Wow. So I'm not sure if any of you have read the paper or watched the news today, but London got hit HARD with snow. As in 8 inches and still accumulating kind of hard. While this may not sound exciting to you, let me fill you in on a little fact about: London has not seen a snowstorm like this in 18 years. I WATCHED HISTORY TODAY!!! Now, I LOVE snow, but after this morning, I decided it's not meant to be in London. And here is why...
So, I wake up at 6:50 am this morning to get ready for work, ya know, do my normal thing. I look out the window, but I couldn't really see much because of the way my windows are. However, I remembered hearing that it could rain or snow, so I put on my rain boots for extra precautions. I had work at 9 am, so I left the house at 7:30 to get to the station. I open the door, and BAM! There is like 5 inches of snow! I couldn't believe it! London was a sea of white fluffyness! At this point, I'm still pleasantly happy, so I trudge my way to the station. While I was walking, I realized that none of the sidewalks or streets were paved...weird. Kind of made my walk difficult, but I'm always up for a challenge. Unfortunately, I still was unaware of the IMMENSE challenges ahead of me...
I finally get to the station. I'm freezing. My feet are already numb (yes, even with the boots). I then see that my platform for my train is closed off. Hmm. I look up at the information screen, and alas, my train is not working due to the weather. So I quickly looked to see what other trains were operating and where they were headed. I finally find one, I get on with about 1/4 of London inhabitants, and suffer my way to another station. I get off, and immediately find a travel safety person to help me. I've already given up on trying to figure my way around by myself...He told me which station to head to, but I would have to walk about 10 blocks to get to my work. Not happy about the walk, but at least I'll make it to work. I called my boss to tell her I'd be late, but there was no answer...odd.
I get off at the station, and have NO IDEA where I'm going. I walk left, right, up, down...name any direction and I walked it. After asking some nice old lady for directions, I finally reached my work. I quickly ran upstairs, only to find that NO ONE from my department came into work that day!! Can you believe it?!?! Since I had no one to give me orders of what to do, I was told to go home. Ugh. So I trudge my way back to another station, take the train to the farthest destination it could go, only to find that no other transportations were heading farther from there. I had no way of getting home. No bus, no cab, no train. NOTHING. Enter panic and frustration....finally, a cop told me that I would have to head BACK into central london, which is where I started, and hop on a different train which will take me home. After 3 hours of switching one train to another with loads of people stepping on my feet, I made it home. Bliss at last.
To help ease my anger from the morning of hell, I went outside to build a snowman with Indiana and Marie-Lou. It was a work of art, I'll tell ya. Facebook pictures don't do her justice. We then went to a park where we had a snowball fight. I felt like a kid again. It was wonderful. You know what else was cool? While I'm used to snow, everyone else here is not. It's like I'm watching people experience something for the first time in their lives...it's mind blowing. After playtime, we went inside where Davinder made us hot chocolate, and we watched tv and did homework. A nice way to end the day. Now the question still remains...if London has not seen snow like this in 18 years, why all of a sudden????
Helen Ann is in London, and she loves her snow. That's why.
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