Monday 12th December

346/365: snow!

 

Well that was a surprise when I opened the curtains yesterday morning! The children in the Close were outside playing for most of the day. I didn't see any snowmen this time but they may have built one at the far end (the Close is L shaped) but they had their sleds out and were having races as well as the obligatory snowball fight. Their favourite game seemed to be attempting cartwheels and handstands in the snow for some strange reason! It's not often I see children playing outside like we used to and it was lovely to see them and hear them enjoying themselves.

I've rescheduled my personal training because I have to wait in for a delivery which was supposed to arrive on Saturday but was delayed - to be fair, they did keep me informed of the delay but not the reason- so it's expected some time today instead. At least I think it'll be here today ... the notification says there is a one day delay in this area but is that one day from Saturday or one day from today ... who knows! This is my Christmas Day present (to myself!) so I don't want to miss the courier and will wait in until it arrives no matter how long it takes! I'll do some exercise at home instead but I'm quite relieved that I don't need to take the car out today as I'm not used to driving in snow. Amy contacted me to ask if I wanted to reschedule because the roads were so icy and that was yesterday morning. Since then it has thawed, but not completely, and I assume it refroze during the night when the temperature was forecast to drop to -3ºC, so I doubt the driving conditions will have improved. There was also some mention of more snow during the night but it's still too dark to see whether that's happened or not. 

I was planning to hand deliver the local cards after personal training and then pick up some fresh veggies on the way home but both of those can wait for a few days. I'm choosing to stay indoors in the warm instead and just do whatever I fancy!