Temperature

The one thing I dislike most about where I live (besides the cockroaches) is that is heating/cooling system is incredibly inefficient. When I first moved here at the end of December, the entire house was freezing cold. We had the heater on, but all the heat was leaking out. It was so cold, all I could do was sit on the couch huddled in blankets and try to get warm. We eventually put plastic on the windows and that held most of the heat in. But the electric bill was so expensive that we turned the heat off early May to save money. It was still stormy some days, so it was back to being cold. 


Now, I would rather have the cold. We had a few weeks of the right temperature, but now that it's summer, it's getting to be too cold. We don't trust the swamp cooler in the house because it is incredibly old and dusty and we don't know the last time it has been used, so we are going without. It's fine in the morning and evening when we can open the windows, but in the middle of the day, it is basically torture. Today we couldn't stand it anymore so we went outside and ran in the sprinkler. 


Winter is too cold and summer is too hot. I like spring and fall. Although if I had to chose cold or heat, I'd pick cold. In the cold you can wear layers and bundle up. But when it's hot, there's only so much you can take off...