Hi, all. Well, we're waiting all agog for "the beast from the east". (Honestly! Who on earth dreamed up that silly term?). Plenty of supplies in fridge and cupboards, just in case, snow shovel and wellies by the back door and I bet it'll be the usual "meh? What blizzard?" I'm getting really fed up with the way we're all being infantilised: trains and bus services finishing early; being told not to travel unless we have to; school closures; being told by patronising broadcasters to "wrap up warm". For Pete's sake!! It's winter. It's cold. So what? Get over it!!
So far, we've had a few brief snow showers but none of it has lingered more than half an hour. A really odd one while I was waiting for the bus home from town. It wasn't snow flakes, it was snow pellets, like millions of little polystyrene beads being chucked out of an upstairs window and just sort of drifting about and landing anywhere. They didn't hurt like gallstones
** and just melted on contact. Weird!
Vannin, I'm glad your scald is starting to recover. I obviously managed to scald less of my wrist than you did - or had longer gloves. I know I couldn't wear my wristwatch on that arm until it was well recovered. Try a gentle application of calendula cream on the new skin when you go to bed each night ; it'll promote healthy new growth.
Fingers crossed for a quick report back on your OH, Dita. He's waited such a long time to get this sorted ...
**wretched predictive text! That was supposed to be hailstones.