Meerah is very cold. Meerah has been cold for many, many days now. The nice lady says to just turn the heat up on the thermostat. What foolishness is this? The people with only letters for a name charge you much money each month to provide heat for your house. I say, put on another sweater. Right now, I’m wearing nine.
But it is still cold. Maybe I will put on my mittens too. That is mux brtt5x////
OK, the mittens did not work out so well for typing. The nice lady brought over a space heater so it is now nice and toasty over by Meerah’s computer. That was a very nice thing for the nice lady to do. I told her not to bother. I was going to build a fire in my living room. She got very excited then and said, “No, don’t do that. I’ll be right over!” I don’t think the cold is very good for her health problems. When she got to my house she was breathing very heavily again and her eyes were big and darting all around.
Once her breathing slowed down and her eyes rolled back into one place, she explained to Meerah that I could not build a fire in my living room because I do not have a fireplace. This sounded like foolishness to Meerah. I have much experience with building fires in places they are not originally meant to be. But, Meerah is full of kindness and concern, especially when it comes to people who are not in the best of health. So I promised the nice lady I would not build any fires in my living room, and I would use the space heater she brought me VERY CAREFULLY. Meerah typed those last words larger to show how loudly the nice lady spoke them. Maybe the cold has affected her ears also?
So, now I am nice and warm. Meerah will share with you her wisdom for cold weather.
1. Don’t keep turning up the thermostat when it gets colder inside your house. This just means the people with only letters for a name can charge you more money.
2. People who charge much money to heat other people’s houses only use letters for a name so angry people cannot find them in very cold weather.
3. Wearing nine sweaters will keep you warm, but make it very difficult to make any sudden movements. Plan ahead.
4. Ten sweaters is too much.
5. If you need to wear your mittens inside, do not try to type.
6. Apparently, it is not acceptable to build a fire inside your house unless you have a designated “fireplace.” (Meerah is researching how to build one of these right now.)
7. Space heaters are great for keeping small areas of your house warm and cozy. But they must be used VERY CAREFULLY. ARE YOU LISTENING TO ME, MEERAH? VERY, VERY CAREFULLY! Sorry, the nice lady’s voice is still ringing in Meerah’s ears. Maybe I should turn down the space heater.
That is all Meerah’s wisdom for the cold weather right now.
