My room, the meat freezer

[greybeta]

To fill my new friends on some of my background, I blame my scheming roommate for bringing me to Tulsa (I actually blame him for a lot of things). We roomed together our freshman year, took a semester off, and roomed together the second semester of our sophomore year. We enjoy each other's company so much we're rooming again this year. Heck, we'll probably be roommates next year.

So I've gotten to know this guy quite a bit. But I can talk about that later. I feel a bit whimsical so I want to share the daily battle we have. And that's controlling the temperature of the room. When you have two human beings living together in the same space, the odds of them having the same preferences in regards to temperature is small. In the case of my scheming roommate and I, we are polar opposites.

Part of the reason is just pure physics, i.e. he has significantly more mass than I do.

I want it warm, like a nice autumn day. Better hot than cold, my mom always says. I don't want get sick in my own room.

He wants it cold, like a meat freezer. He claims it helps him sleep. I can always add extra layers if I'm cold, but he can't take much off if it's too hot. But there's something wrong when I'm wearing sweaters to sleep in August.

I'm happy when it's winter, cause that means there's only heat. Oh, but wait, my scheming roommate will just open the window to cool down things. Brrrrr.

When I walk into the room, I seek the make the room warmer. When he walks in, he seeks to make the room colder. I fight a losing battle, however, since he is physically superior to me.

Does anyone else have this sort of battle?

Comments

[kimmaline.livejournal.com]

My aunt would beg to differ with you. She lives in Dunbar (way north, past Green Bay) and are usually in about seven or so feet of snow...for about eight months out of the year. :)

[moocowrich.livejournal.com]

I wish that snow would travel south a bit. We've had something like a quarter of an inch all year. I'll take seven feet.

[visgoth.livejournal.com]

I was in Luck (up by Rice Lake) just last week. It was below zero, with a couple inches on the ground.

[moocowrich.livejournal.com]

Those lucky bastards...

[kimmaline.livejournal.com]

I'm sure she could use someone to shovel out her car...want me to see if you can go and stay with her??? :)

[moocowrich.livejournal.com]

If I weren't going to Michigan this weekend, I might take you up on that offer.