Yesterday was a horrible day

I'll try and nutshell it. How to put it... basically, I live in the South of England, but I go to uni in the North. Meaning whenever I want to get home, it's a bit of a trek, but that's alright. Plan of yesterday - get coach down to a town 2 hours away from where I live, get parents to pick me up from there. Hope they arrive promptly - it's a teeny little coach station and it's not particularly warm, which isn't pleasant in winter.

Of course, then a blizzard hit. And, as always, the country went to pieces. My parents set off at 9am (as did I, but luckily the North was snow-free, so I made it down in 4 hours) only to find my parents stuck on the motorway. Hmm, ok, might have to be waiting around a bit longer than I thought.

9 HOURS. 9 HOURS I waited whilst they braved the stock-still motorways and treachorous conditions. Whilst it was BLIZZARDING, and I was shaking violently from cold non-stop. It even got to a point where the people threatened to kick us out for 'health and safety reasons' and I thought I'd have to wait directly IN the blizzard. The coach station was indoors, but surrounded by automatic doors, so it really wasn't any warmer than outside (though a bit less snow and wind, obv.) I tried to get a taxi to get to a hotel and stay the night. No taxis. I tried to get a coach out somewhere (even tempted to go back up to the North.) No coaches. Pondered finding a way to the train station. No trains. Stuck, STUCK in this tiny little coach station in the middle of nowhere in a blizzard surrounded by grumpy Southerners and creepy men, with a shitload of stuff, freezing my arse off. What a day!

I had hoped to have an 800 cal day, but as I froze softly, I had to keep running up to the cafe counter to buy hot food just for some warmth. Started the day nicely with a coffee and a packet of crisps when my stomach was aching with hunger (came to about 290 calories ish, on track); ended up eating (in total) a sausage roll, some potato wedges, half a mince pie and a hot chocolate. When my parents arrived, they gave me chocolate and took me to McDonalds to cheer me up (not something we do very often.) Hmm, not sure that day was 800 cals. Ended up getting home at 4 in the morning, 20 hours after I'd departed from my uni house, and about 14 hours later than I'd have liked. DAMN SNOW.

Today was better, though, for a 600 cal day. I average out my food intake as this:

A coffee (semi-skimmed milk, half a sugar): 30 cals
Dinner with the family: 500 cals (it was a big dinner - I'm guessing here, I hope it didn't go over)
A clementine: 35 cals

Total - 565 (ish)

Said hello to Ricky this morning (old-school, original Ricky!) and I'm 9 stone 5 lbs, which isn't too bad. My sister is conscious of putting on weight recently so we've agreed to do lots of exercise in the holidays. What can I say, sounds good to me! Hopefully the snow will bugger off soon and we can go for a jog.

Alright, I'm tired of dwelling on my rubbish day. It is WONDERFUL to be back at home, though. Mum's cooking! She cooked a goose today and I got to carve it, which was great fun, though probably would've made a vegetarian scream and faint (ripping apart the carcass... apologies to my vegetarian readers!) Feel a bit rubbish now, though - reckon it's yesterday's hypothermia catching up on me.

See yaaa

Q x