I have lived my whole life near the ocean and was raised with a mom that believed that the ocean air could cure any ailment. All I needed to do was take a drive up the Coast Highway and roll down the windows. Didn't really matter the time of day or how cold it may be, smelling the ocean became my medicine to cure any heartache. And like magic.. the ocean air heals wounds.
Well, during many of those drives it would be night time or a bit too cold to have the windows down, so I would crank the heater to the hottest setting and blast my feet. The combination of warm feet cold face worked for me. I think it worked a little too good because it has become a bit of a guilty pleasure I still contiue to enjoy.
It is not practical for me to escape my life everytime I need my magic ocean air fix, so instead I just blast the heater and roll the windows down when I am out at night picking kids up from activities or if I just need a few minutes to myself to do errands.
We have had some cold nights recently so I was excited to turn on the heater and get my little 'fix' in. Then this weird thing happened. I realized after a few moments that I was still cold. That never happens. I checked my thermostat and it was up as hot as it could go. Then it dawned on me that I was only working with one foot to heat. Dang it. I have since played around and cannot trick my fake foot into believing it is warm. And heating one foot just isn't enough to beat the cold coming inside the window. I'm going to have to play around with that some more because I'm not going to give up my 'Ocean Air'.
1 comment:
What a beautiful 'fix.' Now I know the real reason you'll never leave California! :) How about a rice bag? You sew up a little pillow and put rice in it. (Some people use beans) and then when you want, heat it up in the microwave for a minute or two and it stays warm for a while. Or, you could make sure your next car has heated seats.
Love ya, girl!
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