I have never lived in a northern climate that experiences cold winters.
- I grew up in a small southern town and stayed there until this past year.
I have a long distance boyfriend and he lives up north. We have been dating for about 2 years now and figured it was time for one of us to move closer to the other. It was hard to decide which one of us was going to make the big move at first, but several months ago my boyfriend go a huge promotion at work and had would definitely have to stay in the area for at least another year. I was tired of being long distance, so I made the decision to pack up my car and move up north. He told me to make sure I packed all of the warm clothing I owned because the winters up there were no joke. Being a southern girl, I really didn’t own anything that would keep me to warm, but I packed what I had. I share an apartment with one of my friends and we keep the A/C running year round, I really had no idea what I was in for. My first night there the temperature dropped to around 40 degrees and I was freezing, my boyfriend told me that this was nothing and that sometimes the temperatures dropped below zero. That is when I started doing some investigation. I called an HVAC technician to come look at my boyfriend’s heater and thermostat just to make sure they didn’t require and routine maintenance. Fortunately the HVAC technician told me the heater and thermostat were the best money could buy. He didn’t say the heater needed any maintenance which was a shock!