So I went to bed today as my wife was getting ready for work, which is what I do when I work nights,... when I woke up sometime around 1ish the house was so cold that the water in the glass next to my bedside had a thin film of ice in it. Up until today we had resisted turning on the heat, for both monetary reasons and physical universal laws... Law one was that we live on the top floor of a 4 story building and the heat from the apartments below usually filters up making the house quite livable if you throw on a light jacket or sweatshirt. Law two is that dust in our heater (which sits for long periods unused) usually sets off the smoke detector unless we call the super and wait for a day so they can come round and clean out the filter.
Today it was just too cold to do any of that. So i turned the heat on,... gradually. Im up to 56 in the apartment, and now the heater is cranking out 90 degree air (so it will warm up soon) so Im beginning to be comfortable. Still my comfort zone is around 76-78 and today would be a good day to exceed that I think... I want to feel a little toasty if I can. After all it is the Christmas season...
Maybe I'll throw elf on the DVD Player and unlock the fireplace video (logs burning and the like) and just nap in front of the fire for a bit.
Anyhow,... my feet are freezing.