stand up, hold on, and swear you won't let go

[pooka_madness]

Winter has at last descended upon Boston, and its come swiftly and without remorse, angry at having been held back too long by bouts of unseasonable warmth and drizzling Autumnal rain in place of snow. The weather service would have me believe that the high today will be in the low twenties, with a wind chill dropping us down into the mid-teens.

Comments

[dystopiac]

New BSG sunday night! That's something.

Yeah, um, my suggestion for you in that thermostat battle (particularly because of the complete and utter lack of insulation in your room with all the windows), which really isn't *much* of a solution because it doesn't solve the problem of how cold you are when you get out of bed, would be to get a heating blanket. Frankly, I don't see you winning the thermostat battle. Not to mention that the rest of the house is a big empty cavernous space to keep heated. Try one of those newfangled safe space heaters? A thermostat on a timer for mornings would solve your problem, but it's not like you have any capacity to get one.

[pooka_madness]

Thank you for the suggestions, though I have heard them both before.

Knowing the way I am, an electric blanket would likely backfire; lacking the patience to fine-tune it I would likely fall asleep, wake up too hot and subsequently sweaty, turn it off and then be even colder in the morning. My temperature regulation is already pretty wonky; I run hot, and in normal circumstances have to sleep with my feet out from under the blanket or I'll overheat.

The space heater is a better idea. sleetfall has even volunteered to lend me one, as he's got a couple he's not really using. The thing is, academically and intuitively, I know that a space heater would be less energy efficient than the wonderful bank of radiators that already exists in my room. So I'm resistant to it, because I'm ornery, and because really if I agree to have it turned off during the day who really gives a crap if I turn our heat on for six hours on a really cold day?

The answer, of course, is Pete. Grumble.

[dystopiac]

For some reason, when I opened the email alert window, the first thing i saw was "the answer, of course, is pete."
which meant, to me, that you had decided that cuddling nightly with pete until he agreed to turn up the thermostat was the solution. that may, in fact, be the best way to get pete to give in to your heating demands, and thus is my new recommendation to you.

overall, space heaters are less energy efficient, but if you're talking about just heating your one rather small room rather than heating the admittedly cavernous open space that is the rest of the heating zone, there's got to be a significantly lessened use of energy overall.

[pooka_madness]

I am once again awestruck at your ability to seize upon seemingly insignificant details or turn of phrase and inflate them into thoroughly ridiculous scenarios and/or pronouncements.

No, seriously.