Haven’t written a post in a while so I thought I would write a quick one to update you on what’s been going on in the last month or so since I last made a post and maybe post up a few images from my new camera.

snow man fun...

The last week of Jan and first week of February in London to me has always been and probably always will be the coldest time of the year and also the time of the year with the most freakish/random/WTF weather you will ever see – This year did not disappoint, we had the heaviest snow storm that has been seen in London in over a decade and to be predicted my little city that prides themselves on being prepared for all manner of man made disasters was about as prepared as a someone bringing a knife to a gun fight – London seems to be incapable of preparing for what nature might throw at it, at what seems to be the most predictable times of the year – so London grinded to a halt as no trains/tubes/buses where working meaning no one could get anywhere actually that’s a lie one pal of mine made it to work as he lives next to the only underground station that was working (he was really annoyed with this).

Normally I would be complaining about being stranded at home with nothing to do but work – but as I was stranded I decided to turn my laptop on and catch up on all the work I had to do. Well that lasted about 10mins till I realised that it was the first snow day of its kind of my adult life – what do you do when you get a blanket of 4+ inches of snow on a Monday morning? Well if you’re me you throw a thermal top and a polo shirt, hooded jumper and winter socks on and place the laptop in my bag (encase I choose to do some work) and head out into the mini blizzard to have the first snow ball fight of your adult life. There was so much snow that after an hour and a half of making and throwing snow balls the snow was still thick on the cars and floor.

And before anyone says that’s not snow – in my country we have snow to our waists (yes that’s you Julia and the random polish leady that cleans the vending machines at work). I have one comment for you – we are not in your country anymore to us if its up to our ankles that’s 4 inches too deep (in my country the only way you see snow is if you get picked for the only Caribbean bobsleigh team to go to the winter Olympics.)

To my dismay people in my company actually made it in and did work- WHY? However they did build a snow man/woman and have a snow ball fight on the 3^rd floor roof terrace (yeah that’s real safe – slippery and wet on a wooden roof terrace) but what I found really funny was a email from one of the senior member of staff stating that if you can make it into the office safely by walking, cycling or skiing please come in as we need to be fully billable in the current eco climate. yep that’s right skiing – imagine this you wake up realise its snowing and think oh let me put those skis on and go to work  as I haven’t used them since my last ski trip. Yeah that was the last mode of transport on my mind, but thank you JC for thinking outside of the box and also for making me laugh.

What I did love was this one car that tried its hardest to drive. The guy took about 10mins to move from the space. That’s dedication as I would have held out for two minutes before I gave up.

To me the first 2^nd of February will always be the day that I had a 2 hour snow ball fight and ate some of the worse food ever (thanks Cory) while getting paid for the whole days work. Also for once the weather man/women predicted the weather right.

Send through any funny snow day pictures you might have.

Enjoy your day…