the heat's coming soon

The thermometer is dipping and the sun is starting to go down earlier and earlier. For me, this signifies an exciting time in my new apartment. I'll soon find out how well the heating works.

My last apartment, that dreamy 1-bedroom with 12-foot ceilings and exposed brick wall in Park Slope, doubled as a sauna in the wintertime. If my lease didn't forbid running a business out of my home I could have easily charged a bunch of wrinkly old men $20 for every half-hour spent on my couch. Since this option was off the table, I just opened every window in my apartment.

What's that, you say? Why didn't I just turn down the knob on the radiators? Great question. Truly.

I tried that but, as my apartment was on the top floor of the building, I received all the heat and steam that was blocked from the apartments below me.

It was nice to walk around in my boxers for the entire winter. I don't deny this. But it really screwed with my head when I had to get dressed for the real world. How could it be freezing outside when it was sweaty inside?

But that's all in the past. As I said, the time will soon come when I'll find out the state of heat in my new apartment. Hopefully, for the sake of my sweatpants and hoodies, the temperature will trend on the side of cool. I don't want to go through another winter sweating in my skivvies.