Its only after lying in bed for almost two hours, mostly on the verge of sleep but never quite able to get there, that I realize, all at once, that it is spring now, that my room temperature is above 68 degrees, and that, therefore, I’m just not going to fall asleep, not until I’m so drop-dead tired tht the heat no longer bothers me.

On goes the air conditioner, and already I feel the darkness descending. To hell with electricity bills.