Last night as the wind blew hard and the temperatures dropped so fast my face ached, I got all the chores finished. Finally got in the house. Finally peeled off the layers of messed up miserable ramshackle outdoor homeless person clothing. Finally got my iced up gloves off and started thawing out my hands. Finally found the gorilla tape to fix my torn ski farm trousers. Finally got out my bowl of fruit salad and yoghurts wishing I had a good brandy to drizzle it with. And the neighbor calls – he is in a pickle- his truck is stuck in the snow- can I come and pull him out!
Poor old fellow. 
I was happy to help though, like firewood, pulling people out of snow drifts is not my department. However with John still away and grounded in California due to the bad weather here I put all my clothes back on – loaded up the dogs and off we went.
The wind is bad this morning. The temperature is still dropping and will dawdle about in the low minus teens all day. Kicking a ball about with Wind – that treacherous wind. Only a sailor could love this wind but even then she could kill him with an extra gust. 
I lost the tread off one of my boots yesterday. This may seem like a small thing but – yeah.
Still, I got submersible heaters in all the new emergency waters yesterday. After all the usual problems with extension cords. I am usually good at keeping my spirits high and if not then pretending to myself that they are high but I did feel a little frustrated when I discovered that my last good outside extension cord had dropped a loop straight down into a frozen puddle at the edge of the Rat-house door. And was not moving soon. 
And of course my study continues through all this. 
The good news is that today will be the worst day – I think. Tomorrow things will start to improve.
Celi
The weather this morning is from Weather Live.
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73 responses to “LAST NIGHT”
Miss C! Coming in from cold, hard work and all you have is a bowl of cold yoghurt and fruit…? No, no! Surely a big pot of hot soup with barley and chunks of vegie and some good meat stock would be more comforting? No wonder you long for a quick tot of brandy.
Tonight it was fried potatoes and then pineapple and yoghurt! I eat whatever I please when I am in my own. It is rather nice!
Oooh, fried potato, that’s OK then. I only thought just cold yoghurty stuff sounded a bit chilly and modest for the amount of cold hard work you’re doing.
Reading all this there s just one prayer in my heart – please do not let there be an outage ! Somehow, just somehow I feel you will be alright until the weather breaks and John gets there to help . . . wish I could send one of my/our Chicago friends down with a case of brandy for the rest of the winter !! Celi – remember how Down Under that was always called ‘hospital brandy’ ??. . . the best medicine in the world . . . bestest . . .
Oh yes! I do ! When I was nursing I would push the meds trolley around the old people and say you want your sleeping pill Mrs B or a brandy or a wee port!! I had forgotten all about that ! Also I am sure I must have been about 18!!! Hmm – yes I remember now.
Oh hugs, Ceci ! You’ll be alright . . . . still hate the ‘wee port’ but wish you had a large brandy . . . . mostly over in 24/24 I hope . . .
ooof. When you said the neighbor called all I could feel was – now she has to get all dressed again in 80 layers! No choices, of course, but I know that feeling. Happy to help – it’s the getting ready that’s sort of defeating and exhausting.
I feel like mother nature is taking the winter thing a little bit too far. It’s like she’s gotten on meth or something. Someone should intervene. Because this kind of thing is off the chain. Not acceptable. No one consulted me on the polar vortex apocalyptic winter. I do NOT approve. Where do we write to complain?
When you find the address let me know – I want to write too! Apocalyptic! There is a lot of you in this comment – I liked it
Oh boy .. too cold for me! Aren’t you wonderful helping your neighbour .. 🙂
stay wonderful. stay strong.