Snow in Edinburgh
The
extraordinary thing about this weather is not snow-in-March, that happens. It’s
day after day of relentless winter cold, so that the snow lies. It’s enough to
make one believe in global warming.
I’m a bit
better this morning, after a more comfortable night. But Alexander phoned
yesterday evening to say that they have been having something, he had no name
for it, it must be a sort of flu, involving fever and misery before it settles
in the lungs. He was coughing expressively as he spoke. He was concerned for
his father’s lungs.
My husband
agrees. We should go over there some other weekend, he thinks. It will be sad to miss Rachel and her family – I didn’t
see them at Christmas, as I had just been struck down with the nororvirus when
they arrived, and we left for Edinburgh
I abhor
horoscopes, but sometimes I peek, and I did notice that the Sunday Times
predicted disruption of plans this week for both me (“Instead of struggling to
keep existing plans afloat, join those who are exploring new ideas”) and
Alexander (“…you need to focus on restrategising existing arrangements and
rethinking plans for the future”). Utter rubbish.
My spell
check doesn’t like “restrategising” and I can sympathize.
The Relax
is still four and a half rounds, plus bind-off, short of completion. But it
doesn’t matter now.
I won't take you on over climate change as this is a subject I teach and I don't want to lecture....
ReplyDeleteWhat's so odd about the snow is getting up when it's light to find the world covered in fluffy white stuff. It seems okay to do this when it's dark, but now that the light is coming back it feels very strange.
Anyway, I hope you are soon restored to full health - and able to keep warm and snug in the bitter cold and wind.
Could you freeze extra hot cross buns? They would likely be fun another time if the order is too large for two to consume.
ReplyDeleteI am completely tired of Toronto's winter this year. However just yesterday I saw crocus and snowdrop flowers for the first time. There is hope for Spring yet!
LisaRR
How very disappointing to be missing Easter, particularly when you Christmas break was ruined by illness too. This weather has to end soon, surely.
ReplyDeleteI'd not risk that coughing story - my mother suffered from that for nearly three months until she got rid of it! no point in risking being miserable for weeks just to see the family...
ReplyDeleteand to anonymous: you can freeze hot cross buns quite well, I've done it for years, because I always make too many:)
Better safe, though disappointing. Coughs are not the simple things they used to be.
ReplyDeleteTry Jakeman's cough lollies which at least relieve the cough and may possible do more. Until a year ago they were easily found in the major supermarkets in Peterborough and elsewhere, either in the sweets section or the "medicated" sweets section. You need only one to make an improvement. (They are not to be sold to under 16s so they must have Something Strong in them though nothing awful appears on the contents list.)
ReplyDeleteLMcC
Never heard of them. On the shopping list for today. Thanks.
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