Dreams Drawn Down

It was snowy. The thermostat of my parents’ house had stopped working, and so, my first morning began with the moaning of a sleepy old couple trying to figure out why they were freezing. I was lucky enough to have three sets of blankets covering me including a pair of gloves to keep me almost warm since I was not a good sport when it comes to cold environments. Though I didn’t get much sleep from the aeroplane trip, I was annoyed out of my mind from the dire moans of my parents. I hurriedly went to check on them to see if they were dying but as soon as I stepped out of my warm little fortress I got the chills and instinctively buried myself back into my blankets. “Damn! I haven’t felt that cold in months! No wonder my parents are moaning!”. I tried my best to wrap myself with blankets so I could look for what’s going on. I went downstairs looking like a fat burrito, only to find out that the thermostat had stopped responding… It was so hard to walk in this form since the only thing that moved was my squirming feet. I went to check on my parents and I saw them both under ONE blanket with… “Oh god…” one of their windows not completely closed. As if it wasn’t cold enough already. I yelled at them to notice the window that has not been locked properly, And then my mom starting arguing with my dad about the window while both of them were under the sheets. I squirmed my way to the window and tried my best to not leave hold of my blankets, I locked the windows and told my parents that the thermostat was not responding anymore. Then my dad started arguing with my mother, and later my dad told me to take the batteries from the drawer and replace the batteries of the thermostat. “Oh great, I have to leave my blankets to hold the batteries… Well, here goes nothing”. I left my blankets, I took the batteries and I ran like my life depended on it, I dodged every obstacle in my way until...