AIBU to hate this hot weather

I'm so hot and sweating like a pig it's making me feel sick. I'm immobile at the minute waiting for knee surgery but for some reason the past two days I haven't been able to place any weight on one leg even with the aid of crutches I'm struggling to do the necessities such as going to the loo or changing the ice pack on my leg. I'd like a nice cold shower right now but the reality is the effects wear off in about 5 minutes anyway. So I'll just sit here with my legs raised trying to shift the swelling and keep changing my ice pack trying to convince myself I'm enjoying my life of leisure. I certainly sympathise with anyone else struggling to cope with the heat.

Opening a window doesn’t help when the air outside is just as hot as the air inside.

2 of my DS's have aircon upstairs in their bedrooms.

Does anybody in the UK have Aircon? Where I come from its called opening a window.
But for all those suffering I have 6 words of comfort
REMEMBER THE BEAST FROM THE EAST

Ooh, snow! What a lovely thought.

Central heating works. I don’t have air conditioning, so winter is much more manageable than a hot summer. I’m doing better today simply because I don’t have to go anywhere or have anyone coming here, so I am still in my very cool nightie. Also there is a slight breeze.

Well I am thoroughly enjoying this weather, I sit outside for a while and come in to cool off. Admittedly I cannot lay out and sunbathe as I used to (always with a high spf ).

We have had a rainwater harvest tank under part of our lawn/deck installed several years ago. Which thanks to our wet and snowy winter is full so we are able to water plants, vegetables and lawn.

I am just doing everything I can (leg permitting) slowly and at the cooler ends of the day. I think living in Southern Europe for 6months a year every year during my late 20s and 30's, has made it easier to cope with our glorious summer, long may it last.

My sympathies are with fellow gransnetters who are finding it too hot and making them feel poorly, cold water bottles, and lots of fluids help. Also heard on the radio someone saying that covering yourself over with a damp sheet is a very effective way to keep cool. ??????⛱⛱⛱

A heatwave , I mention the white stuff and start panicking , in June ?

You are absolutely not a whinger Annie. You are a remarkably strong person who tries hard to deal with her fears.

I claim the gold medal for whingeing about winter and that white stuff

But not when they are feeling most unwell Bella surely.

So a whinger whinging about someone they consider a whinger ?

I am ok thanks, x

I'm going to add my bit of "whingeing"... I spent all winter longing for a bit of summer, but now it's here......phew...it's toooooo hot! A few degrees cooler would be better.
So I sympathise, Sazzle

Come on Annie, it wouldn’t be Gransnet without someone complaining of someone else’s “whingeing”. Hope you’re ok x

And it wouldn’t be winter without people complaining about being snowed up.

How unkind to accuse anyone who is affected by this heat of whinging

I splashed out on a Dyson tower fan. It's wonderful. I can angle to suit and increase the 'blow' as required. I put off getting one but with this heat and impending post op incarceration I'm so glad I got one.

Oh come on eazybee it wouldn’t be summer without somebody complaining about the heat!
I did try to put it slightly more tactfully though ........

Dear me. Just a few days of high temperatures and the whingeing starts.
I have great sympathy for people who have to work and commute in this heat, wear particular clothing/uniforms, work in crowded airless rooms or outside with little shade, or are patients in hospital, all of which I have experienced.
But if retired and at home all day it is perfectly easy to arrange one's time to avoid high temperatures and create cool areas. Who cares if it is necessary to lie down all afternoon?
I am just thankful that people's complaints have absolutely no effect on the weather.
I also enjoy the snow and the cold.

When I go to bed, I find my bedroom - on the south west side - has soaked up the heat during the day, even with the curtains drawn, so I fall asleep with the fan on and turn it off when I have to spend a penny during the night. So the heat is not affecting my sleep at all. If I do spend any time in the kitchen - rarely - there's a little fan heater/cooler under the cooker which keeps my feet cool!

I seem to have managed to keep the house quite cool so far which is nice and we can sleep OK. We have to go to Dubai next week on business and I am dreading it, forty plus degrees and high humidity.

Eating ?!! Wearing.

I was hoping there was some form of medication that would enable me to be ok in slightly higher temperatures.

I do feel sorry for those who actually feel ill but otherwise let’ enjoy it. As Maw says, why worry about housework and ironing. It won’t last for ever. To be honest it may be hot but it’s not too humid and many places have a pleasant breeze. Enjoy not having to take jumpers and raincoats and enjoy eating lighter clothes. Make sure you cover up before Granny70s sees you though .?

I can't tolerate the heat now and usually wait until later in the day to sit in the garden. I either sit under a large parasol in the back garden or under a covered terrace in the front. The downstairs of house remains a comfortable temperature but upstairs can be uncomfortable so the Dyson fan that is not a fan comes into it's own.

Another here that is unable to function in this heat. Even after having a cooling shower; a brief walk from bathroom to bedroom leaves me perspiring heavily and feeling like I need another. On work days, any make-up applied has melted before I've left the house. I just feel permanently jiggered and weary. I promise I won't complain when the rain comes!

Phoenix, that’s the nub of it. We aren’t geared up for any extremes in temp so it’s always a challenge

That about sums it up, Maw. It’s an age thing. I don’t remember previous heatwaves flooring me to the same extent as this one has done. Most of the day, our living room is cool, and since we had a solid roof put on the conservatory, which gets the sun from lunch time onward, it is usually much cooler in there, but it was up in the nineties yesterday by late afternoon with the blinds down and the doors open! There is no sign of it breaking yet so it’s a case of adjust, adjust, adjust!