HEATWAVE SUPPORT THREAD 🥵🥵🥵🥵🥵🥵🥵🥵🥵😡😡😡😡😢😢😢

[mumofoneAloneandwell]

I am not coping

I have blackout curtains in my bedroom and dark curtains (including floral blackout) in the other bedrooms. I’m light sensitive anyway but I feel they’ve been a good investment with this heat. You can get blackout blinds too.

Ah, lovely. I know how you feel. And to look at the forecast is soul destroying. Try to relax just a little in these few days. We’re all here for you and in this together.

Trying to hold it together but honestly yesterday despite the air conditioning, I thought I was about to keel over in my spin class (I’m the instructor so have to be there). I think what also happens is “residual “ heat as in it takes days, sometimes a week or more to get it out of my system as it were.

Yes. We can all support each other here. Avoid the ‘ it’s only summer , 1976 .. not climate change , blah blah people online and come here instead. We can’t do anything much about it, but those who love it hot can start their own thread !
I don’t mind the odd warm day , if it’s nice with a breeze and bearable , but last week was an endurance test and it affects your life so much.
Some people can’t appreciate how unhappy it can make you feel.

Been using a cheap blow up bed in my garage conversion with its more modern insulation that seems to keep it cooler in summer. It’s the only way I’ll be able to get some sleep right now.

I’ve ordered blackout blinds now for the kitchen glass doors. Also thinking about another air con unit for the kitchen. The dog loves to hang out in there and it’s like in oven with the sun on it.

I do agree. I’m also at home a lot and it’s so stifling. But then I wouldn’t want to leave my little cat to suffer unless I could be on hand to offer wet food and water- the foood goes off so fast - and wet treats throughout the day. So I can’t go out for air con (the new going out for pizza?!) throughout the day.

I looked at the forecast yesterday and almost threw myself out the window in despair.

I think this coming week where i am looks manageable so far. I know it changes. I just hope it burns itself out and July may be alright. You have to hope for the best , but it’s not easy.

I may have to come off social media - my feed on facebook is constantly about how the next heatwave is coming mid July and it’s gonna be worse. It’s causing me huge anxiety and I’m worried about my holiday and my dog!

Such a lovely breeze today - I’ve opened every window in the house to try and get all the horrible humid stale air out.

Think I might even do the hoovering today as feeling more energetic! Already washed the bedding and cushion covers.

That's good what has affected me most is not being able to sleep.

You need blinds on the outside really as blackout curtains trap the very hot air between the glass and the material. The heat rises and escapes into the room.

Me too ! We go away later in July but I'm worried about being left vulnerable in places I can't control like planes and airports / hotels where you don't know how good the air con will be and leaving my cat.i normally don't go away in July /August usually may and Oct to avoid any heat aboard but we have been dancing around 18 year old end of exams etc.

Agree stop the sun hitting the glass on the outside.

Same and plan to do as much as possible before the next one

@ConstantlyFuriosa I keep the licky lix in the fridge I’m hoping it cools my kitty down a little bit

Argh!! Can I stick the blackout blinds on the outside? We are moving house soon so just need a temporary method for the next heatwave- especially if my parents are here with my dog.

Same. Several summers I have logged out, usually following a mental breakdown over the heat and the inevitable tranquilisers prescribed for one week just to get me some sleep and back on as even a keel as possible after weeks and weeks of discomfort and lack of sleep. The facebook hype and indeed vitriol to anyone who dares express dislike of summer and heat gets too much. And as a sufferer of reverse sad, July is effectively my January- endless and with terrible weather!

I’m guessing my algorithm is now feeding me every weather horror prediction.

To add insult to injury, July and august have 31 days as well. The full maximum of days to taut us with !

I’m reporting ‘not interested’ to every weather post that keeps coming up on my facebook feed. And the reason I’ve given is ‘disturbing!’

If they do have some mistaken belief that drip feeding us will stop or lessen the cries for air con then they are being very naive

My AC died yesterday after barely a week's use😫😭😭😭😭😭 Luckily Amazon have been great concerning a refund. However, there are no portable AC units to be found anywhere. So now I'm in a state of panic wrt the next looming heatwave.

And now we have the stench of weed if we have the windows open Fucking shithole

I’m near the midlands and we had about 30 seconds earlier of light rain earlier - it was heaven! I was in a nearby park when it happened and I was so happy! I just closed my eyes, lay on the grass and enjoyed it.

I’m now back home in front of all my fans again feeling miserable.