Storm Claudia

Well, Storm Claudia (originating in Spain, not one of our named storms) certainly hit us today! We awoke to heavy rain, and it never let up all day, becoming windy in the afternoon and evening. Sophie was attending her speed awareness course today, so she set off into the gloom half an hour before me. Keith took me to work, and our car park was already full of large puddles! 

I had an uneventful shift, working with Sue and Sharon, and managed to get a lot done. At lunchtime, I opened the soup I'd bought in Lidl on Wednesday, and it was horrible! Lovely Sue gave me half her sandwich to eat, bless her, and then a packet of crisps!

Yesterday, we were talking about our new office, and Nicola stated she didn't want us to eat at our desks. I wholeheartedly agree! The new office is a lot smaller, but we'll have a small area to prepare our lunches and sit while we eat. There are a lot of changes ahead!

The atrocious weather continued all afternoon, and driving home at 4pm wasn't pleasant at all. Keith said the cats had been in the house in the afternoon, but they had both gone out. Mooney was back in and behind the armchair in the living room when we arrived home, but Gomez was nowhere to be seen. The weather was horrible; sheets of rain and a fierce wind made for terrible conditions. Where on earth does Gomez go? Sophie came home, and we tried to get him in, with success on our fourth or fifth attempt! He wasn't as wet as I thought he'd be, and he revelled in the attention that Sophie gave him!

Keith sloshed his way to the pub, while Sophie and I opened a bottle of Portuguese red and watched Moonstruck starring Cher and Nicholas Cage. It was a lovely film!