“If you can't stand the heat, get out of the kitchen.” - Harry S Truman

Sign us up for a Discovery Channel special, because our apartment is a mystery of science.

The weather here has been very variable lately with some days in the 80s and then the next in the 60s. It will be hot and sunny and then cloudy and rainy. And sometimes in the same day. After all of these years living in Seattle I had no idea weather could change during the day. What it looks like when you get up in the morning isn’t necessarily what it will be in the afternoon. Who would have thought??

Anyway, our apartment has a mysterious ability to get really hot when it is hot outside. As the temperature rises outside, it also rises inside, generally exponentially. This is mystery number one. This is not just me making things up since first, that never happens, and second, we have an indoor / outdoor thermometer, so it is fact.

Mystery number two: How does the apartment not cool down just as fast as it heats up? It hasn’t been over 63 degrees outside in the last two days, yet our apartment is still a balmy 75. Fact: When I left the house this morning it was 60 degrees outside and 78 degrees in our bedroom. With a fan on since we always have the fan on at night. That thing has saved our marriage since I now live with a loud breather. But I digress. 75 degrees inside is totally fine with me, but make that 85 in the middle of the night on Friday next to a husband who sweats at 68 degrees, not so comfortable. I'm no scientist, but how is this phenomenon possible?