One of those days

[derien]

I fell back asleep on the couch after Eor left for work, with the couch quilt and his coat over my legs, trying desperately to get warm.  Woke up, discovered it was 68 degrees in the bedroom and called the management company.  Sure I'm all for his plan of slowly adding water to the radiators, but they still should be taking responsibility for keeping us at least warm enough to be able to take a shower - it IS the law. 

And then I put two pots on the stove and made egg soup and hot chocolate...

Hot Chocolate for One Of Those Days:

Baker's Cocoa - about four heaping teaspoons
Teabags - two
Sugar [ETA: or Honey] - around two tablespoons - again, heaping [or level if Honey]
Vanilla - a capful (it's a small bottle) [ETA: half a capful is probably enough]
Red Pepper Flakes - a dash
Salt - an even smaller dash
Water - a little less than you have Milk
Canned Milk - over half a can [or a little more than you have of water]

Mix all the above in a pot on the stove and try to not let it boil too much. 
[ETA: Better to do all the heating first and add the milk only after taking it off the heat. Less sludge that way.]

Comments

[mizzmarvel.livejournal.com]

Wow, that sounds REALLY good.

[(Anonymous)]

It does sound good....your hot tottie- on the heat .....I believe the law is 68
but maybe it's higher in maine......
my cold experinces ---staying at fat matt's house 50 and recently
here at the hostel one my roomates HAD to have the window open....
there's ice on the little pond by the library, but 'oh we have to have the window WIDE open
lookstoalaska

[derien.livejournal.com]

It was pretty good, actually, although if I'd had a dark chocolate bar I'd have melted a few squares in as well - that's the kind of day I was having. ;) Oh, and it will have sludge in the bottom. Don't drink that part. ;)

[derien.livejournal.com]

Your roommate sounds like my Dad. Robert Skoglund (http://www.thehumblefarmer.com/) was roommates with my Dad in college and he said my Dad liked to play Arctic Explorere - leave all his stuff in a pile under the window, leave the window open so the snow would come in, then dig for what he needed in the morning.

[mollyrazor.livejournal.com]

Do you pay for your heat, or is it included in your rent?

Owning a house, that oil bill is all mine. And I keep my thermostat at 69 when I'm home, 64 when I'm out or sleeping. So 68 sounds OK to me. It was 67 in here when I got home from work and it felt fine.

Hm, this probably sounds snotty. It's not meant to be. I just didn't think 68 sounded all that bad. ;)

[derien.livejournal.com]

I'm sure you've probably seen my post... I was getting more used to it, but it's five degrees warmer today and oh how I love that.