I have always enjoyed things on the cooler side.
When I shared a room with my sister I used to open the window in winter just a tad because I can't sleep in a warm/hot room. That drove her crazy.
Then I lived with another sister in my late 20's and our apartment had separate radiators in each and every room. I turned the ones in my bedroom off completely. She turned her bedroom up and it was like a sauna in there. The shared rooms we compromised.
It all worked out well for us.
But suddenly I am not dealing so well with the cold. Oh trust me, I would rather be cold than hot any damn day of the week. But when I used to think 55 degrees was short wearing weather, now I'm a bit cold at 55.
I still believe the low 70's is perfection and we don't need anything over 80.
Now having said that my husband is on medication that makes his skin feel hot.
He is on fire in ways that are not comfortable for him. I am walking around my house in fleece and long pants. It's 88 degrees with super high humidity and I'm freezing inside.
This morning at 4am my dog woke me up. She was panting like crazy and Rick had taken a sleeping pill so I figured I was taking out the dog. I got up out of my big down comforter and began to shiver. By the time I got downstairs I thought I would find snow on the kitchen floor.
Izzy and I took a walk around the neighborhood and while it was hot and humid it was better than being in my home.
When we returned home I was now wide awake. I turned on Cheers and put on fleece and wrapped up in a blanket on the sofa. I walked by the thermostat and it was at 66.
Okay air conditioning at 66 is just too damn cold.....at least for me.
When Rick woke up and came down stairs he said, "Brr....it's freezing down here"
YEAH, you noticed.
He looked at the thermostat and said, "Why did you put it down so far?"
ME?
Rick programs the thermostat and I don't ever touch it. He began to play around with it and found that what he had programmed for was weekly but once it hits the day it reverts back to that day. So now he has to go through the week individually to fix it.
He looked at me dressed like it was -5 degrees Fahrenheit and laughed.
I told him I thought he was doing this because he was so damn hot now on these meds.
I didn't want to complain since he was so uncomfortable and I could always add more clothes. He said, "Yes I am hot, but I'm not an Eskimo for heaven's sake. You should have said something. Is that why last night you put on socks and a sweatshirt?"
"Ah yea and you said nothing about it being cold in here"
"Well it really wasn't to me then but it wasn't 66 then either."
Yesterday at work I wore leggings, socks, t shirt, fleece lined hoodie, baseball cap to keep my head warm. My poor fingers were frozen. If I could type and write in gloves I would have worn them. A walk with Izzy in God awful humidity sounded better than living in my tundra.
so I would be outside and get hot and then come inside and need to add more layers.
It's another hot humid day and I imagine it will be like this until late fall.
And Rick is on this medications for several more months.
You will be able to spot us for sure.
He'll be the one in shorts and a t-shirt, I'll be next to him in a coat, hat and scarf.
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LOL it's like 68 in here at work and it feels pretty nice :)
I like 71 Julie. Rick likes 68.
66 we could see our breath!
My parents home at 70 is way too hot for me, but ours isn't. Don't know what that is about but every since we got this new thermostat it seems to have changed. And obviously so have I.
I seldom turn the AC below 77. My son will sneak it to 75 sometimes and I can tell immediately.
Mike - you're old that's why! :-)
Old people like it hot....tee hee
My hubby would love it if I set the thermostat that low during the summer. But I get what you are saying. When I turn off the AC, I get everyone saying it's too damn hot in here while I'm like Really? I think it feels fine ;o)
Bonnie, Last night he put it to 73 and I was fine and I look over at him and he was sweating. So I said, "go ahead" and then I got my hoodie and wrapped up in a blanket while watching a movie. :-) I still prefer being cold than being hot!!
My mother used to wear pajamas with feet because she was always cold. Agnes is always hot, so we have the AC turned down far enough that we just store mean on the dining room table.
Oh Bill this made me laugh!
When Rick met me he said I kept my apartment like a meat locker!
I don't understand this sudden change of being cold but truth be told its better than hot or a hot flash!!
My wife will set the AC to 67 then go hide under a blanket. I try to 'splain to her that 72 with low humidity will feel just fine and she won't need the blanket. She doesn't believe me yet, so I have to keep sneaking the temperature any time she takes a pee break.
Funny the little games we play.
Brian
bikinfool - I love it real cold and go under a blanket!!! Do it every night. We have now come to a compromise of 70 or 71. I still am very cold but better than the 60's.
We do go down to 67-68 to sleep.
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