Is anyone having fun?

I am loving it so much!! I live in central London so no beach. Work is nice and cool (had to bring in a jacket!). Pick the kids up from afterschool club where they’ve had a lot of fun, home and in the garden and paddling pool, bbqs every night, all sitting outside, eating, chatting, kids to bed, sitting outside chatting together with a glass of wine and watching the World Cup. This is definitely my happy time.

No, I’d be happy by the beach though but I’m in Londom

No

my brain doesn’t work properly and doing anything is a struggle.
I find it depressing to sit inside in dark rooms with the curtains closed during daytime too.

I love the mornings and the sunshine, but the late afternoons and evenings are hellish - especially today. We popped into the garden tonight to see if we might eat outside and it was unbearably hot and muggy. Too hot to sit in the full shade at 7pm. It was "only" about 29 degrees inside in the coolest bit of our house, which felt much more manageable than the temp outside due to the humidity and lack of wind alongside highest ever temperature for our town. It still "feels like" 33 degrees now at 11pm, according to BBC.

Absolutely loving it! We home ed our children yesterday we did maths and English outdoors then fruit picking in the afternoon and made a cheesecake with the fruit they had picked....making jam on the weekend and today we have been up to snakes pass unfortunately there are wild fires but we was learning about rivers&streams and the impacted of the warm weather as well as looking at the valleys! Lots of ice lollies included!

It’s very hard to enjoy this heat when you’re just working (no air con), commuting, getting kids to and from school (no change to school hours or uniform here), trying to keep them cool and able to sleep etc. No beach or pool. It’s come on suddenly so there’s been no acclimatisation. Infrastructure & houses not set up to deal with this heat. No, not fun.

No not enjoying it at all, today’s temperature has tipped it over to represent hell to be fair, have to work all the time and I am really struggling. Feels like wading through treacle (physical job) I am menopausal and have been having a shit time at work for the last 6-12 months.

I’m loving it. Out at 6 to walk the dogs. Leisurely breakfast on the garden- feels like being on holiday. Pottering around the house and garden with no feeling I should be doing anything too strenuous. Playing with the dogs in their paddling pool then dinner in the garden and a late walk when the temperature is perfect, the moon is rising. I’d a million times rather be too hot than too cold. I have no complaints

Oh no really. 😢 I live in a holiday home 10 months of the year and wouldn't be without air con. It really is worth the money.

I hate it . I’m spending my whole days keeping my dogs cool . I’m going to invest in air conditioning I can’t be doing with the worry of them . 26 dogs have died in my area due to this heat .

Nope I’m certainly not at 22 weeks pregnant and dreading the rest of the summer 😂

I’m enjoying it
Although my office does not have air con it’s an old building and is fairly cool - we have had fans on when needed
My gym has a fab pool with outdoor swim area and for the brave ones an icy cold plunge pool
I have been enjoying sitting in the garden which is cooler than the house, as sun goes behind the trees from 5 ish but it’s still light enough to sit out till past 10
We have been eating outside lots of salads and cold drinks

My dogs are the same. I'm not taking them out but I don't think they are fussed. Hate to see our dogs constantly panting. 34 degrees tomorrow so we are going nowhere. I feel for people who are having to go out to work.

As above - mornings are nice and I try to get out and walk about enjoying errands. late afternoons a bit miserable, evenings when we can get a breeze going with open windows it's OK. Had a work social thing on one evening this week which I was dreading but actually was lovely to be at a summer party when it was actually hot.
Kids all off school in the afternoons and I can WFH pretty flexibly so we have had some nice moments in garden or with friends over whose parents are in an office.

We're off to a local outdoor pool tomorrow for a few hours which will be fun, too.

But it has been hard to keep productive with all that going on (did send kids to a friend's one afternoon but was so hot I couldn't get much done apart from basic admin, struggled with stuff which required me to think hard) So having to work late at night to keep up with paid stuff as well as house stuff.

So a mix I guess - enjoying as much as I can but will be glad for a cooler day or two and a normal routine, so I can try to be on top of work before the onslaught of summer holidays

Yes, that's true!

I thought it was going down to 27 or something next week

Which is a massive improvement on 37.

Yes, loving it. But live in a very old house which stays pretty cool. Just drove my daughter home - roof down, gorgeous summer evening and not even dark at 10pm. It’s like being on holiday. Honestly I’m very happy.

but I’m sorry for all those suffering. And my dog isn’t loving it - she’s missing her walks. I do think several degrees cooler would be ideal.

I’m in my element, I love the heat.
Feel really motivated and energised while dh sits inside in the dark with all the blinds shut in front of a fan like a vampire 🫠
He does like the heat on holiday where there is a beer and a pool mere steps away but he finds this too oppressive.
I find the aircon in the office too chilly but am prepared for that.
I’ve been making the most of our local lake for swimming and the gym for their outdoor pool, went for a picnic and swim in a nearby river today with dc when the teen got out of school at lunchtime and we all had dinner in the garden at 9:30, it’s all good with me and I’ll be gutted when we go back to grey skies and rain. Had enough of that this year so far personally.

We've got it all next week as well haven't we.

Definitely too hot imo!!! Nothing is enjoyable in this heat and my DC are hot and bothered!!

Not enjoying this. Feel tired and lethargic and want it to be over!

No it's too much. Too humid. Trying to keep animals cool (numerous).

Mornings are okay but the evenings are hideous. Our house is a furnace.

Also hating it. I just can't cope wth the heat anymore. My head sweats profusely. I'm normally outdoors a lot walking, and do lots of exercise, but can't in these temps.
I think I've got covid which obviously hasn't helped, as I've been ill and running a temp anyway. I've only just realised, a week in, that I've completely lost my sense of smell...
To think in my youth I chose my holidays baded on where was hottest!

It is not fun.

It feels like an endurance test. I’m loathing it. Feel ill and unbearably lethargic and low.