Snow

It has been very cold recently. We were expecting heavy rain yesterday and today, but we had a couple of light rain showers yesterday. It was sunny but cold this morning, so i thought I should take the dog out because he becomes impossible if he stays indoors too long. By the time I got dressed, it was very cold and clouding over.

On my way to town, there were little balls that bounced off the pavement. I thought it couldn't be snow because snow doesn't bounce. I wondered if it was polystyrene balls from somewhere, or perhaps blossom. It didn't last very long, but it was cold so I bought ingredients for soup and hurried home. I was chopping the vegetables for the soup when I noticed thick swirling snow outside the window. It looked like bits of fine foam in a vortex. I worried because Sean was driving down from Tonbridge. He arrived safely, thank God. (And yes, he got back to Tonbridge safely too).

The snow fell like that for a couple of hours, and it began to "lie" in gardens and on parked cars. I am keeping the heating on to try to stop the pipes freezing. Richard came out in that weather to pick up some warm clothes for Michelle. She wanted socks, but frankly, the way that foolish dog is about socks, I wouldn't know where to start to look. Sean and I had a lovely, peaceful and domestic afternoon, not doing anything other than enjoying being in the same room together.

Caelyn's landlord has been sending electricians to their house on Sundays to do some rewiring. Its a nuisance. Last week they took up floorboards so Caelyn had to get Wendy out of the house because Wendy was very interested in the proceedings. The electricians may not work in the house unless either Caelyn or Nigel is there so the landlord has cleverly devised a way of making life difficult for them. They had to stay in all over Easter too. They have a "section 12" notice which advises that the landlord wants possession of the house within 3 months because he intends to sell it. Its a mutual "no fault" thing so the Council is prepared to help. They are not considered as having made themselves "intentionally homeless". The Council can't award them a house it hasn't got though. They are currently number 8 on the waiting list.

Caelyn and Nigel have a meeting with the Council Homelessness Team on Tuesday, and are hoping to be rehoused urgently. I'm praying that the right place will come up at the right time. All this uncertainty about where they will be moving to is stressful and their stress is winding Wendy up so she has been uncharacteristically bolshy lately. It has also had an impact on their college studies.

Its not over yet, though. I believe something will turn up because life has a way of working itself out. We are praying and we know God hears, and has our best at heart.