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Cold front. Not.

The weather is toying with us. Yesterday turned out to be a raw, cold day with a little rain thrown in. The night before we’d sunk into the 20s. The house was cold and, according to the weather forecast, the temperatures were going to stay in the mid-40s though the next couple of days. It has been almost a week since I’ve had a fire in the stove and the house temperature had gradually drifted down to about 60 degrees. It’s funny—usually anything below 67 feels pretty darned cold to me. But I think I’ve finally gotten used to it. And I’m used to wearing layers, again.

But it was really cold in here last evening so I started a fire in the stove. I built it with the intention of keeping it going all night since the temperatures were supposed to drop. Otherwise, I’d have started a smaller fire to take the chill out and let it go out before bedtime.

Well, I got a roaring fire going and it felt wonderful. The house heated up and we started peeling off layers of clothing.

And then a funny thing happened. The outside temperature started going up. And up. And up. It went up 14 degrees. And we kept peeling off layers. By the time I went to bed it was pushing 60 degrees outside and we, on the inside, were roasting. I was running around the house in a tank top and gym shorts with the windows wide open. Dying of heat.

And the wood stove merrily burned on.

I found a new use for the hot water bottle. Filled with ice cold water, it prevented me from completely expiring last night as the house temperature soared above 80 degrees. Holy cow it was hot in here.

This weather is crazy. And the weather forecasters lie. Lie, I tell you. They said nothing about a tropical heat wave. All they talked about was a cold front blowing through last night. Some cold front. I wasted valuable wood and that really irks me.

Posted on 11/10/05 at 08:37 AM
 




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