It's finally gotten cold here. Well, those of you living up North probably wouldn't find it very cold -- high 60s - low 70s during the day, high 50s - low 60s at night. But to me, this is cold! This is the best weather for sleeping. Not cold enough to turn on the heat, which dries out the air, but cold enough to put a pile of blankets on the bed and feel all snuggly and warm under them. Also, it's still dark out when I get up now. Which has resulted in my being late for work so often that I'm thinking about just shifting my work schedule back a half hour. When do we switch to "daylight wasting time" anyway? Is that this weekend?
Anyway, now that it's cold I am fully able to appreciate the glory of a bathroom with a heater and sufficient hot water. It's wonderful! Also, I think I figured out the weirdness with our water heater. See, the first shower of the day isn't all that hot. It's warm enough, but not really what I would call hot. But the second shower of the morning (or a shower taken pretty much anytime later in the day) is good and hot. This has mystified us for some time. And caused much confusion, as I usually take the first shower, and have been complaining about the lack of hot water for the past year. Which has made no sense to Georg, because he usually takes his shower after me, when there's plenty of hot water.
But I think I figured it out. The water heater must not be functioning well when it's just sitting there keeping water warm. For example, overnight. So the first shower of the day isn't all that hot, because that water's been sitting all night. But once that water has been used up, it has to heat up some more. So the second shower is nice and toasty. Mystery solved! This also explains why showers in the evening are adequately hot: because we've been running the water throughout the evening to wash hands, dishes, etc.
That was probably way more than you wanted to know about the status of my showers, but I'm just tickled with myself for finally figuring this one out.
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