Instead of snow days, the schools here close for wind. There is an amber weather warning in place in Orkney for the next 18 – 24 hours. The wind is currently at 83 mph, and there are potential gusts up to 100 mph expected this afternoon and evening. Not only are the schools closing at 1pm today, but garbage collection has been cancelled (I really am not having the best of luck with waste management, am I?). I’m not sure where my garbage bin is at the moment – I’m heading out as soon as this is posted to retrieve it.
Scout & I went for our morning walk – the wind was so strong that parents were carrying their children to school. Not just the toddlers at the Nursery School, but actually carrying their 8- and 9-year olds, it was that wild. A few of the kids were crying because the rain felt like needles. Scout has an appointment at the vet this afternoon – it’s been postponed twice already, so I don’t think I can re-schedule yet again, but I am really really hoping their office calls me to cancel (it’s just her annual jabs, nothing serious).
Oh, one more thing. Just because I hung Scout’s towel on the heated towel-rail before we left for the walk so it would be nice and toasty when we got back does not mean she is the most spoiled dog in the world.
