At home with my girls because it's too hot outside

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South Asia and SE Asia are currently suffering from heatwave. Here in PH, classes have been suspended in areas where the heat index is extreme. We've been roasting at somewhere between 41 degrees C to 43 degrees C - but yesterday, we hit 47 degrees so city mayors called off face-to-face classes and the students had to switch to distance learning for a while. I'm thankful to be in a place surrounded by trees. It's awfully hot when you go outside, the wind feels like sauna! But we've got pavements and walkways covered by huge trees. I still make sure to bring my UV coated umbrella just to be safe. And I bring extra ones for my girls when I pick them up from school and we have to walk two blocks to get home. Early mornings can be hot but still tolerable, so I usually just turn on the air-conditioning in the middle of the day and until late in the afternoon. At night, we wait until we're all ready for bedtime before we run the AC again. I turn it off as soon as I wake up in the wee hours, like around 2 or 3 a.m. We're expecting some cloudy skies and occasional rains because of the ITCZ, especially when the month of May comes. I understand that it's the heat wave and there's climate change and all, so I'll take whatever comes. I'm just grateful to be able to afford a cozy rental home with air-conditioning and a generator and enough funds to pay for an increasing electric bill. We try to save as much power and water as we can and reduce our carbon footprint whenever possible. I hope you're safe and well and fine wherever you are. Any plans for the weekend?