Overheating and the Standard-Issue Lunatic

[azurelunatic]

When the Lunatic is overheated, the Lunatic droops and becomes sleepy and more cranky than is the norm. General listlessness ensues, and can be cured by cool air, ice packs, cool beverages, less clothing, and the like.

The Lunatic generally does best in an indoor temperature of less than 80 degrees.

This can be difficult to come by in Arizona summers.

In the future, the Lunatic should probably supply her own tank tops and ice packs.

Comments

[sithjawa.livejournal.com]

The Sith prefers an indoor temperature of 80 daytime/75 nighttime, with a low of 70 at around midnight. I think I'm a natural to live with snakes.

[azurelunatic]

The Sith's apartment was of good temperature. The Lunatic also prefers colder nighttime temperatures.

The Lunatic can tolerate down to 40 degrees F (positive) nighttime ambient temperature as long as she has blankets.

[sithjawa.livejournal.com]

I slept in such temperatures for years, because there was no heater in my room. The result was that I now can't sleep without a thick comforter. This is a problem when it's 80 out...


But if it's colder than 70, I'll have trouble getting up in the morning.

[azurelunatic]

Ooo, that would be an idea.

Is the trouble getting up in the morning because blankets are so toasty warm and room is so cold? Because if someone had a heat-controlled alarm clock thing, that lowered room temperature for sleeping, and warmed it up again so that going out of bed in morning was warm enough... hmm...

[sithjawa.livejournal.com]

In keeping snakes, I use these great timer plugs. They're hard to find, I've only seen them at hardcore herp suppliers at shows - but Amazon Reptile tells me they can be found at Home Depot. Usually, I use them to do exactly that in my snakes' cages, except I keep the heat on all day except noon. If I had an electric heater separate frm the AC unit, it would be really easy to have one heat up the room just in the morning.

Or I could hook it up to the A/C unit to turn it off shortly before I had to be up.

[azurelunatic]

Ooo, good idea.

If only my parents house did not use wood heat -- but, alas!

[sithjawa.livejournal.com]

Yes, yes, Phedre.

::giggles::

[azurelunatic]

Hm.

I wonder if there is a 1:1 "if only":"alas" ratio in those books.

Re: Overheating

[wolfieboy.livejournal.com]

I overheat easily as well and at lower temperatures. My brain slows down at 80. I'm better at 70 or so. At 85, I lay down since horizontally, I can exude more heat.

Tank tops and ice packs sound like fun though.
/me tries to peer through the post.

Re: Overheating

[azurelunatic]

I can handle extreme temperatures outside, where there's often wind, but not inside. Inside, I just melt and get cranky.