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11/13/2013

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Yesterday, I asked Bella to put the heat on upstairs. The thermostat is in her room. When she determined it was working, I asked her to take it back down to 65°. Frankly, 65° is a little warm, but after last years adventures in freezing pipes, we are trying to stay ahead of that happening again.

Our upstairs has ALWAYS been cold. 

OK, fine, it's been like the tundra; but that's how it's been since, forever. Sears makes Paddington one piece footed jammies for a reason.

Bella headed off to dance; the heat never went down.

Then it was 10:30 at night. Not one of us really noticed just how warm it was upstairs as we were getting ready for bed.

I tossed and turned like a salad in a bowl. You know, coupled WITH hot flashes it was like sleeping in a brick pizza oven. Naturally, this morning, I was tired and headachy and blech when I woke up.

Peter came downstairs. The first thing he said was he got up at 1:00AM and took a cold shower because WHY WAS IT SO HOT UP THERE? This was followed by groaning, moaning, and "I think I need coffee."

When Bella came downstairs we were a united front.

"BELLA! Didn't you notice how HOT it was last night?"

"I KNOW! I had to toss my blankets off and put on a tank top. It was the best sleep I've had in a while."

"Did YOU think to turn down the heat?!?!!!"

"Not at all. I liked waking up and not shivering."

I hope she recalls how comfy she was last night and adds one more of the three hundred blankets she has in her room onto her bed. She's going to need them.

I realize this is a first world problem and yes, I am truly grateful for the ability to have heat and 300 blankets, but boy oh boy, being too hot while I sleep makes for a whining morning.

Go ahead, what's your rant for today?

xo
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Scanned from the book since I wouldn't be able to recreate this fabulous page.
Get over it 
Get over it 
All this bitchin' and moanin' and pitchin' a fit 
Get over it, get over it 

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Mel
11/13/2013 09:24:27 am

Are you sure you're giving us all freedom to whine?? One of the more traumatic things that I've had to deal with was when we got lice. Yes, of all things, it's the lice that really got me. The timing was atrocious, of course, but it was over a year ago, and I'm still haunted. The getting it and the aftermath of it was enough to send me to the corner rocking. I treated myself and my daughter and the picking, combing, suffocating with conditioner, laundering, bagging, dryering and scratch-paranoia that followed was expensive and aged me. So when I think I want to whine now, I just say to myself, "at least I don't have lice." And life is beautiful without lice. I haven't looked at a hat in the store the same way since.

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Mel
11/13/2013 09:29:21 am

And thank you for your responses- you are not just someone to help, enrich, or stimulate- you are a connector. And you are so present in your writing, you can be heard and seen in your words- it's hardly virtual!

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