So Worth It
Aug. 26th, 2007 10:21 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
plumtreeblossomOf all the indulgences that may one day seem extreme in retrospect, I will never regret the money I spend on air conditioning. Yesterday was like a seething kiln outside, but I stayed the hell in the house enjoying cool AC breezes and being productive (if the definition of "productive" includes a few hours of YouTube). And I'll keep doing it until autumn has well and truly arrived.
Something I've learned about New Englanders is that they seem to find virtue in enduring temperature extremes unaided by man-made conveniences. No AC in the summer, and I even know a few who don't use ice or keep any in the freezer. In the winter, their thermostat is locked at 50F. And they're proud of it, like it's a character-building accomplishment that they get a shiny sticker for. In this regard, I will always be a transplant.
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vanguardcdk is a rockin' roommate because we're both gluttons for climate control. We each have AC in our bedrooms, and we now have a behemoth window unit that luxuriously cools the living room and makes the kitchen tolerable. In the winter, the heat cranks like a bonfire. Sure we're broke every spring, but we have all our fingers and toes, and which is really more important?
Today the outside temperature has dropped enough that I just turned off the behemoth. But my bedroom unit doesn't get the day off.
Something I've learned about New Englanders is that they seem to find virtue in enduring temperature extremes unaided by man-made conveniences. No AC in the summer, and I even know a few who don't use ice or keep any in the freezer. In the winter, their thermostat is locked at 50F. And they're proud of it, like it's a character-building accomplishment that they get a shiny sticker for. In this regard, I will always be a transplant.
vanguardcdk is a rockin' roommate because we're both gluttons for climate control. We each have AC in our bedrooms, and we now have a behemoth window unit that luxuriously cools the living room and makes the kitchen tolerable. In the winter, the heat cranks like a bonfire. Sure we're broke every spring, but we have all our fingers and toes, and which is really more important? Today the outside temperature has dropped enough that I just turned off the behemoth. But my bedroom unit doesn't get the day off.