I had to do this for a while myself. Lived in an apartment that had a window unit. It was supposed to have heat in the window unit, but it didn't work right, so I used the gas oven to warm the apartment. It is ashame the way you have to live sometimes. I was in school, and my husband was in school, and working a full time job. I was also working a part time job. I only lived there for 6 months.