We've insulated our home and installed new thermostats in the house to cut down on the electricity fees.
It
works beautifully, especially considering that Seb programmed them all
well, so that when we wake up, the kitchen and dining room are warm,
when we come back from work the living room is warm and when we go to
bed the bedroom is.
However, it gave him this weird urge to
check stats at all times of the day, and now he talks about the
differences in temp that occurred during the night, the day or during
the evening. I am showered by these constant flows of information about
the fluctuation of the house temperature in comparison with the
weather. We can even talk about the weather many times a day now!
Like: wow it's cold out there today!
Later on: It's sunny now, I wonder if it'll get covered later and the temperature will drop.
Five minutes later: Ooow they're announcing snow tomorrow, I bet we'll see then the difference the insulation makes!
Two hours later: HAH! It's covered now, we've dropped almost 3 degrees in two hours!!
Every
info is told with glee. I'm almost jealous, looking at the quantities
of fun this seems to inspire him, I wish I was as joyous when I hear
about those stats. I feel a bit bad, but I just can't seem to bring
myself to be interested by these facts. I mean, once in a while ok, but
multiple times a day is way too much for me to even be perky when he
shares the info with me.
To me, if I install insulation and thermostats and I never think of them again after, they did their job right because I'm warm.
I think for Christmas I'll buy him a journal to keep track of his precious stats, ehehehe.
