Keep your cool when it's stinkin' hot!

They say it's been the hottest Australia Day in 30 years and I bloody believe 'em! God bless air conditioning...And with the end of school holidays within reach it's so easy to get overheated and lose it with your kids when you're so close to the finish line, especially when you're walking around like the sweaty family (mum sweaty, dad sweaty and a bunch of little sweety sweaties).
No matter how sweet or cute your kids are, when the weather gets hot every question sounds like a whinge and every request just too much to bear. I should know...Only yesterday at around 5.30pm after a day with 4 needy, sweaty girls I was suddenly hit with a bad case of IDGAS. What's IDGAS? It's when you're so damn hot and exhausted that the simplest question or request gets a response like: 'I Don't Give a Shit!' (IDGAS). And as it leaves your mouth you can feel yourself shrink back with self-loathing. (Thinking it is one thing but actually saying it feels entirely different).
Anyway, after a quick yet sincere apology I decided it was time we all chilled out in the local pool. Yes, it was 6pm. Yes, it would mean a late dinner. But hey, we'd be a happier bunch!

So, when we were warned about today's 40+ temp, I decided, no matter how hot and stinky it got, I'd keep my cool. So I put my IDGAS preventation plan in place:

(a) Loads of water - drinking it, swimming in it, putting feet into it!
(b) Hats, shade and air conditioning
(c) Rosewater face spray kept in handbag
(d) So NO to anything that's too hard or too hot

Worked today...tomorrow's a mild 37 degrees but will keep the survival strategy in place...Stay cool!
Lyndal
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