Without this invention I would really have a less relaxed life. I can really enjoy my electric blanket. Every day again.
Writing Assignment #20
As an Adult
I look forward to going to bed at night. Not only to enjoy the peace, but also to stay warm. Just before I go to bed I put on my blanket. Then I just step into a warm bath. That is such intense enjoyment. I’m such a big chilly person. And then my cat, with her nice thick winter coat, also comes to lie against me, and I am warmed from all sides. In the summer the blanket is not on it, then I really don’t need it. As soon as it starts to cool down, he comes out of the closet and I slide him under my sheet. Every cold person should have one. Invention!
As a child
As a child I already had an electric blanket. My girlfriend also often slept with me on weekends. We slept on a single mattress (nice and tight!) and sometimes accidentally left the blanket on. Then we woke up in the middle of the night drenched in sweat. We slept like that when we were already a nice bunch of teenagers. That must have smelled good! My mother was also cold, so I think I got it that way.
A hot water bottle would of course also be possible, but somehow I don’t feel comfortable with that. Even when my children were still babies and they needed a hot water bottle to stay warm, I didn’t like it. My eldest daughter is always warm, so she won’t need one. My youngest daughter always feels cold while sleeping. She often sleeps in a thick onesie with a fleece blanket under the duvet. That’s also a way.