thehowe_v7.1

I've been feeling a bit under the weather for the past few days, and I've been trying to figure out why. So, last night I tried an experiment: I reversed the direction that I sleep on my bed - I put my head where my feet usually go, and vice-versa.

Sounds crazy, right? Well, there's valid reasoning behind the idea. My "bed" is actually just a mattress on the floor (what? It's comfortable enough, and my room would be smaller with a bed frame). There's a window near the head of my mattress, and the nearest heating duct in my room is nearer to the foot of my mattress. The night before last I took some temperature readings: the apartment is set just below 70°. At the foot of my mattress, closer to the heating duct than the window, it got down to about 63° (ideal sleeping temperature is 65°). At the head of my mattress, near the window, it got down to about 55°. That's a temperature gradient of 10° over my body. That seemed to me like it might cause problems.

So, I switched things around last night. The temperatures stayed about the same, and after feeling how cold my feet are this morning, I can attest that the temperature difference is quite noticeable, even through a heavy quilt. I'm not feeling 100% this morning, but I am feeling better.