One Hot Mama

When I started telling people I was pregnant, everyone kept saying, "Oh you're so lucky you won't be pregnant during the summer because your hormones will give you hot flashes."  Well I have spent the entire winter freezing my butt off (and yes I know it's Texas so it isn't that cold) waiting for these hot flashes to kick in.  I sat in my pitiful little classroom in an uninsulated portable building from 1978 wrapped in a snuggie wondering when I might feel my fingers again.  I cranked up the heater at home before Rocky got off work and sipped hot cocoa just to take the chill off my bones.  I slept in pajama pants and long sleeves snuggled under the covers all night and took hot showers the next morning trying to store up some heat for the long cold days.  I put on layers of clothes, scarves, and jackets before facing the day.  Finally, I decided that my internal heater was broken, and I gave up hope of every lighting the pilot.  

Be careful what you wish for.  About a week ago, I woke up one night sweaty and gross so the next night I slept in a tank top and shorts.  Again, I woke up sweaty and gross.  We tried turning the air down, but I still woke up sweaty and gross in the middle of the night so I stripped off my pj and tried sleeping al naturale.  My husband was pretty excited about this approach, but it didn't work.  Nothing worked.  This continued night after night so I decided last night I would stopped sleeping under the covers all together.  I piled them at the foot of the bed and fell asleep.  This morning... I woke up sweaty and gross.  So, it would seem that my heater did finally turn on.  Now, does anyone know how to turn if off?