SNOW!

It snowed yesterday afternoon. This is unusual for October - to say the least. Of course, snow = instant inability for most people to drive sensibly, so my usual 10 minute trip home took 45 minutes instead. What fun!

Today is sunny and bright, but the temperature's pretty low (hovering around 1 degree at 09:30) and there's warning of more snow showers.

A Busy Weekend ...

Spent most of Saturday feeling as though I'd got a hangover - a bit unfair, really since my Friday had been alcohol free, so either a minor bug or stress: who knows? Went to Liaison for dinner -- excellent as ever, especially the starter of confit lamb, but the main of pork 3 ways was pretty good too.
chocolate mousse) and then to Ali's Aunt to deliver the TV magnifier we brought home from Wales last week.Had my mother over for lunch on Sunday (pumpkin soup, lamb shank with garlic mash and beans, Suddenly most of the day was gone!

High point: went on-line to look at car insurance quotes, since I thought that Direct Line were getting a bit pricey: got a quote from saga (compensations of increased age) that was £85 less with better cover! That'll buy a couple of decent bottles of wine!

Not all good news ...

It's been a busy couple of weeks: Term started and I had to get back up to speed with teaching. It's a bit weird not being Programme Director, but I'm learning to love it. French classes started too.

Took Jane (one of my Chinese PhD students) to Heathrow last week - she's safely home now.

Yesterday went to Wales to seem Mother-in-law and Father-in-law. He seems to be a bit worse again and the nursing home staff are worried that he might be in discomfort/pain -- that's not good news at all.

Then today I'm spending writing lectures for next week and doing some cooking!