Imagine this........
Monday morning, a night of restless sleep interspersed with anxiety because I know I am not ready for school......
6.00am - radio alarm goes off
6.10am - mobile alarm goes off
6.10am and 5 seconds - snooze button pushed
6.20am - mobile alarm goes off
6.20am and 5 seconds - snooze button pushed
6.28am - telephone rings
Chris: (Assisstant Headteacher at School) ohhh Hi Sharon, did I wake you?
Me: No, no...already awake but not quite out of bed yet..
Chris: (mobile rings in background) wait a minute, can you hold on or shall I call back?
Me: It's okay, I can hold
Chris: (mumbling in background) Hi, I'm back...don't know if you heard that - but the school is not open today because of the snow, Florence (Headteacher) doesn't think we will be able to get in, safer for all to stay home.....
Me: (suddenly very awake, whispering 'Thank you God' so Chris can't hear) Ohhh I guess that is a wise decision given the amount of snow. I have so much work to do, I could use having a day at home to work solidly and finish it all.....
6.40am - drinks tea in bed while smiling
7.00am - watches BBC news - still smiling
7.45am - still in bed, makes a plan to get up and do lots of school work
8.00am - has shower
8.30am - texts friend to say, 'let's meet for coffee in Balham at 9.30am' because convinces self it is important to see amount of snow outside
9.15am - rugs up and puts on walking boots, leaves flat and is amazed at amount of snow, takes photos on the way to coffee shop, meets laundromat lady and she takes a photo of me
9.30am - meet friend and enjoy coffee, convince friend that a walk to Tooting Common would be good exercise and entice with promise of snowman building
10.30am - walk to Tooting Common, smile at people, throw snowballs, marvel at real snowflakes
11.30 - while walking home from the common, join some strangers in their front garden and help them build a snowman
12.30 - arrive home for tea and biscuits
1.00pm - send friend away because one must do school work
1.30pm - cook lunch
2pm - eat lunch
2.30pm - have more tea
3pm - go outside to take some more photos
3.30pm - set up computer ready for schoolwork, disbelieve that the whole day is nearly over, wonder how will get all of the school work done before tomorrow, wish for more time
4.00pm - telephone rings
Chris: Hi Sharon
Me: Hi Chris, how has the day been?
Chris: pretty good, I went back to bed, have only just woken, how about yours?
Me: really good, have spent the day doing school work
Chris: I have just been talking to Florence, and school will be closed again tomorrow
Me: (doing silent victory dance) ohh really, I heard there will be a lot of ice about tomorrow, probably safer for it to be closed, maybe the buses won't be working and noone will be able to make it.....
Chris: Yes, that is what we thought
Me: Okay, I will work again from home and then everything will be finished, call me if anything changes....
4.05pm: looks at potential summer and Easter holidays on internet and makes phonecalls to airlines..................
5.00pm - pours glass of red wine..........still smiling
5.30pm - pours another glass of red wine, smile some more and promises self to wake at 6.30am and do schoolwork all day....
Can you imagine a better Groundhog Day???
Below are some pictures taken outside the flat.
There has not been snow like this in London for 20 years.
5 comments:
Such an awesome day! I envy you the playing around in the snow. Enjoy the extended break!
Brilliant! Of course, my favourite part is still the "I've been doing school work all day" :-)
Great journal entry, and nice photos too.
007
wonderful snowy snowiness! glad you went out in it; you couldn't have said you'd truly experienced it if you hadn't ;)
K xx
Hello N,G and J - You would have loved it here, was like being handed a slice of heaven and everyone was out on the common smiling and having fun. Enjoy your sun! S xx
007 - luckily it became true, because worked all day Tuesday, I will add 'able to predict the future' to my particulars and make sure MI6 have it on file.
Kathryn - very true....unfortunately has all turned to slush now and no one wants to go out in it anymore
i am having a ground hog day experience every time i check your blog...new post girl!
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