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

[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 :-)