Winter in New York

[ellen_datlow]

We finally got two days of winter, when the temperature dropped to the teens Wednesday and Thursday. Of course, it was even colder at night. Last night I had trouble sleeping. Why? Because I was cold. Why? Because I was too cold to get out of bed and turn on the radiator in my bedroom, which I generally keep off because it's always too warm in my apartment with that radiator on. (there's always heat coming through the pipes in the bedroom, kitchen, and bathroom. Instead, I got up and grabbed a wool blanket off my rocking chair. This is so illogical and I cannot explain it. Does this happen to you?

Now it's warmer but I swear that if it gets cold again I WILL get out of bed and turn on the damned radiator.

Comments

[eleanor.livejournal.com]

Not exactly.

Bob would like to sleep in a room that's 90 degrees. I like to sleep cool. The animals like to sleep on me. See the problem? Every night at about 1-2 AM I wake up in a sweat (animal biomass is not the same as hot flashes, I've been told) and wonder how to get the animals to move enough to peel off one of the covers, or preferably, get out of bed to turn off the heat.

So my advice to you? Get a big dog and you'll never be cold again.

[ellen-datlow.livejournal.com]

Well, I'm often too warm in my apt during winter which is why I generally keep the radiators off. I do have two smaller animals sleeping around me and sometimes even on top, but not for long. I roll around a lot. Dinah snuggled next to me under the covers but she so skinny, I was probably keeping HER warm ;-).

[secritcrush.livejournal.com]

Heh, that's why I always kept an extra blanket at the foot of my bed in boston-no need to get up if I was cold and I wasn't likely to overheat. (Well that and because the radiator was damn noisy.)

[safewrite.livejournal.com]

I have SO done that. It's too cold to get your body out of bed long enought to turn on the heat! I think part of the problem is when we sleep our bodies drop a degree or two. I second the blanket by the bed suggestion, but a nice woooly robe near the bed is even better becuase it makes trips to the radiator (and other places) less traumatic when it is cold.

[ellen-datlow.livejournal.com]

Well, the blanket's now on the bed -until it gets to warm again. I have a wooly bath robe (one I took from my dad when he moved south for winters). But the radiator is actually CLOSER than the bath robe :-)

[dustyskinandall.livejournal.com]

I am playing at The Living Room in NY tonight. I arrived last night and it was so cold!! I'm a Georgia girl, so I tried to view it as an excuse to wear my only heavy coat.

[ellen-datlow.livejournal.com]

Your poor thing. Well, it's a littttle warmer today.

[al-zorra.livejournal.com]

When it comes to sleeping I'd rather have it cold with the right blankets, than anything else. I can't sleep with radiators on.

However, during my waking hours, that's another thing. And with that wind on Wednesday, it was really cold in here. My wool shawl and wool leg warmers and wool sox and wool sweaters were just the thing.

This evening it was lovely, damp and soft. It's already much warmer. I'm shedding layers like crazy. Of course the oven's on, with chicken and vegetables roasting and potatoes roasting ....

Love, C.

[ellen-datlow.livejournal.com]

It's a little chilly here and I've turned on the bedroom radiator (not that the heat's come on yet)...I can always turn it off :-)I've been giving my sweaters a lot of use over the past few days.

[mjlayman.livejournal.com]

Well, I have a heat pump and I'm allergic to wool, but I do have an odd thing that happened in a similar circumstance.

Some winters ago, I got really cold in bed. I use a down duvet, so normally I don't have problems, but even with socks on, I was shaking. I managed to get up and grab an afghan I kept in the closet and lay it over the bed and finally went to sleep. The next day, I started taking it off the bed to wash it and put it back in the closet. The cats complained vociferiously. So now it's the cat blankie at the end of my bed, even though it doesn't go (http://cats.mjlayman.com/catsbed2.jpg) with my bedroom colors. I have yarn to match the bedroom colors that I hope to make up this winter. The cats will just have to adjust.