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It's been a strange kind of day. Nothing really happened, I just sat around watching the water rise.

We've been really lucky though. A few doors down they spent most of the day emptying water from the garden in an effort to stop if getting in the house at the front. Out front garden was fine, is must slope their way. And my mum was talking to her cousin in Sheffield, they have no power, her husband can't get home tonight and they don't know how long it'll take to get to sorted.

I don't know if I'm having my first day at work tomorrow or not. I got a message on my phone today saying NPower closed at 2.30, and tomorrow morning I have to wait until the agency rings me before I set off, so they can let me know if they're even opening. I'm going to assume they are and get up ready. The rain has stopped now, anyway, and it doesn't look like it's about to start again. Which is good, because the garden flood is going down, and it did come dangerously close to getting in the house this afternoon.

Flooding pics

Because I honestly do have nothing better to do, I have taken pictures of the garden and tenfoot.

( Flood picspam )

And it's still raining...

Insane rain

I thought the rain that made me late for work the other week was bad, but this is just insane. The tenfoot is flooded, the water has knocked the bin over, which means the bin men wouldn't empty it, there is nearly four inches of water in the garage, so we've had to shut off the electricity out there, and the water is slowly creeping up the garden towards the house. The bottom of the garden has maybe three inches of water. Milly keeps going out there to paddle. Luckily, it shouldn't get in the house because there's a step up to get inside. Another hour or so and the whole garden's going to be flooded though.

It's quite exciting...

Weather

Don't you just love weather?

I had been planning on going in town and getting all the stuff I need for my holiday and haven't got yet. Then I was woken up by the sound of rain pounding off my window, and I reconsidered. I'll probably just pay more and get stuff at the airport or something. Unless it eases off later.

Must be pretty bad though, because my dad has just rang to say he's heading home, school is closing (he's a teacher). Apparently his is the last one in the city to decide to, too. Lucky kids.

To cheer myself up, I pre-ordered A Dog's Breakfast. Well, I had to...