the heat

It's decidedly cooler here now at 22 degrees---10 degrees lower than earlier on.

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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I'm draped in a damp cloth with a fan on me.

Love it ‘rockgran’ I’ve just put a couple of wet facecloths in the fridge to wipe myself down with later .... bliss!

Terribly warm....walked around in a tunic top and knickers all day. My friend was over earlier...didn't care. Went over to see the grandkids, my 3 year old gs thought I "smelled" (gross, I know) ..... shouldn't admit, but I was so sweaty ?came home and had a lovely shower . Feel nice and fresh now...wish my gs was here to smell me ?

I hate this heat. It was 32 degrees in my kitchen earlier and even now at almost midnight it is 30 degrees. AAAAARGH!!! My bedroom is like an oven and it's at times like this that I wish I lived in a bungalow, and also that I had ceramic tiled floors in every room. Yesterday I had the fan on all day in my bedroom and the blackout blind down to stop the sun warming the room, but it was still unbearably hot. I will have to sleep on the sofa tonight. My lounge is north facing but my bedroom is south facing so very hot.

I went to bed and slept for an hour or so but woke up "glowing" despite having had the curtains drawn all day and the fan full on.
I'm now downstairs where there is a more powerful fan. I'm watching the distant lightening flashes through the window. We had rain about 8pm but it hasn't helped.

I had an awful night last night. Started off in our bed.........got too hot so off to spare room.........still too hot! I don't think I have ever felt as hot as I did last night!!
So I plan to get an air conditioning unit for our bedroom but after a look on line I am totally confused???
Has anyone got any advice to help me. I would be very grateful.

I've just been to Tesco's. Every fridge and freezer has broken down. I couldn't buy anything chilled or frozen, just what was on the shelves. It was quite eerie. I wanted, yogurts, milk, cheese etc. Hey ho. Off to Aldi I go.

Loving it, sea swimming, lake swimming, river swimming, warm water and sunshine.