<p>How in the world to stay warm? I just left my house this morning, where the air conditioning has not been working properly. We told our new landlord, but, considering he’s a professor and the college is in midterms, we haven’t wanted to make an urgent issue out of it, and we know he’ll be along some time this week, but anyway, 80+ degrees inside the house, which is a little uncomfortable, but not terrible because there are ceiling fans, tons of window space, and lots of trees - anyway, got acclimated to that temperature for the past several days, flew to Washington this morning, and it’s freezing, the wind is blowing, and even with long pants, sweater, long winter coat, scarf, gloves, I’m just freezing. </p>
<p>WORSE, I have to put on business clothes - skirted suit and heels - to leave for a reception in a few hours. I could take a taxi but I really should take the Metro. </p>
<p>How in the world to stay warm? How does everyone stand this weather??? I’m so cold, sitting in my hotel room even. I sort of want to go get the hairdryer, set it to hot/high, and just blow dry my entire body…</p>
<p>It’s really whatever your acclimated to. I spent more than one summer working outdoors in Florida and thought I was going to die of sunstroke. Then, I’d go back home to Virginia where the temp would be 92 with 80% humidity and think it was cool while everyone else was sweltering.</p>
<p>If you want to get warm, take a hot, hot bath before you go out.</p>
<p>Awwwwwwwww, sweetie, we can definitely RELATE! Kansas has had a flippin’ freezing winter this year! Arctic, really. Last week brought some respite with one day in the 70’s and several in the 60’s, but aside from that, it’s been just awful this year! I’m one of those coat haters…they feel too confining to me, so I usually just settle for freezing my bunnies off <em>lol</em>. I typically hate the heat MUCH more than the cold, but it’s just been ridiculous this year! Hope you can warm up soon…after you feel that cold for awhile, it just seems to settle deep inside you and you CAN’T get warm, no matter what you do! :(</p>
<p>I’m sooooooo annoyed. I cannot take a bath - my hotel room has no bathtub. A shower would work, but, I broke my ceramic curling iron this morning, and so cannot curl my hair, therefore cannot wash it. I walked to the drug store an hour ago to buy a replacement, but they only had regular curling irons, no ceramic. I nearly froze to death and the wind was blowing so hard I almost needed a braking system to make it into the drug store. </p>
<p>My plan was to find another drug store on the way back from the reception tonight, and if that fails, go ahead and buy one of the useless non-ceramic curling irons at the drug store. But either way the other way to do it all is to freeze to death in the process. </p>
<p>Berurah, it’s NOT going to warm up. Not today, not ever. I just checked the weather because my flight back home is Wednesday and I wanted to see if there was some small hope this gets better, and it’s gonna friggin SNOW.</p>
<p>I went to Tampa once in the winter and I think the temp was in the 50s or so. People were wearing freakin’ parkas and talking about how cold it was!!! I was in shirtsleeves.</p>
<p>Still, that doesn’t help you, does it? Does the hotel have a hot tub area? Sauna? </p>
<p>Here’s a suggestion that might be useful. Run water as hot as you can stand it over the insides of your wrists. The blood is near the surface, there, and it should help warm you. I know this works in reverse. Running cold water over the wrists helps me to cool down when I’m overheated.</p>
<p>I’m in DC, too, but I have the opposite problem–our heater has a bit of a temperament, so even though the kitchen is freezing, my room (on the second floor) feels like a sauna. I have to shower and wash my long hair every morning because I wake up soaked in sweat, and get distracted from my work because no matter how much water I drink, I somehow end up with a dehydration headache. I’d much rather have no heat at all – at least then I could put on a sweater and be fine. :(</p>
<p>Tarhunt, great idea. I have to wash my face and refresh makeup anyway so that will work. Plus the bathroom here is warmer than the actual room, thank goodness.</p>
<p>Cameliasinensis, maybe we should trade? I’ll come stay in your 2nd floor sauna the next three nights, and you can have my hotel room lol.</p>
<p>You might also try a hot washcloth on the back of your neck. Once again, that’s where I use a cold one to cool down. Perhaps it will warm you up.</p>
<p>The temp is hovering around freezing today in Toronto and, after what we’ve had for much of the past month, it feels balmy! Cold weather to return on Tuesday, though, according to the weatherman. I’m ready for daffodils, tulips, and spring! </p>
<p>p.s. A nice hot cup of tea always warms me up.</p>
<p>Maybe this will warm you up…it is all relative!</p>
<p>A couple weeks ago, we had a blizzard with three feet of snow. A couple days ago, we got about ten more inches. It is currently snowing hard and looks like at least two inches have fallen in the past couple of hours. I just read maybe six more inches tomorrow and wind chills of 20 BELOW. The actual low temp for Tuesday is to be 10 Below and a high of 5 ABOVE. </p>
<p>While DC is very windy right now, at least the high is 45 which sounds balmy to me about now.</p>
<p>Turn the heat up. Drink a hot drink. Dress very warmly, wear hat and gloves and scarf when you go out with a warm coat. Consider a pant suit in lieu of a skirt.</p>
<p>We’re supposed to get the same cold air mass in Maine that’s headed Soozievt’s way. New Englanders: meet at Sinner’s Alley Tuesday for rounds of Hot Toddys!</p>
<p>Marathon - I’ll see you in the Alley, along with soozievt and all the other New Englanders. latetoschool can even come, because she <em>feels</em> like it’s frigid, even though it’s 45 degrees (according to soozie).</p>
<p>I just arrived back in my “small New England town” (sounds idyllic, doesn’t it?) two days ago. Left behind Baja California, where the Santa Ana winds are making it a beautiful dry 70-something. Am I nuts??!?</p>
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