"Cold Morning", more-like.
Nov. 16th, 2012 09:44 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
jessicainjapanGood morning!
Or more like cold morning as of late. I'm a bit of a cold weather wimp, so even though it's 14C (roughly 57F), I'm still wrapped up in a scarf and I haven't been brave enough yet to remove my heavy, ankle-length coat. Did I mention I'm indoors?
Apparently when you come to Japan, you had best be prepared to suffer the cold indoors until a temperature I have yet to experience sets in. The windows in the hallways are still wide open, and even though they've pulled the heaters out of storage... they have yet to turn them on. Yesterday was only a few degrees warmer (maybe 60F at best) and the classroom windows were all thrown open to let in thefrigid cool afternoon breeze.
The students all have tracksuits on, but while I'm trying to look presentable in some business-casual wear, I'm slowly shivering to death.
In my last school, I regularly wore my heavy jacket to class. It was worth the students' amusement to be warm, but at my new school I am endeavoring to be braver. I have also discovered heat-tech -- glorious skin-tight undershirts and leggings that make it possible to be warm without imitating a fat caricature of an Eskimo.
While school can be a nightmare to stay warm in, my apartment is actually a little bit worse. My pathetic AC unit can barely keep the place livable. This weekend I'm planning to go out on an adventure to buy a space heater, but meanwhile I'm making due with the heated blanket my aunt sent me. I fell asleep under it last night super early and slept for twelve hours... and forgot to turn on my AC to keep the place from turning into an icebox, though. With the power of the heated blanket, I never got cold or woke up hunting for more blankets! It will keep me safe from turning into an icicle this winter!
Or more like cold morning as of late. I'm a bit of a cold weather wimp, so even though it's 14C (roughly 57F), I'm still wrapped up in a scarf and I haven't been brave enough yet to remove my heavy, ankle-length coat. Did I mention I'm indoors?
Apparently when you come to Japan, you had best be prepared to suffer the cold indoors until a temperature I have yet to experience sets in. The windows in the hallways are still wide open, and even though they've pulled the heaters out of storage... they have yet to turn them on. Yesterday was only a few degrees warmer (maybe 60F at best) and the classroom windows were all thrown open to let in the
The students all have tracksuits on, but while I'm trying to look presentable in some business-casual wear, I'm slowly shivering to death.
In my last school, I regularly wore my heavy jacket to class. It was worth the students' amusement to be warm, but at my new school I am endeavoring to be braver. I have also discovered heat-tech -- glorious skin-tight undershirts and leggings that make it possible to be warm without imitating a fat caricature of an Eskimo.
While school can be a nightmare to stay warm in, my apartment is actually a little bit worse. My pathetic AC unit can barely keep the place livable. This weekend I'm planning to go out on an adventure to buy a space heater, but meanwhile I'm making due with the heated blanket my aunt sent me. I fell asleep under it last night super early and slept for twelve hours... and forgot to turn on my AC to keep the place from turning into an icebox, though. With the power of the heated blanket, I never got cold or woke up hunting for more blankets! It will keep me safe from turning into an icicle this winter!
