Psycho Heat

Funny story...

I got home from work on Friday night and though my thermostat was set to 68 degrees, my apartment was a raging 87 degrees. I walked in and could barely breathe. It was horrid! So I promptly turned off the heat and opened all the windows and went out for the night. I was nervous because I knew I'd either be coming home to a blazing hot apartment still, or a freezing one since the heat was off and all the windows were open.

But alas -- heat was STILL pouring out of the radiators and the temp had only dropped to about 79 degrees. So I left all the windows open and went to bed. In the middle of the night I woke up sweating and got my window fan out of the closet. Finally a nice breeze was coming in and I cozied up under my blankets and went back to sleep.

All day Saturday and Sunday it was the same thing. Couldn't get the thermometer to drop below 79 degrees. But the heat was OFF. Just didn't make sense. I kept the window fan going at night and when I was cleaning on Sunday. Then last night I got in bed with the fan on, windows open and everything.

Of course I woke up around 4am FREEEEZING. Yup - -the heat finally turned off. I checked the thermometer and it was at 58 or so. I turned the heat back on, closed all the windows and went back to bed. Problem is, when I left for work at 9 (5 hours later) the tempure was still at 58. So... now I'm nervous that tonight I'm going to come home to cold.

Oh the joys of apartment renting....