Well, I'm, erm, well, I was sure

*What do you mean, you were ,sure?
#Exactly what I said. I was sure I left it right here.
* Well, what do you mean by 'Right here'?
#It was on the balcony, well, maybe be not exactly on the balcony....
* (Folds arms, starting to look smug) Ah, were getting to the bottom of it at last. Admit it, you aren't really sure where you left it here at all, are you.
* (Indignant) Now don't play games, I'm tellling you, I could see it from the balcony, and everything. It was right here. It was Thursday and I saw it, clear as day.
*(Shrugs, turns to shuffle back inside). Be that as it may, wherever you think you left Autumn on Thursday, we're back from the UK and it sure as heck looks like winter to me now!

Brrrrrr

Today iGoogle is telling me that the temperature is -4 outside. Tuesday is forecast to be -8 during the day and -18 during the night. Bloomin' eck.

Dear Snow Plough Man

You know how much I have come to love Switzerland. All snowy and clean and with passable roads.

It is thanks to you that the roads are clear and the buses come on time.

And I guess you really did have to plough outside my bedroom window at 5.55 this morning, just as as I managed to get to sleep. But you must know how ill I am - I didn't make it to Spoogler coffee today. I am much in need of some sleep, beauty-enhancing or otherwise.

So, how about a compromise? Plough all of the other roads and then plough outside my window. Maybe at 11 am?

An observation....

When the weather got really hot at the beginning of spring, I had a few weeks of suffering with migraines, including one real belter that was one of the worst I have ever experienced.

About a week/ten days ago it was as if someone had thrown a switch and summer immediately became autumn. Once again, my migraines have been bad. Today, after a visit to the Lang shop (more later) I am again suffering.

Seems to me that the changes in weather are really influential so I I will be paying attention to seasonal changes next year.

Now I am going to curl up on the sofa with my yarn haul from Lang - it is modest, only 2 sweaters-worth, but I am certain petting it will aid my recovery ;0)

Life's hard

We are going back to the UK for a couple of weeks. I am not looking forward to it - the climate here is so much more agreeable. However, I am giving myself a slap around the head for such thoughts. I'm lucky I have the chance. And I will hopefully get to see some of my friends. Which brings me on to a little difficulty.

Lilith and I have a little arrangement - she tapes ER for me, I buy Swiss chocolate for her. I have been putting off sending the next chocolate installment beacause I thought it would survive the journey better in my suitcase, rather than going by Die Post and Royal Mail. So what's the problem? The heat. It's been knocking 30 degrees for days now. Not the best chocolate buying weather. Had to give in today and hope it has survived the trip.

As you can see, my life is full of difficulty. Too hot to buy chocolate. Life is hard ;0)

I hear thunder....

...must be 8.00 pm in Zurich then!

31 degrees

Yep, that's right folks. Depending upon which website you look at, we're in the 30s tomorrow. :0)

It's a hard life...

...sitting on my balcony...shade down so that I don't roast in the sun...knitting....cup of tea....audio book. what else could a girl want on (yet another) sunny day in Zurich?