I’m Cold!

I have 4 roommates.

For 10 days, they’re all on a school-trip, leaving me with the house to myself. This 10 days also happens to be the time period when cold weather has descended upon Nashville.

Now, months ago, when I was so looking forward to cold weather because I’m so Canadian, I was saying things like, “Man, winter in Nashville is gonna be like summer in Canada. We don’t even have to turn the heat on!”

I’m eating my words:

Due to some wacky situation with the heating company, there’s not going to be any heat coming to our house until a certain debt is paid. I don’t know whose debt this is, how high it is, or how the heck it’s gonna get paid … All I know is that it exists. To some of you, this situation might seem kinda crazy not exactly healthy. I guess I’m used to kinda crazy and not exactly healthy situations because it’s not really a big deal to me.

However …

I am cold. Maybe I’m not as Canadian as I thought I was? Maybe I need to man up? All I know is that with my roommates gone for 10 days, there’s nothing I can do about getting the heat turned on. (Who knows how long it will take even after they return!

For the past two nights, I’ve been chilling at about 5° C (that’s about 41° F for my American friends) My one housemate made me promise that I wouldn’t use any of his bed sheets because he’s weird about that kind of thing. I’m sorry buddy, but I’ve broken that promise. (Don’t hate me!)

Here’s the situation. I checked out the Wal-Mart website and they’ve got some pretty nifty portable indoor heaters for something like $50. With one of those, I’d never have to worry about being cold again! Now, I don’t have that kind of money kicking around, but I know that some of you might. I also know that some of you (maybe not all) aren’t OK with the idea of me freezing. And I really appreciate that!

So here’s what I’m gonna do: I am going to ask you, my friends and/or family, to hook me up with $50 to buy a space heater. Can I pay you back? Probably not. Will I be endlessly thankful and very warm? Heck yes, I will.

I know it’s a bizarre request, but there it is. If you wanna get spiritual about it, I believe I just gave you an opportunity to be excellent … And I’m pretty sure the Bible says something about how those who do excellence unto others will have excellence returned unto them. Don’t quote me on that, though.

So it goes without saying (even thought I already said it), that I really appreciate this. Whoever hooks me up first, wins the race. Also, that guy will be forever known as The Bringer of Heat, to me. Or, if you’re a girl, Hot Stuff. (Make sure to clear that with your boyfriend ahead of time!) If you don’t know how to get in touch with me, e-mail me at hellofrancy@gmail.com

With that, I’ll wish you a wonderful Sunday evening and leave you with this random (but actually contextually appropriate) photo of two most triumphant dudes that will keep me warm tonight in the absence of real heat:

In the words Bill & Ted: Be excellent to each other!

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francy