Well, we’ve had some extreme weather here and no mistake. Recently, we’ve had 2 weather warnings, I did some shopping to be safe, and it came to nothing. This time, I did just a little top up shop, and we’re now snowed in. I have bread in the freezer but running low on milk and I don’t have any eggs or fresh meat. Oh well, I’ll manage and there’s quite a bit of food in the freezer and there’s always pasta. As I’m typing, the power has dipped, twice. OMG.

I was having a long weekend off from visiting Mum as my kid sister was going to cover it. Nobody is going anywhere with this snow and road closures, and I just hope there are enough staff able to get to the hospital, or who are already there as my Mum can’t cope without assistance; I’m sure many patients are in the same situation; it’s a worry.

Thursday, late afternoon, I got out the snow shovel and moved the snow away from the front and back doors, and the steps and path leading up to the road. This morning you wouldn’t know I’d done it and the snow was so high, I couldn’t open the back door which opens outwards. The front door opens inwards, so I cautiously opened that and cleared the snow, then walked to the back door and did the same. At least the dog can now get out to do his business in the garden. It’s unlikely I will walk him today. He had 2 walks yesterday when it wasn’t too bad though now we have drifting snow and it’s very deep in places. It won’t hurt him to miss a day, or maybe two. Last thing I need is to fall in this snow and be injured, or even the dog to be hurt as there’s no way I could get out to a GP or a vet. We’re holed up for a few days I reckon.

Thursday I was having a little nap when my middle sister got in touch. Our brother has surfaced and doesn’t believe we’ve been trying to contact him. I told her, I’d phoned him, twice, and no response and the rest of the family have phoned and written. She was in a foul mood and ended up shouting at me. She rang again, twice, to apologise, and fed up of biting my tongue, I told her a few home truths and that I was sick of the drama from certain parts of our family and that I was moving away and glad to be doing so. I’m not usually mean, but honestly, there are 4 of us, and you wouldn’t believe we were raised by the same parents. My kid sister is like me, and we get on well. My middle sister is loud, aggressive, and confrontational and my brother? He’s a Walter Mitty type and doesn’t keep in touch and is very ambivalent about the rest of the family. Who needs the drama?

Keep safe out there in the snow, keep warm and dry and hopefully it won’t last too long. Thanks to Gracie – she knows what for…