I can totally understand that your body went into shock. But it is true what you say about perspective...we do "climatize" when we spend some time in a certain area.

I remember when we moved down from Johannesburg to Durban, it was in the middle of winter. I walked around with a T-shirt on and I thought there is something wrong with the other guys wearing thick jackets. By the next winter, I was also wearing thick jackets, same as the other guys...lol.

One option when we retired was to move somewhere warmer like Florida or Arizona, but then we would not see the grandkids much at all so we put up with the winters

That makes perfect sense. I can associate with that. We would also do anything to be close to our kids and grandkids!