Last night, I got home to find that the central heating had finally packed up. It had been giving trouble for a few days, but gave up the ghost yesterday. There are some things you take for granted, especially at this time of year, like hot running water. I drove around at 9pm looking for electric heaters at the 24 hour Tesco, but they’d run out. So, we all put on several layers, especially little Baby O, but it was bitterly cold.

I was scheduled to work from home today, but it was tough. The heater was finally fixed this evening, and believe me, I appreciate the boiler in the loft more than ever now !!

In other news, while I’m on my trip, my wife is going to see her sister in Milan. She’s wanted to go there for a while now, and I really wish I could have gone with her and Baby O, but on the other hand, I’m glad that for most of the time I’m away, she won’t be on her own.

We have 6 inches of snow forecast for tomorrow morning, and it will still be snowing during rush hour. I only live 10 minutes away from work, but we’ve all been sent emails asking us to work from home tomorrow if possible, and not to risk getting stuck in the snow. I’ll make up my mind tomorrow, but there’s a lot of work I need to do in the office, and I’m scheduled to work from home on Friday……….