My bedroom window was stuck open for most of the summer.
I was too lazy to call the maintenance people, but this wasn’t a big deal because my apartment is not air conditioned and my windows are open most of the time.
I only had the urge to close my window in the middle of the night when there was thunder or police drama outside. These midnight fix-it attempts always failed because there is only so much wrestling I can do with the window before I remember that I’m exposing my underbritches to the entire neighborhood.1
So, I would give up, and forget about the window problem.
The low point was a few days ago when there was a huge storm that blew directly into my window.
It was possibly the most pathetic scene ever: It was 3am, and I had towels spread on the window sill. The towels were weighted down with chicken noodle soup cans.2 The only thing that was keeping my bedroom from flooding was the cover of a plastic storage tub that I held against the window screen with both hands.
Every gush of wind rattled the blinds and flung water onto my bed. I felt like I booked a room on the Titanic. The dog wasn’t amused.
This lasted for about an hour and I felt like a royal idiot.
But then I forgot about the window the next day.
What finally made me fix the window was a radio report that the temperature is going to dip to 46 degrees tonight.
The little Miami-boy in me said “Hells to the nah!” and I attacked the window when I came home from work. After pounding the window and pinching my finger, I finally got it to shut.
There was no way I was going to have a 46 degree wind blow on me all night. No, no, no! And my window will stay shut for the rest of the summer, because I’m not reliving my Titanic experience.
1 It’s dark outside, my bedroom light is on, and here I am in my undershirt and underwear rattling the window…what better way of getting the neighborhood’s attention. “HELLO!”
2 Can which are probably rusting now…
6 Comments
Ricky Nelson
August 30, 2009 at 2:40 pmHopefully closing the window works. First day it snowed in my new place, I was greeted with a nice pile of snow inside my apartment despite the window being shut.
Jansen
August 30, 2009 at 4:15 pmIt flew open?
molly
August 30, 2009 at 6:03 pm46 degrees in August? Intense.
Jansen
August 30, 2009 at 7:16 pm44 tonight!
molly
August 31, 2009 at 12:02 amGood grief. I actually looked it up and it can get to as low as 49 degrees in my state tonight! Hopefully it won’t…
Jansen
August 31, 2009 at 2:38 pmHaving the window closed was sooooo amazing. The only problem was that I had to walk the dog in the cold… I guess it’s practice for the winter.