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The White Stuff
Jan. 13th, 2010 09:35 amWell, that was a bit too much like hard work. It took me an hour and a half to do the 2.5 miles from home to work this morning. Every bus seemed to be full, so I waited half an hour there (yes, I do have some feeling in my toes again now, thanks for asking), then it took half an hour down the main road, which didn't seem to have been gritted since Monday. Thanks to the continual snowfall/slush/freezing cycle, it was covered in an inch or so of ice, so there was much slipping and wheelspin pretty much everywhere. Even the bus took a dive to the left every time it stopped, freaking the driver out a little, not to mention the rest of us.
Knitters, I'm not sure about making it to Blackwell's at lunchtime. Due to my klutziness/carefulness, it's taking me forever to walk places, and as one of the few members of staff here, I don't really feel I can extend my lunchbreak. Also, lind is off ill and B is still fighting the train network. Maybe next week, once it's melted.
Speaking of which, I don't mind the snow so much, it's the thaw that's starting to worry me. Last February when all the snow melted, the river rose to within an inch of the bottom of our window. And there wasn't as much snow then as there is now.
*gulp*
This is not going to help my attempts to wean myself off Rightmove, is it?
Moving onto happier thoughts, did I mention that I have an iPod Touch? Once or twice, maybe? I'm sorta kinda in love with it right now, but I have two questions for more experienced users:
#1. What free/cheap apps should I get? I already have Stanza and Echofon and a Sudoku game. Any other must haves?
#2. Is there any way to get the damn thing to remember what I was listening to before I turned it off? Several of my audiobooks are just albums (ie MP3 not M4b) so it won't remember which track I was listening to, and the 'recently played' is no help at all. My Creative used to remember and start up where I left off. Is there any way to make the Touch do that, or am I just going to have to improve my memory skills?
Since I can't live without a desk diary, I went out and got myself a half-price Moleskin one yesterday. It is black and leather and absolutely gorgeous. You didn't need to know that, but it's making me happy and I felt the need to share.
Anything to take my mind off the amount of snow still falling outside...
Knitters, I'm not sure about making it to Blackwell's at lunchtime. Due to my klutziness/carefulness, it's taking me forever to walk places, and as one of the few members of staff here, I don't really feel I can extend my lunchbreak. Also, lind is off ill and B is still fighting the train network. Maybe next week, once it's melted.
Speaking of which, I don't mind the snow so much, it's the thaw that's starting to worry me. Last February when all the snow melted, the river rose to within an inch of the bottom of our window. And there wasn't as much snow then as there is now.
*gulp*
This is not going to help my attempts to wean myself off Rightmove, is it?
Moving onto happier thoughts, did I mention that I have an iPod Touch? Once or twice, maybe? I'm sorta kinda in love with it right now, but I have two questions for more experienced users:
#1. What free/cheap apps should I get? I already have Stanza and Echofon and a Sudoku game. Any other must haves?
#2. Is there any way to get the damn thing to remember what I was listening to before I turned it off? Several of my audiobooks are just albums (ie MP3 not M4b) so it won't remember which track I was listening to, and the 'recently played' is no help at all. My Creative used to remember and start up where I left off. Is there any way to make the Touch do that, or am I just going to have to improve my memory skills?
Since I can't live without a desk diary, I went out and got myself a half-price Moleskin one yesterday. It is black and leather and absolutely gorgeous. You didn't need to know that, but it's making me happy and I felt the need to share.
Anything to take my mind off the amount of snow still falling outside...
