My Mumbling Thoughts

Yesterday London looked liked I had never seen it before: covered in about six inches of snow. Uni closed down for the day (today as well!) and as far as I could tell, the city shut down. None of the buses were running, the trains had severe delays and a good majority of the shops were closed. For those twenty-four hours, London was silent except for the squeals of people playing in the snow in the distance.

Our flat decided to stay inside for the whole day and not bother with the giant snowball fight that happened behind our house. I made stew, we drank many cups of tea and stayed bundled underneath three layers of clothing and blankets because our heating isn't working in our building. Bastards.

All day the snow silently fell and Emma and myself decided we'd be brave little ducklings and walk to the other side of Lee House to do our laundry. My room was filthy and so cringing that I couldn't even bear to leave my door shut; I felt a lot better knowing that I was keeping the air circulating in there.

On the second outing of our trip to go and put our washing in the dryers, I bumped into my good friend, Ryan that I've mentioned here before. He was down at uni for a little visit and was looking for a space to rehearse for the gig that he's playing tonight in Brick Lane. He asked me if him and his two fellow band-mates could practice in our kitchen, and I said of course! That would be fine with me. It was only Sara and Jess in there and they weren't doing anything except watching re-run Sex and the City episodes. I handed him my key card and told him to just tell Sara and Jess that I sent them up so the girls didn't worry about the random musicians that were coming in and taking over a corner of the kitchen space.

The guys played their entire set and halfway through I decided to go and get Livvi, because I knew that it'd be a special treat for her. She has had a bit of a crush on Ryan (then again, who doesn't have a crush on Ryan?) and I knew that she'd love to see him play up close and personal. It wasn't long until our kitchen was transformed into a mini music studio with me and the babies all listening in like little groupies.

It was such a cool vibe, though, with us chilling around the table, fresh cups of tea steaming in our hands and the snow, seemingly relentless, falling outside our window. Quite possibly one of the best snow days I've had in a long time.

Today the sun has come out and the snow is slowly but surely beginning to melt away. I'm not a big fan of snow in the first place, so I can only hope that it leaves as quickly as possible. Besides, tonight Ryan is supposed to be playing a gig in Brick Lane, and me and some of the babies want to go and get front row seats. Instead of cups of tea, though, we want to be holding pints of cider or some kind of strong vodka to warm us up from the cold travel.