Umbrella Graveyard

Today, and to a lesser extent yesterday, have reminded me afresh why I rarely bother with umbrellas in chronically rainy Glasgow. The wind is gusting all over the place, shot through with cold rain. The wind was strong enough today that I took a longer route to the QM simply because it had less trees to walk under. I haven't actually seen fallen branches today, but a storm like this could easily and rapidly escalate and I wouldn't want to happen to be under a tree branch when it did!

I spent the first hour of internet time up on the top floor where all the heating rises to. I was glad that I was wearing a simple T-shirt for my bottom layer because I had to peal all the way down to it. But now, one floor lower, I'm back in a jacket. It's nice to have a decent source of internet again that doesn't require me to buy coffee every hour or so. I think I'm every bit as caffeine-addicted now as I was at the hight of writing my masters. But now that the union's WiFi is up and working again, I've come here the last two days—today makes three. I also had a headache the last two days...And since I'm feeling borderline today, I'd best get at least one coffee. It's best to ease these things back. Sigh. Well, I'm off to get a latte!