I'm supposed to pick up our lecturer tomorrow morning, but the weather forecast isn't great (this is British understatement) and I'm not confident that I'll be able to get my car onto the road. Luckily, someone has offered to go to the railway station in my place, so now we hope that there's not enough snow to block the road or the railway tracks.
Wink was able to get a doctor's appointment this morning - the car got stuck on its way up the slight slope at the end of the drive, I had to reverse and have another go - and she has been referred for diagnostic tests, which is very helpful. I'm so glad to have a family member who listens to advice, which is more than Russell or Tim ever did.
Since we were out already, we went to the local supermarket and I stocked up, mostly on vegetables - I will go to the greengrocer next time, I feel quite guilty that they didn't get my custom today. I also bought a gammon joint and cooked it for lunch today, inviting Wink too. I usually eat my main meal in the evening, but felt we needed a good meal and the opportunity to relax afterwards. I scuttled round fetching coal and logs, feeding animals and sorting things out and, once we'd had lunch, had nothing to do but feed the outside cats again, which happened early. I've upped their rations - I give them a decent helping of GoCat and, usually, 2-3 pouches of cat food in the morning, 3 in the afternoon (for breakfast, they also finish any E-Cat leftovers from the day before). But now, they're having 4-5 in the morning and 5 in the afternoon and they are glad of it. They can live on that, if they have to and hunting brings a bonus. I doubt there's much to find and I'm sorry for the field mice anyway. No rabbits, the foxes have killed them all.
I must write to Susie to tell her that, if I can't get my car down the road, I won't be able to get to her dad's funeral. I will do my best, however, of course.
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