Snow!

Being a California native, I’m not used to this white, powdery substance that decided to fall from the sky today. It was cold, and made my commute 20 minutes longer than normal. I found it pretty enough to look at once I was settled into my office, but man was it ugly whilst I was getting from home there in the first place.

Apparently, this is the worst snow that London has had in seven years (so says the free newspaper London Lite). All in all, it really wasn’t much snow, I’ve skied in worse blizzards (and that is what has turned me off to skiing). Maybe it’s because the underground keeps the ground warm here, but the snow seemed to melt when it hit the ground, leaving a hazardous sludge behind. Mmm… snow sludge. A few of my brave co-workers didn’t cancel their home visits, most of them did (I didn’t have any scheduled in the first place).

All in all, my thin California blood survived, rather better, I think, than most of the public transportation. Maybe there’s hope for me yet.