I know I'm not a good blogger anymore. But not a lot is going on, so I rarely know what I'm supposed to write about.
What happened? Let me see...
I assume you know that England got a lot of snow last week, but little did I know that the English are such weather wimps. The public transport system in London stood still (including the Tube, I would like to know how that's possible ;) ) and schools all over the country closed for a few days due to the state the roads were in. The result (schools closing) doesn't suprise me as much as the roads not being gritted properly. They don't exactly keep a stock of salt or whatever they use, because they rarely have that much snow, hence they run out fairly quickly when they do. The grit was just enough for the really big main roads, everything else was just left as it was: slightly smaller main roads, pavements. This time the next door neighbours' children had enough snow to build a three part snowman. Anyway, Pate's was closed on Thursday and Friday which was quite nice and today everyone also hoped that it wouldn't open because we had quite a lot of snow again last night. The new lot has already melted, so no need to close. Hrmpf.

Some weeks ago when I put out the rubbish to be collected the next day, a woman stepped up from behind, her dog on a leash. She asked me whether the bins would be collected the following day which I affirmed. Then, she asked me if I would mind her putting her dog's poo bag (at that point she held up that black bag about whose contents I'd just got informed) into the bin. Niiiice and probably the strangest question I've ever been asked.

We're going to see The Curious Case of Benjamin Button tonight, then there are two more days of work to do before half term aaaand Viki coming over. Plans for when Viki is here: drinking, clubbing, Gloucester (incl. original locations of the Harry Potter films) and probably Oxford.