Quick Tip: Keeping Comfortable At Night With Frozen Food
This month is Survive The Heat In Your Bed month. The Donkey provides tips on staying cool in the hot summer nights.
Otter Pops To The Rescue
With Summer in full swing, I decided to provide several tips on keeping cool at night. Sleeping next to someone in the Summer heat is no easy task, especially when your bedroom is on the third floor and your thermostat is on the second. My wife always seems to feel cold and likes to sleep with a blanket and curl up next to me, but I just can’t take it in the Summer.
This first idea is inexpensive and relatively easy to implement. Purchase a box of Otter Pops and freeze them as soon as you get home. When you are going to bed that night, grab a few Otter Pops. You now have a few options. First, you could create a frozen barrier by lining the Otter Pops down the middle of the bed. Unlike the Eskimos of yore, your wife will be unlikely to cross the uninhabitable tundra. Second, you could lay the Otter Pops horizontally on the bed in a single column. Place your sheet over the tasty treats and lay down on them. Third, you might simply put a few in the bottom of your pillow case. I’ve heard your head is the key to regulating body heat, so this might be an easy solution.
If things are really bad, you might need to grab a few bags of frozen vegetables or meat. My wife could potentially roll over the Otter Pops, get even colder, and then try harder to get our bodies to generate synergistic heat. With a bag of broccoli and some frozen steaks in her way, your wife will be unable to cross the treacherous conditions.
Feel free to email pictures if you decide to try this, and I will post them on the blog.
7 Responses to “Quick Tip: Keeping Comfortable At Night With Frozen Food”
You know, if it’s too hot in the bed, you could always sleep on the floor. (It’s a miracle you’re not already anyway!) I’m sure your pregnant wife wouldn’t mind. I know my bed always seems to shrink while I’m pregnant and I find myself wishing I didn’t have to share it.
By Nancy on Jul 8, 2008
As someone who is pre-menopausal and prone to night sweats, I can relate. My husband seems to have hands of fire too. I don’t think I’ll try any of your ideas as the cost of food is just too high.
By Employee No. 3699 on Jul 9, 2008
maybe the best way to avoid the heat in the bed would be to send your wife on a 3 week vacation to visit her family.
By celine on Jul 10, 2008
Otterpops might leak and then you would be all sticky and such. Vegetables would thaw too quickly and meat might stink or bleed on your sheets. Use a gel pack (like for sore muscles) and put it in your pillow to regulate your heat. You could also put one in between you. It is reusable and functional. Another trick is to sleep at a different bed level than your wife. You could sleep on top of the sheet while she is under then a barrier is created.
By karlmalone on Jul 11, 2008
1 hour or so before bed, get a towel or two wet and wring them out. Roll up and put in freezer. Before bed take them out and put in thin plastic gargage bags that fits around it. Keep one rolled up for around your neck. Spread the other one out flat and place under your sheet on your side. You stay cool, wife can cuddle you and stay warm on her side.
Or for comical relief, stick with the otter pops and frozen veggies
By Shannon on Jul 12, 2008
Wetting the bed starts out warm, but has a cooling effect in the night.
By Leaky on Jul 14, 2008
Putting frozen otters in your bed may sound like a good idea, until you roll over a set of thawed-out teeth in the morning. Although, the loss of blood may cause your body to cool off. Maybe it’s not such a bad idea after all.
By Mr. Mustachio on Jul 16, 2008