London. December. Snow.
A few weeks ago we had a bout of snow, which seemed to cripple the entire country. Airports closed, passengers stranded overnight on a train, people staying home from work. I admit that I, myself, took one snow day and worked from home, although there were selfish reasons behind that as I also had an appointment to go to.
Over the last couple of days we've had another snow fall. I've got about 5 inches, and although it's not snowing at the moment, it is bloody freezing and will probably be very icy for the next few days. Again, airports are closed, flights cancelled, trains suspended, numerous accidents on the motorways, severe weather warnings and people told not to travel unless absolutely essential.
It is amazing how everything comes to a standstill with a bit of snow. It's not like this was a surprise. I was watching the news earlier about this, when a guy reporting from the airport said it hadn't been unexpected, but they needed time to clear the snow. I wonder what happens in countries where it is snowy all the time... Does life just come to a halt?
What irks me is the fact that when snow falls on a weekday, people are quick to say they can't travel to work or anywhere, but on a weekend - wow, people are out and about enjoying the snow til all hours!!
I spent Saturday at home. I had contemplated going out, as it's so much easier to walk in fresh snow rather than when it's icy or turned into brown sludge, but it felt quite decadent to have a duvet day :-) I had a glorious lie in as I'd had a late night on Friday going to Christmas drinks, cooked a yummy lunch and dinner, snuggled in a cosy jumper and blanket on the sofa and watched movies and TV with plenty of snacks to hand. No chores or housework apart from the washing up - I'll catch up on that today and sort out things around the house.
I really hope that the snow and ice clears by mid-week as I'm meant to be travelling back home to see my folks for Christmas. I don't really fancy being stranded in London on my own :-( I'm actually really looking forward to going home. Lots of TLC and R&R. This last week has been rather emotional as I had a bit of a discussion with Mr Special, not an argument, but we did air some issues.
I just read an article about getting over crushes, and one line got to me. It says "if he’s not willing to accept you now than he doesn’t deserve you later". I totally agree with this. I shouldn't sit around putting my life on hold while he is out there having fun and doing what he needs to do before coming back to me (which, I realise, he may never do anyway) because if he really wanted to be with me, he'd be with me now. He would've been sat next to me on the sofa today keeping me warm. Laughing together while watching silly Christmassy films.
I don't know how much longer my heart needs to heal... It might be cold outside but inside me it's absolutely Arctic.
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