to be honest i think everyone south of the north pole is a southern pansy

[hathycol]

Life is basically determined to thwart me, I'm convinced. Yesterday was a day of being THWARTED and then being basically taunted over aforementioned thwarting (a somewhat long story), and now I am resolutely not making snowmen. I would you know, if there was any snow. Ever. Everywhere else in the country appears to be covered in snow, except Scotland, which has stayed pretty unsnowy ever since I moved here, whereas I seem to spend my life seeing other people covered in snow. Also, I can't be done with the Southern attitude to snow. "SNOW CHAOS!" the radio just told me. Sorry, but this is the moment where I get my 'bah, Southern pansies' hat on. We had an inpromptu blizzard just as I was leaving Aldi today, which was rather awful and meant I looked like a snowman, but that's stopped now. It's even a bit sunny.

So excuse me whilst I don't make snowmen and have fun sciving work, and instead get on with applying for jobs and... er... yeah, okay, I'm skiving work too, but I don't have any to do as it is. Shush. Don't bring me down off my high horse, the view is nice up here.

Oh, it just began hailstoning again. It is, I have to admit, bloody freezing. I might go and get my hot water bottle out, and possibly another blanket, and definitely a cup of tea. Is it too early in the day to put rum in it? Probably, if I'm going to get on with my staff evaluation (I do eight hours a week, do I need to my evaluated twice a year?) and also finish off job applications and whatnot.

Still no snow, mind. Even the hailstones just stopped!

Comments

[emmysuze.livejournal.com]

Lol, ok I'm a bit of a wimp!

[tau_sigma]

I hope you are being thwarted less today.

Durham has had very little snow since I came here - and my major thought when preparing to come to university was 'it's up North! I'll get lots of snow, finally!' and there hasn't been any in my first thre years. But now I have to stop complaining, because last term there was a fair bit, and yesterday there was some and it was rather pretty. It has melted now though.

The freezing cold, however, is just no fun.

[hathy-col.livejournal.com]

As long as you're all aware of this! It amuses me hearing about "SNOW CHAOS!" and "BIG FREEZE!" on the news, and I'm sort of "... say what now? It's a bit chillier than normal, I should get a blanket out."

[hathy-col.livejournal.com]

STILL NO SNOW WHAT. I'm glad you got some, though!