Even though March brings some warm days to our region, my friend and I frequently use the boiler in the evening. The sunsets and a noticeable chill can be felt in the air. My spouse is the polar opposite of me in that I typically wrap myself up in blankets at night. She sleeps with her legs and arms exposed and the blankets wrapped around her waist. Occasionally, she has backed up against me to get warm, but this rarely lasts long. After warming up her back, she moves to the edge of the bed. She once told me that she would have been born a dog if she wanted to cuddle up next to the boiler, but she chose me instead, with the onset of warmer hot and cold temperatures this month, I turned off the boiler. I was confident that the day’s heat would sustain us through the evening. I planned to light a fire in the fireplace to combat the day’s chill. My spouse thought it was a good idea until one night when the temperature dropped below freezing. Even though I was hanging off the bed, she wrapped herself around me in order to keep me warm. If I wanted to get warm, I had to get out of bed, turn on the boiler, and then crawl into her side of the bed. She asked why I had pushed her off her pillow and blamed me for her stiff neck when she awoke in the morning. I expressed regret and explained that I had been up to start the boiler and had moved over. There was nowhere else to lie down.