December? Already?

Holy. Smoke.  It's December. It's officially winter. THE TREE IS UP.  Wow.

2011 Christmas Tree @ Rockefeller Plaza

And this morning I turned the heat on for the first time since being in my condo.  The alarm went off and I hopped out of bed and thought "Wow, it's chilly!" and then I thought "Hey, I can control the temperature. I have a thermostat!"  and then I did the happy dance.

For those of you who are thinking, "this girl has lost her marbles", let me clarify. For the past 10-11 years I've lived in a rental where I had no control over the temperature. The building set the thermostat and it was always FREEZING in the summer (way too much AC) and suffocating in the winter (waaaaaay too much heat). There were a few days every spring and fall where it was just right. OK, so I'm sounding a bit like Goldilocks here but it's true.

When I moved in to my condo a few weeks ago, one of the first things I did was to program the thermostat.  Awesome.  For this, these little things, I am thankful.