Wednesday already

Yesterday went in a flash -- piano lesson, haircut, quick lunch and a load of laundry, then my weekly visit with a friend. A cold walk home, after which we went down the street for drinks in a beautiful house where the Christmas tree was still up (we're all confused about 12th Night -- ask around). Supper, phone calls, an old b&w movie, then to our books.

Today is here but going fast. Gym in the morning -- very pleasant. Low lighting in the nearly empty pool; had a good and peaceful swim, if not exactly a workout (I leave that to the guy who goes to the actual gym upstairs). It was supposed to snow and it finally did, especially heavily on my way to see a dear friend after lunch. Beautiful, if a bit inconvenient.

Found A's station on AM for the first time, so I was able to listen to his voice as I drove home down the snow-filled streets.

Frozen January morning

What I did today: Woke up after amazing dreams about playing my impossible Beethoven Sonata (4 flats is way too many), and admired the thick frost on the fence and garden from the bedroom window, although worried whether I'd buried my dahlias deep enough in mulch. Quickly put on clothes (why didn't we leave them on the radiators to warm, as we did for the kids?) and went down to the kitchen for a wonderful hot cappuccino. Feeling strong enough after that, I rang HMRC to sort out income-tax questions, and then pushed the button to file our return (good news: HM owes us). Then breakfast (note: need to make more muesli) and an email surprise: a touching video of Grandson making his first baby sounds that are not cries. To the gym for the first aqua class of the year (needed it), then back to finish January sorting-out-projects. The beginning of January is a great time of year, frozen or not. Last year is so...