I have a philosophy about HVAC (I have philosophies about most things: Hummers, blogging, foods that can be mixed with pasta, etc.) and it is that the heating or air conditioning in a room should allow the inhabitants of the room to wear the clothes they would wear outside in a particular season to be comfortably worn inside in that same season. Soooo, in the winter, I want to be able to wear my sweaters in the house without burning up because the heat's cranked up so high that it feels like I'm vacationing in the Canary Islands. (A hot house in the winter just makes me cry that I'm not actually in the Canary Islands and raises my utility bill.) And in the summer, I want to be able to wear my capri pants and short-sleeved shirts indoors without digging out sweaters and slipper socks to shield myself from the air conditioning.
Because of this philosophy, I didn't mind too much when I woke up this morning and the house was 78 degrees. But then I baked a pie and it was 80 degrees inside the house. And people were convening at my house for a meeting. And it seemed unlikely that they would feel that 80 degrees was an acceptable indoor temperature. And I had started to sweat. And I was feeling like we were going to have to hold our meeting in swimsuits. So I turned on the air conditioning. And the temperature rose to 83 degrees.
It's cooling off outside now, but if I open the windows, the Box Elder beetles swarm into the house.
It's a hard knock life for me.
4 comments:
I am not going to lie, I am perfectly content with my 70 degree weather right here in fabulous Wisconsin. It even rained today, which makes me so very happy inside. Sorry your life is so hard. Just remember you don't have to rely on puffynut to stay alive, so your life is pretty good! :)
It IS a hard knock life. Box elder bugs are some of the creepiest bugs ever. They swarm. And I personally prefer (functioning) air conditioning to heating. At least in the summer.
today i killed a two inch cockroach in the metro. i put ever the lightest amount of pressure on it with the tip of my shoes and POP went its abdomen.
I have the same philosophy regarding A/C. I just wish my work had the same one. If you don't have to bring extra sweaters and jackets to your library, consider yourself lucky.
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