brrr

I feel like a human popsicle.

My hydro bill is insane, four times what it was in the fall. The last bill was shocking, three times the normal bill, and I turned my heat down to cut costs. I've turned my heat down again (it was already at 13'C) to 10'C in the living room and to zero in the bedroom in light of this recent bill. Not that this is going to help, but I don't want to pay more.

I called BC Hydro to see if there was anything I can do to cut my bill, if maybe there was a mistake. Apparently, if you have electric baseboards, they automatically run even if you have your heat dial set to zero, to warm the pipes to prevent bursts (what happened in my kitchen then?). I have to go into the breaker room and flip the switch to stop paying for heating when there is no actual heat pumping into my house. This is annoying.

Today I haven't left my house because I couldn't think of a free place to go that was warm. This meant I got to watch terrible daytime TV between naps. One thing that creeped me out was a commercial that I've seen a few times. The Snuggie doesn't look tempting at all, but the people in the commercial look so happy. I guess they don't realise they look like they're waiting to go to a Masons meeting for a sacrifice. The Urban Dictionary even has a couple of entries for it, a couple that pinpointed why I think it's so creepy.

Despite my sub-zero condition, please never consider getting me one of those things, unless you want me to break into your home at night and lurk at the base of your bed with candles while chanting in tongues.