I have never been alone in our home before, and abruptly I am finding all kinds of little drafts. It is funny how much colder a home feels when you are alone. There isn’t anyone to take your attention away from the cold, or the strange little noises that are in a house. I think our partner will only be gone for a couple nights, however I’m not liking it already. I go away for a couple weeks, every summer. She regularly says how quiet it is and how much she enjoys it. She has the air conditioner to block out the sounds in the house. It is Winter time right now, and I don’t have the drone of the air conditioner. I have the sound of the heating, however it is not particularly loud. The two of us have a boiler and only occasionally do both of us hear the heating coming through the water pipes. I’m sure I’ll hear it more now that our partner isn’t here. I’m hoping I do hear the heating turn on. It will be comforting to hear something other than nothing. I don’t appreciate the way it is so quiet here. I don’t appreciate being alone. I hope this doesn’t happen too often. I may be turning up the temperature control just to make the furnace turn on for the noise. When our partner gets home, it may be reallyoverheatedin here. I’ll have to tell him she can’t go away without me, ever again. With our luck, I’ll run out of oil and the boiler won’t work for long. I won’t be able to turn up the temperature control because without the oil, the furnace won’t work.