Ok we have snow!

Like most of the rest of the country we have snow, and a reasonable amount. Not that I have ventured out in it. Crutches and snow not a good mix!

As I am following all the reports on line, it is quite frightening how badly the snow has covered the entire country. There are plenty of live up dates on line, from national news to local ones. Brilliant if you are on line, but if you are driving or elderly and not on line it can be really frightening.

For me it is just plain inconvenient, I can't go anyway on crutches, and as our road is a north facing crescent on a hill there is absolutely no way the car is going out as it is an ice rink. I officially have called a duvet day for the last two days, purely as the cold is affecting my back so badly it is causing agony like I had pre medicine. The trouble is the CRPS is going nuts with the change of climate and sending every nerve that has been damaged into some kind of frenzy.

That aside there is a longing in me to get out and take photos and the frustration of not being able to is intense. I love viewing the gorgeous winterwonderland scenery in my local town, the frosted ponds and snow covered Church's and so on. But this year I have to settle with the view from the road and back garden. My winter viewage comes mainly from the TV and the Internet. This year there will be no sledging down the park. I know at 40 I should be over all this but it still is a pang in my heart. The eternal child in me still loves in the snow, whilst the disabled adult is depressed. 

In the meantime, I am concerned about my husband in this weather. he is out pizza delivering tonight and starts a new job on Monday about 50 mins drive from home. The trouble is not the driving on the main roads, round here they have been gritting with vigour, it is the side roads, the cul de sacs and crescents like my own. They are ice rinks, yet people tonight will still want their pizzas on time, regardless of the driving conditions. Personally I wouldn't consider putting a delivery drivers life in peril by asking them to drive round my road, especially as I won't even drive it myself. But according to hubby's boss they are especially busy for this time of year.

I know people have to eat and going by the news reports people have been clearing the stores for bread and milk, so why endanger others by ordering delivery. I will never understand it. I know I made a big deal at harvest about stocking up on the basics, but without gloating, I can say we are coping. Yes, we won't be having massive Sunday roasts or fancy dinners, but we have a variety of foods and as of tomorrow its home made bread which we are looking forward to.

So why does this chaos continue? I don't know, all I know is I am not adding to it. But I can tell you living with 6 cats with cabin fever and 2 dogs who apparently don't like snow,  life will be far from boring. and maybe just maybe, hubby will take me out on the sledge for a little while.