a bit from the line of storefronts, where there was a huge pile of blankets. I couldn't tell if there was a person under the blankets or not though.
Me, I've been sitting by the blessedly hot radiators in our house all day. It's relatively chilly in the house, away from the rads, but of course "relatively chilly" is still significantly warmer than it is outside. There's no comparison, in fact. I was cold in my bed last night, because the radiator in my room was not working, but this morning I called the heating company and they sent a guy out right way, and within two hours my rad was warm warm warm.
Now I should go up to my cozy room, and curl under my cozy covers, and say a(nother) feeble prayer to those outside tonight.
Sigh. Yes. I will do this now.
I can't remember the last time I went to bed before it was the next day, to be honest. I'm not sure what happened, only that I say every night, Maybe tonight you can get to bed early! And every night, despite feeling sleepy, the minutes slip by and suddenly it's tomorrow again.
I could probably sleep til noon every day if I let myself - as it is, I have to fight to just hear my alarms. Meh. I probably just need to be more disciplined.
In other news, it got cold here! And everywhere, apparently - I saw a headline today that all fifty states hit the freezing mark, though maybe with Hawaii they counted it from a mountaintop or something? Still. Still. It's cold here too! Today it was only a high of about 25°F, and it's already - according to my weather widget on my computer - 19° outside.
We went to a pub for dinner, and on the way back I was thinking about how the city only opens its warming centers when the temps go below -15°C (that's 5°F) before windchill. Or, at least, that's what I remember from last year. It has to be fucking cold, basically, before the city opens warming centers. Until then, I'm not sure what a person does if they're living on the streets. On our way back, we passed two men who seemed to have set up camp in a bank ATM lobby. We passed another spot, somewhat sheltered I guess, in that it was set back a bit from the line of storefronts, where there was a huge pile of blankets. I couldn't tell if there was a person under the blankets or not though.
Me, I've been sitting by the blessedly hot radiators in our house all day. It's relatively chilly in the house, away from the rads, but of course "relatively chilly" is still significantly warmer than it is outside. There's no comparison, in fact. I was cold in my bed last night, because the radiator in my room was not working, but this morning I called the heating company and they sent a guy out right way, and within two hours my rad was warm warm warm.
Now I should go up to my cozy room, and curl under my cozy covers, and say a(nother) feeble prayer to those outside tonight.
Sigh. Yes. I will do this now.