Did todays sunny weather make you tired?

Firewalkwithme

I spent most of today outside enjoying the sun. Nice, after being stuck in the office all week. Strange thing is though, I feel exhausted after spending a day doing nothing bar sitting in the sun. Does anyone else feel this or have any tips on how to avoid the tirednesswhile taking in the sunshine? Maybe I should be drinking more water or something, I'd like to know because I'm heading off to Majorca in a couple of weeks and I don't want to feel drained the whole time I'm on my my holidays.

The Real B-man

No

Yeah i went for a little Siesta today im not made for the heat im the same on Holidays suppose us paddys arent made for the sun!

fuzzywiggle

No

Yes! The sun makes me tired.. i feel so drained if I'm out walking in it. Makes me angry then as a result!

Firewalkwithme

So it's not just me then! Maybe I'll just sleep all day when I'm on holiday - next year I'll go skiing

the Shades

Probably not a bad idea to drink more water though, you can dehydrate very quickly in the heat. I find I get tired when my feet get too hot lol

Ruu_Old

No

I used to sit out in the sun and fall asleep and would be wrecked for the rest of the day when I woke up, not good

SpitfireIV

No

I found today (well....Saturday) a fierce annoying day , every time I went to sit and enjoy the sun I'd start falling asleep, it totally drained me today and does in general but today was particularly bad.

Bamboozled

Make sure you drink plenty of water.

I used feel tired in the sun, and sufered heatstroke. Drinking plenty of water these days and dont feel as tired out there now.

Tar.Aldarion

Cutting my lawn for an hour in the scorching heat made me tired and so did working until now. Hopefully another great day of sun tomorrow.

mp3guy

No

Hot Weather + PC running = Sauna inside.

TimTim

mp3guy wrote:

Hot Weather + PC running = Sauna inside.

Thats why you get a deck chair and a laptop with wireless

*nods*

cil_aine

No

Yes! I hate the heat! I'm off to Paris in 3 weeks, i'm dreading it, especially if it's like last year.

Heyes

Sun deydrated (sp?) you which in turn makes you tired.

I get knackered aswell as burnt when ever im near the sun. In fact i have a nice burnt arm today :rolleyes: , wouldnt be so bad if the other feckin arm had colour on it too lol.

rainbow kirby

I love the heat, despite the fact I burn like hell. Doesn't make me tired until you start talking about over 30 degrees!

iFight

Don't mind the heat either, doesnt tire me or anything, unless playing a sport or something then it kills me

meowCat

No

I already find it's a bit too warm for me liking.
I have a headache the whole weekend now. Not good. But all people seem to do, is lying around in the sun. It's like nothing happens any more. Everyone is out -- but just lying around on the greens!

Sarn

No

Always find I get sleepy with the heat, but I do enjoy those afternoon naps. As mentioned above, dehydration can cause tiredness.

Endurance Man

I'm a sun man myself.

byte

No

I'd like to think it's the sun that makes me feel lazy and tired, but it's more likely the fault of my alcohol consumption last night!

netwhizkid

Just typical this, We spend the last two weeks moaning "is it ever going to stop raining" now we are about 4 days into what I call summer at last, and the moaning brigade is out, it's too hot, I'll have to water my lawn, I like it when it's cooler. SHUT UP I have lived in hope for this, and eventually it arrived And I hope it will stay this way till next October. Jeez, so what if it tires people out, I like it and spent today trekking up the side of a mountain to see the completed windfarm that has been built over the last year in my locality.

Hurray for the sun Stop moaning already. I do find it more difficult to sleep as it was a little muggy and sort of heavy but I fixed that easily by setting my fan just a normal desk fan to full speed and timed it go off with a timer around 1o clock, I fell asleep as easily as I would in the middle of winter and also saved money in electricity by timing the fan. Then again it has to be running for 19hrs at full speed to burn one unit which is around 15 or something cents.

Kintarō Hattori

No

Endurance Man wrote:

I'm a sun man myself.

Well you're used to it!!! Not like us poor cold paddies!

Yeah myself and the missus are a little tired this evening. We went to Killiney which was gorgeous and climbed all over the hill.

Lump

Despatch wrote:

I spent most of today outside enjoying the sun. Nice, after being stuck in the office all week. Strange thing is though, I feel exhausted after spending a day doing nothing bar sitting in the sun. Does anyone else feel this or have any tips on how to avoid the tirednesswhile taking in the sunshine? Maybe I should be drinking more water or something, I'd like to know because I'm heading off to Majorca in a couple of weeks and I don't want to feel drained the whole time I'm on my my holidays.

Yea, it's called sun stroke.

Setun

No

It's different in other countries because it's not necessarily the same Irish humid-heat, which can get really stuffy and uncomfortable.

Having said that, I am enjoying it :cool:

zuma

No

Went for a sleep before Dinner!

Couldnt stay awake and had to lie down....the heat was a culprit allright....but I was doing more physical work today than normal.

