It’s almost 9pm here in South Manchester. I’m melting even though I had a cool shower half an hour ago. No breeze at all.
Went over to mind the smalls today. Was blisteringly hot so kept them inside, poor things. They wanted ‘the paddling pool. Pleeease grandma!’ Couldn’t. Their garden is small and south facing. No shade. Aargh!
Two hot and slippery grandchildren, butt naked. So at 1pm I ran a big cool bath (no bubbles) and called it a ‘grandma bathroom paddling pool’. 2 happy bunnies with toys, wet hair, cool scalps and an ice lolly in there! They were too cute giggling away - for an hour. Then they got out, stayed naked after being dried and were melting again (like grandma!) in no time.
Sometimes I cope just by thinking ‘everyone is hot and sticky too so get on with it!’.
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