Yo Friday peops,
What a build-up to the ‘snow event’ as the Met Office now call it…there I was Sunday night, taking all the ‘severe weather warnings’ in, peeping out the curtains, watching the first flakes fall, priding myself on my preparedness, laying out my gear in readiness – socks/boots/waterproofs/fleeces – better be sensible and walk to work the next morning. ….
What a build-up to the ‘snow event’ as the Met Office now call it…there I was Sunday night, taking all the ‘severe weather warnings’ in, peeping out the curtains, watching the first flakes fall, priding myself on my preparedness, laying out my gear in readiness – socks/boots/waterproofs/fleeces – better be sensible and walk to work the next morning. ….
Monday morning…pre-planning falls apart – can’t decide what to wear if I’m not in car - change mind 6 times – leave pile of clothes and boots throughout the house, end up wearing half rambling gear/half work clothes – two fleecy layers and waterproof on top with beanie, snood, trews, waterproof trousers and walking boots - carrying rucky with spare top and work shoes - trudge 2 miles through snow – schoolkids laughing at my abominable ‘fat fart look’ – can’t reach my handkerchief – in a pocket under two layers of fleece – real
ise after half a mile of arse squeaking that I’m wearing the wrong thong – should be wearing walking thong – wearing work thong – wrong -arrive at work wet and snotty (but glowing green….) half hour late – cancel clinics – ambulances can’t get up side streets – OK coming down tho…. sideways…..boots off - busy busy – change top – doesn’t match bottoms – not a good look - more busy busy – big meeting – attendance poor cos of snow – little meeting - me and Lolly (my beautilicious assistant) forced to eat most of the Sainsbury’s chocolate covered flapjacks (well it was a state of emergency….) tho Wendy & Shazbags felt the same sense of emergency – girls – you gotta stick together – we hide the rest from James so we’d still had some left for the next day – it nearly worked :-/…. spend another half hour getting layers back on to go home – walked home through a Winter Wonderland – detoured through Bournville then bimbled home – got some great flaky shots…..spend rest of evening watching the cars slip down the road sideways – better than telly….. 
Tuesday morning….get up half hour early – in case the pre-planning falls apart again – it does. Stiff after the trudging yesterday – put walking thong on – very pleased I remembered. Phone Easton next door who has just finished Cadbury night shift – for live road report – spend 10 minutes gassing – walk through house putting on bits of clothes I left in a trail yesterday….EASTON…it’s 6 am!…...late - decide to catch bus – change again into something more ‘bus-like’…improvement on yesterday - look like a Womble now….worried about whether I’ll get off at the right stop – can’t see out the steamed up windows – there appears to be some respiration going on – though you wouldn’t think it looking round ;-) Arrive at work – how sensible leaving work shoes carried in yesterday under my desk – wrong – they are my ‘trouser shoes’ not my ‘skirt shoes’ – and they don’t go with the wrong thong… I sidle past the Rehab’ engineers open door – they too are all hot and steamy…. 8am – phone call from the beautilicious Lolly “I’m stuck in the car park…help…” She’s skating round the car park in her mini cooper - I pop to the room full of hot engineers and mention Lolly’s name – it’s like a mass ejector button has gone off… I wonder (out loud) whether they would all do the same for a Womble – and they all mutter under their breath….I think I hear one of them (who does a great impression of the Churchill dog)…. mumble “Oh yes”….
Wednesday – took the Hummer in – acted like a big sled all the way there and back – bit hairy…..
ise after half a mile of arse squeaking that I’m wearing the wrong thong – should be wearing walking thong – wearing work thong – wrong -arrive at work wet and snotty (but glowing green….) half hour late – cancel clinics – ambulances can’t get up side streets – OK coming down tho…. sideways…..boots off - busy busy – change top – doesn’t match bottoms – not a good look - more busy busy – big meeting – attendance poor cos of snow – little meeting - me and Lolly (my beautilicious assistant) forced to eat most of the Sainsbury’s chocolate covered flapjacks (well it was a state of emergency….) tho Wendy & Shazbags felt the same sense of emergency – girls – you gotta stick together – we hide the rest from James so we’d still had some left for the next day – it nearly worked :-/…. spend another half hour getting layers back on to go home – walked home through a Winter Wonderland – detoured through Bournville then bimbled home – got some great flaky shots…..spend rest of evening watching the cars slip down the road sideways – better than telly….. 
Tuesday morning….get up half hour early – in case the pre-planning falls apart again – it does. Stiff after the trudging yesterday – put walking thong on – very pleased I remembered. Phone Easton next door who has just finished Cadbury night shift – for live road report – spend 10 minutes gassing – walk through house putting on bits of clothes I left in a trail yesterday….EASTON…it’s 6 am!…...late - decide to catch bus – change again into something more ‘bus-like’…improvement on yesterday - look like a Womble now….worried about whether I’ll get off at the right stop – can’t see out the steamed up windows – there appears to be some respiration going on – though you wouldn’t think it looking round ;-) Arrive at work – how sensible leaving work shoes carried in yesterday under my desk – wrong – they are my ‘trouser shoes’ not my ‘skirt shoes’ – and they don’t go with the wrong thong… I sidle past the Rehab’ engineers open door – they too are all hot and steamy…. 8am – phone call from the beautilicious Lolly “I’m stuck in the car park…help…” She’s skating round the car park in her mini cooper - I pop to the room full of hot engineers and mention Lolly’s name – it’s like a mass ejector button has gone off… I wonder (out loud) whether they would all do the same for a Womble – and they all mutter under their breath….I think I hear one of them (who does a great impression of the Churchill dog)…. mumble “Oh yes”….
Wednesday – took the Hummer in – acted like a big sled all the way there and back – bit hairy…..
Thursday – as per Monday – but wearing right thong, wrong socks – so had to stay in boots all day – another bad look….Friday – as per Wednesday – it does look pretty though – such a shame that a couple of inches can make all that difference… as the Bishop said…..
Keep warm folks…..
Kim :-)
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