Merrick

No

Ugh, I HATE really hot weather. I'm absolutely exhausted but too hot to sleep; not a good situation at all. My only consolation is that I got to spend my day downstairs with the air conditioning instead of upstairs, which has been compared to a furnace. Oh happy days...

Takeshi_Kovacs

Well theres been a nice breeze blowing in from the coast last few evenings, so sleeping is grand, other than the fact that it is still brightat 10:30 at night..

Definitely drink LOTS of water as day goes on, going for a cold shower is good too!!

Agamemnon

I'm tired cos I had to work 8 fecking hours today with a dismayingly bad hangover from last night's whiskey binge. Now I have to go out again but luckily I can sleep in tomorrow. Still, let's not whinge about the heat - we'll be back to the Irish monsoon season soon enough.

YeAh!

No

Thats the trouble with warm weather in Ireland, it completely drains all the energy from you. On the other hand if you are in Tenerife, or Spain or America over the summer, you still have energy to do things despite the heat.

Huggles

I had a snooze yesterday before dinner but not today, was noding off alright though

dceire

I think it was lack of sleep combined with a hangover that made me tired more than the sun

How "hot" is it there exactly anyway? I've never seen it get beyond about 25 C in Ireland. It's about 38C here in Spain and I had to leave the library cos I wasn't getting any study done, it was like a furnace. Consider yourselves lucky!

LadyJ

Despatch wrote:

I spent most of today outside enjoying the sun. Nice, after being stuck in the office all week. Strange thing is though, I feel exhausted after spending a day doing nothing bar sitting in the sun. Does anyone else feel this or have any tips on how to avoid the tirednesswhile taking in the sunshine? Maybe I should be drinking more water or something, I'd like to know because I'm heading off to Majorca in a couple of weeks and I don't want to feel drained the whole time I'm on my my holidays.

I got a bit worried about this also. I'm off on holidays on Friday and I'm seriously starting to think that I might be photosensitive or something. Haven't tanned or burned in years.Still milky white! I feel like I've got sun burn though. My skin is really hot and my muscles are all aching. It's really weird. I feel like crap!

arbeitsscheuer

Ok everyone, LadyJ's got sunstroke - bagsy her stereo when she croaks!:D

As for me; no, the sun did not make me tired. Sitting indoors cramming all day most definitely DID make me tired. And annoyed. But mostly tired.

Basq

No

Sat outside The Left Bank in Sligo with girlfriend and a few mates. Had a few drinks and went home feeling pretty warm and tired.

Yep.. i burned to a crisp. But not normal burned... i just burned on my left side and by "burned".. i mean BURNED! Am now covered in Aloe Vera (how manly am i?! ) and feel like a

Now.. i'm tired, pissed off, warm, red and muscles are aching... don't f*ck with me! :mad:


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So, in answer to your original question - yes, today's sunny weather DID make me tired (as well as burned etc.)

YeAh!

No

basquille wrote:

Sat outside The Left Bank in Sligo with girlfriend and a few mates. Had a few drinks and went home feeling pretty warm and tired.

Yep.. i burned to a crisp. But not normal burned... i just burned on my left side and by "burned".. i mean BURNED! Am now covered in Aloe Vera (how manly am i?! ) and feel like a

Now.. i'm tired, pissed off, warm, red and muscles are aching... don't f*ck with me! :mad:


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So, in answer to your original question - yes, today's sunny weather DID make me tired (as well as burned etc.)

I'm usually exactly like how you ended up. My skin is usually red raw, skin peeling off of my ears, just completely burnt as you described. However, i went out these past few days without any suncream and surprisingly I didn't burn at all...is more of a tan for me, which is very strange.
I'm certainly not complaining!!

Endurance Man

This thread is actually crazy. Ireland has one of the bleekest climates around and yet when the sun rears its head and warms you all up you complain that you are tired.
I noticed when driving around today that most people still wear long pants on such a warm day . Perhaps you just need to whip off those winter clothes and get into some baggys (board shorts) and sandals (slops ).

GerryRyan

No

Yeah - but we're Irish and not used to that type of heat? Not sayin the weather now is a bad thing tho. Had an excuse to sleep in my new hammock again (3rd day in a row) and work on my farmers tan

Basq

No

Endurance Man wrote:

I noticed when driving around today that most people still wear long pants on such a warm day

I was wearing jeans!

But looked in the oul wardrobe this morning and typical Irish wardrobe.. not a feckin' pair of shorts in sight.. but i know well the day i actually buy some, it'll piss rain down from the heavens!

YeAh! wrote:

I'm usually exactly like how you ended up. My skin is usually red raw, skin peeling off of my ears, just completely burnt as you described.

Yeah.. i alway say "i'll never burn.." and i always arrive home looking like a pissed off lobster! :eek:

Got some Aloe Vera gel in the fridge.. feckin' class to put on... nice 'n' cold!