LOL, delurked, I totally agree! Glad the hot flashes are over.
I've said this before on the forum, but the hubby has anemia so he runs cold. During 10+ years of peri-menopause I ran hot and flashy. Very often in the winter at night I'd have the window open AND the bedside "hotflash" fan running AND be sleeping in barely nothing, no sheets... while the hubby was in his flannels, a hoodie, thick socks, robe, and cocoon-rolled in a down comforter plus bedspread....which is basically how he sleeps year round, even if the AC is off and it's 80 degrees and humid...
Now that things seem to be winding up in the menopausal department, I still like it colder at night, but not quite that cold. Something about lower temps seems to help me fall asleep faster. And now I no longer wake up with the sheets drenched, my face and chest beet red, needing to run outside into the snow to cool off.
Is it just me but do colder temps make you sleepy? They make me sleepy. If I'm in a hotel room and I can't fall asleep, I just turn down the thermostat (while putting on warm socks and curling up in the comforter) and once it hits 68-70 range I fall asleep easily.
I've sat through a few meetings in chilly offices/hotel rooms this past summer, with thermostat set at 68, and last summer I'd have been fine in short sleeve dress / bare legs/ sandals. This year, I'm not only freezing cold, but I am very very sleepy... it's like my brain freezes.