For a year and a half now, I have not slept comfortably.
It has been a long time to remain functional without having a solid night of sleep to back up all my daily activities, but I’ve been doing my best to just plug along.
I have blamed a great deal of my insomnia on having moved down to the deep south around that time, and assumed that the increased air temperature was behind my inability to rest up. However, as of last week, I now also have to place some blame on myself for failing to find a better solution to the air quality issue sooner. It turns out that managing the air temperature in our bedroom at night was far easier and more attainable than I had ever imagined – all I really needed was a nice little portable AC unit to moderate my indoor air! For over a year, I only utilized our central cooling system, ceiling fans, and a large standing fan to try to regulate the indoor air temperature as dusk approached. I tried to cool down my room so I could sleep without sweating, but never had enough cooling power to make it happen. Every night I woke up drenched in sweat and nauseous from the overwhelming heat and humidity in the room. Then, we happened to stumble upon a portable AC unit marked 80% off last week. Suddenly, all those sleepless nights and all those miserable days clearly became pointless in my brain. It became obvious that all this time I’ve had alternate means to control my indoor air temperature, but haven’t bothered to purchase the necessary HVAC equipment. I owe the south an apology – it wasn’t your terrible air quality that kept me awake for the past year, it was my own cooling system complacency.