Monday
Mar132006
Snow!!
Monday, March 13, 2006 at 10:32PM
Guess what
It snowed!!.
I know to some of you that will not be a big thing - but I really really like the snow. As we now live on the west coast we don’t get a lot of snow. Rain - yes tons of it, snow not so much so you can imagine just how chuffed I was that not only had it snowed but that the snow had staid. A couple of times this year it has started to snow but it has come to nothing so on Saturday night when it started I figured that this was just another of these occasions - Oh how wrong was I!
Sunday morning showed snow - and lots of it. In fact when we went out for a walk it was up to me knees. You know I cannot remember the last time that is snowed so much it was up to my knees. In fact I think the last time was at least 25 years ago - and my knees were much closer to the ground then.
Anyway - under the guise of going for a walk Rob and I went out and had a snowball fight and took some pictures (coming to this space some time in the future) and it was great. The snow is mostly gone now thanks in part to the rain, and I guess that is probably a good thing - when you consider the fact that every time we have weather in this country we seem to have to grind to a halt. You know the Trans Siberian railway can run all year round - Scotrail, not so much. Anyway I am not going to think about that just now because it will annoy me and I am feeling quite jolly thinking about the snow.
Full steam ahead
Well the New York trip is now on the horizon but I am not really getting a chance to be excited. It seems that there are 101 things that need to be done before we can head off on our big adventure. It is one of those cases where the more I seem to get done - the more I have to do. i guess this will just end up being a case of do what you can and then accept that the rest will have to wait. It is a shame that I find that nigh on impossible.
My lack of experience with trans Atlantic transatlantic travel is showing as I have no idea what to expect. A colleague has told me about how the planes are larger, how immigration works and how the toilets are different but other than that I guess it is just a case of wait and see. Shame that I am not so good with that either ;-)
Bummed
I am kind of bummed. I have had a couple of ideas buzzing round my head that I was going to write about, another book review and one of those blogs that I have been talking about sitting to go, but my head is absolutely louping tonight and yet again the pain killers do not seem to be working so I guess it will not be happening.
I am not sure what is causing the headache but it makes it hard(er) to write literate sentences. I think that it may have something to do with the power company calling at 1am in the morning and waking us up to ask if everything was ok as someone had reported a burning smell outside.
There was no burning anything (including smell) but following the call neither of us could sleep as we were all wound up. I know that they were only doing their job but, damn it was 1am and we thought something was wrong with our friends or family. Anyhow 2 hours later and I was still awake so come 6.30am and the alarm going off I was not happy bunny :-(
On top of this I have also had some ideas as to how I want to carry on one of the stories I had been working on and I just can't concentrate for long enough to get it to hang together which is driving me nuts. I am just going to try and be accepting of the fact I cannot do it and try and relax and chill out.
I am currently downloading some audio books so that I can chill out and listen to someone else reading. There is something quite nice about doing that, and it feeds my reading addiction when either me or my eyes are too tired to manage anymore. I think a part of why I find the audio books so relaxing is that it takes me back to when I was younger and I would have stories read to me. For me the stories were a great refuge from the world in general and I spent a lot of time chasing imaginary dragons or being some kind of superhero. Anyway I digress and I am now rambling even more than usual. So I am off to update the ipod, drink my tea and relax, and with any luck I should be able to shake the headache.
It snowed!!.
I know to some of you that will not be a big thing - but I really really like the snow. As we now live on the west coast we don’t get a lot of snow. Rain - yes tons of it, snow not so much so you can imagine just how chuffed I was that not only had it snowed but that the snow had staid. A couple of times this year it has started to snow but it has come to nothing so on Saturday night when it started I figured that this was just another of these occasions - Oh how wrong was I!
Sunday morning showed snow - and lots of it. In fact when we went out for a walk it was up to me knees. You know I cannot remember the last time that is snowed so much it was up to my knees. In fact I think the last time was at least 25 years ago - and my knees were much closer to the ground then.
Anyway - under the guise of going for a walk Rob and I went out and had a snowball fight and took some pictures (coming to this space some time in the future) and it was great. The snow is mostly gone now thanks in part to the rain, and I guess that is probably a good thing - when you consider the fact that every time we have weather in this country we seem to have to grind to a halt. You know the Trans Siberian railway can run all year round - Scotrail, not so much. Anyway I am not going to think about that just now because it will annoy me and I am feeling quite jolly thinking about the snow.
Full steam ahead
Well the New York trip is now on the horizon but I am not really getting a chance to be excited. It seems that there are 101 things that need to be done before we can head off on our big adventure. It is one of those cases where the more I seem to get done - the more I have to do. i guess this will just end up being a case of do what you can and then accept that the rest will have to wait. It is a shame that I find that nigh on impossible.
My lack of experience with trans Atlantic transatlantic travel is showing as I have no idea what to expect. A colleague has told me about how the planes are larger, how immigration works and how the toilets are different but other than that I guess it is just a case of wait and see. Shame that I am not so good with that either ;-)
Bummed
I am kind of bummed. I have had a couple of ideas buzzing round my head that I was going to write about, another book review and one of those blogs that I have been talking about sitting to go, but my head is absolutely louping tonight and yet again the pain killers do not seem to be working so I guess it will not be happening.
I am not sure what is causing the headache but it makes it hard(er) to write literate sentences. I think that it may have something to do with the power company calling at 1am in the morning and waking us up to ask if everything was ok as someone had reported a burning smell outside.
There was no burning anything (including smell) but following the call neither of us could sleep as we were all wound up. I know that they were only doing their job but, damn it was 1am and we thought something was wrong with our friends or family. Anyhow 2 hours later and I was still awake so come 6.30am and the alarm going off I was not happy bunny :-(
On top of this I have also had some ideas as to how I want to carry on one of the stories I had been working on and I just can't concentrate for long enough to get it to hang together which is driving me nuts. I am just going to try and be accepting of the fact I cannot do it and try and relax and chill out.
I am currently downloading some audio books so that I can chill out and listen to someone else reading. There is something quite nice about doing that, and it feeds my reading addiction when either me or my eyes are too tired to manage anymore. I think a part of why I find the audio books so relaxing is that it takes me back to when I was younger and I would have stories read to me. For me the stories were a great refuge from the world in general and I spent a lot of time chasing imaginary dragons or being some kind of superhero. Anyway I digress and I am now rambling even more than usual. So I am off to update the ipod, drink my tea and relax, and with any luck I should be able to shake the headache.
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