Climate Control.

It is so cold outside. I would like everyone to do a little snow dance so that the bitter cold that I must suffer through will not go unrewarded. While I know that snow days will only make the school year drag out longer in June -- something about not knowing (a la Mountain Day) -- makes it more special. Do you think they'd cancel school for 1" of snow? Mind you, I live in the Mid-Atlantic region...

So. Jamie and I have come to a divergence of thought. We both agree that energy conservation is important, but I feel that when our indoor apartment temperature registers at 55 degrees or less, it is time to turn on the heat. Whereas before I could simply layer on more clothing, we now have a kitty cat who has a mild cold. It is time to turn on the heat. It is 16 degrees outside -- time for heat!

It's not that Jamie is against turning on the heat...its just that he will not leave it on automatic for the night. Its more efficient to let the heat turn on and off automatically around a predetermined temperature than it is to turn it off...let it get really cold, and then turn it back on again. We can both agree on that.

BUT, the problem is at night. He insists that we turn off the heat completely (rather than just turning down the automatic minimum temperature) so that it gets really, really cold while we sleep. I get up a full 2 hours before Jamie does, so the duty of turning on the heat falls to me. This morning, when I checked the temperature it was below 50 -- it went off the thermostat. All fine and good for Jamie who gets to wake up and get out of bed after the heat has regulated the temperature back to a bearable 68 degrees, but it is impossible for me to get out of bed when it is that cold.

Solutions? Should I just cut Jamie off?


Cody thinks so.