What are you up to today if you have a chronic illness? Thread 🧵 9 Summer's Coming

[MewithME]

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You know the rules...let's be tidy and fill number 8 up first 😁

Marvellous @danglethedingle😂

@danglethedingle bees are amazing! DD1 has about 4 hives now, they started with one and there have been more swarms since. Apparently the bee internal gps is very precise. You can't move the hive over a foot without them getting confused on returning home. They are only happy if you smoke them and drive them ( in the hive ) over 3 miles away, you can then reposition it when you return. They will re establish at a new location as long as it is more than three miles away.

Edit to make clearer

It’s too hot! Apparently the peak of the weather is today and from tomorrow, it’s cooler so fingers crossed it is

Oh invite dh round would you so I don't have to have it on the tv here? 😂

My dull news for today:

Have done a half day at work today as part of my phased return and can already feel myself itching to get back to full hours. Need to remember to take it steady and not overdo it...

NDN is spraying weedkiller on his driveway today for some reason. Seems like everyone but me around here is using so many chemicals all the time, and I'm the one getting grief for feeding the birds!! We've washed the sheets and other whites so they're outside bleaching in the sun. Not much else going on here, I suspect most people with kids have gone away or the kids are with grandparents while parents are at work. It's very quiet and we usually hear them all playing outside.

Probably going to go to the woods later and have a dip in the river.

Cottage pie for dinner. Just what we need to warm us up....

Hope you're doing ok @MewithME 💐

Been to the v hot allotment this morning 🥵

Home and in the cool house now with a cuppa. Tennis this afternoon 🤞

@bedfrog You DON’T like The Tennis?!? 😮 I will offer your DH asylum 😂

I’m literally sitting in front of a fan, feeling a bit dizzy

Do be careful to not get heat exhaustion or heat stroke and keep your fluids up and I must say, I’m not keen on tennis either

But it’s not JUST Tennis it’s WIMBLEDON

yes I need to drink more thanks @JewelleryCat

@bedfrog Your neighbour sounds like a nutcase. So he's adding poison to his scorched earth garden? I have been struggling to find a water softener that doesn't exhaust salty water. We can't have it empty into our waste treatment plant because it would kill the beneficial bacteria. We can't exhaust it into a ditch or a french drain because it is bad for the environment. But this guy can just spray worse stuff around with impunity? It's a topsy turvy world all right!

Football, rugby, F1 & now Wimbledon. Not a sports fan. Thankfully dh doesn't like tennis either. The other 3 are more than enough to put up with thank you.
So at the moment when he's not working he's watching sport (not usually a footie fan but concedes to watch the England games). Or he's out with obnoxious mate on their sodding motorbikes. Mate is (unsurprisingly) single & treats "d" h as though he should be. Bone of contention doesn't even cover it atm 🙄.

Hilarious @ValleyClouds dh will escape to you 😂 hope you're feeling ok? Stay cool and drink lots (and have some crisps for salt!!)

@TeaAndStrumpets I hate to tell you this but my neighbours on both sides have plastic grass, spray weedkiller, etc. Then there's me in the middle with my wildlife oasis trying to compensate for all of their environment-destroying activities (and they're complaining about it).

@CoffeeBeansGalore sounds like a nightmare. I have categorically told my dh he is NOT to go on a motorbike as he WILL crash and die. I'm not dramatic or anxious at all 😇 the single mate sounds like a bad influence!!!

I’ve found just filling a water bottle and keeping it next to me makes me drink more so it might help you 🙂

Lying on the sofa with the footie on, not really watching it though. Wondering about getting the energy to go and get my glasses from the bedroom or just sticking it out with sore eyes!

I got a letter yesterday saying they are extending my PIP award which was due to run out next year, to 2031 so that is a bit of a relief.

Hoping it will cool down a little over the next few days. to all those struggling

Evening all, handing out virtual ice lollies and fans and buckets of cold water to stick your feet in...

I'm in the not watching sport camp, don't dislike it really, just not that interested (I'm Scottish so my passing interest in the football has gone now 🤣).

Got up to 33C here which was disgusting. But I managed a trip to the new flat with a few bits this morning - tomorrow I have to wait there for the new fridge freezer to be delivered, so wanted something to sit on at least.

Napped on and off this afternoon and then I've been to the cinema. Which is quite a milestone, I've not been since sometime in the middle of last year (pre getting COVID anyway). The air conditioning was lovely, the volume was too loud but managed it with my earplugs - and we saw the new Minions film which was short and suitably silly!

@Orangesandlemons77 Congrats on the PiP extension. They sometimes make correct decisions.
@martha79 sounds a nice afternoon. All systems go for your move!

@danglethedingle im not sure I can look at bees the same way again

With the exception of tomorrow ours is over 30 each day. Not sure how much more of it I can take really.

Oh no, are you more South? Over 30 each day is absolutely awful. I do recommend a tea towel around the neck, it’s really helped me today and in the last heatwave. Keep sipping water and bbc had an article about eating your water too like cucumber, watermelon. Do you have AC? I don’t but I like Meaco fans and been using it day and night

@JewelleryCat I'm in the Midlands but it's just relentless. Where I easily get fatigued I'm not trying to push myself but then I can see the count down to the end of term and not getting all the things I want to get done before they finish. I'm just fed up of being too hot now. I have a cooling towel which is now waiting to be washed.

The heat has been wiping me out so I get it. I haven’t vacuumed for a while because of the heat and yes, I’m fed up of being too hot as well. A cooling towel is probably better than a tea towel under the tap lol

Morning all!

Up at 6.30, felt like I was wading through treacle but forced myself to get in the shower. Result pulse 130, oxygen 95, now resting! Probably silly to get in the shower before breakfast, lesson learned! I am now going to rehydrate with several cups of tea 😎

Hope you all have a good weekend!

Morning!

Still way too hot at night

Gearing up for a weekend of Tennis!!!

Morning all. The grump has slightly subsided. I have one week to go then a big chunk of annual leave at last.

I woke too early then dozed off again...then woke in a flap worrying that it was too late to try and cool the house down. The daily regime of hanging stuff against the windows..... shutting blinds, putting parasol out....it's all energy use isn't it ?

Body is vibrating. I am just about coping. dS is with his dad so at least I can flop downstairs without the sound of American YouTubers to torture me!

I've put a wash on... running out of cool clothes. Just having a coffee. Got front door and back doors open so there's a good through draft which is helping.

Contemplating what to do today. I may try and do a little weeding for a short while to feel I've done something useful. I need to return something, so I think I will go to town and find somewhere cool for a coffee after.

I'm longing for some nature but that might be pushing it.

I think it'll be sofa time this afternoon.

Hope you are all bearing up. I've not managed to read all the posts. @Oioiqueen I'm Midlands too. It's torture. My northern soul (and boiling hot chubby bod) longs to be back in my motherland 😂😭

Another sweltering Midlander here 🥵

Off to see my SiL in a bit to drop off her birthday present. Might persuade DH to stop for a coffee somewhere nice as well ☕

Then it's tennis and football on the sofa with the fan on full blast. DD and DH are cooking a chili for tea 😋

Stay cool everyone 😎