Hello everyone, especially to those who are experiencing the horrifically hot weather around the country. This is a friendly reminder to stay in the shade, indoors, with fan or air-con, drink plenty of water, & don't be doing strenuous exercise unless under these conditions, where you won't become quickly dehydrated & maybe suffer heat stroke.
I'd even avoid cooking hot meals.
Another idea is to spend the hottest hours during the day in an air-conditioned shopping centre - doing a lot of window shopping, or go for a movie...
I know, it's not so easy when you have pets... hose the dogs down, then keep them in the shade, with (again) lots of water to drink. I used to try to wet Mekitty with a damp cloth, in an effort to keep her cool when it was hot even where I life, even though she didn't like it.... If I still had a bath tub,I"d be filling that & hopping in whenever I felt the heat making me cranky.
Anyone ever notice how being hot makes them so very irritable they could snap at the next person to speak, no matter what they say, but just because of feeling at the end of my tether & not feeling I could cope with anything whatsoever anymore ... so it's time for another cool/cold shower (Or, preferably, ten minutes in a cold bath) & I'ld be alright again ... anyone feel like that?
It would be wonderful & very helpful for all relationships if we can realise the things we can do to avoid unnecessary, unreasonable, outbursts, right? So, during the heat wave, keeping our selves physically cool can helpt keep our moods 'cool' too, I think.
Oh, birds like a bird bath, too... a dish of cool water in the bird cage? Maybe a baking dish so it can't be tipped over easily, unless you have a really big bird....
I remember someone here had mentioned waetting the outside of their home to help cool the inside ... if yyou have done that, please explain more about what you did.
Hugzies
mmMekitty
