Hail.

I wasn't so keen to leap out of bed this morning as it felt a bit chilly. We had a thunderstorm yesterday evening which resulted in a brief power cut and I forgot to rest the central heating timer. So no burst of warmth at 5.00 am. But I did have a constructive morning and flew through my list of jobs. It's silly but I get a lot of satisfaction when I can cross each job off the list. It was a cold morning with frequent hail showers interspersed with bright sunshine.

My tooth has continued to ache so the doomed tooth will have to go. I had hoped that it would settle down but no such luck. Before starting work at lunchtime I drove over to the dentists to cancel my January appointment but got there 5 mins after they had closed for lunch. Driving back across the river a rainbow began to appear and naughtily I took some pictures while waiting at the traffic lights.

 The lights were just changing when I got the whole arc in.

And for once I didn't mind being stuck at the next set of lights.

I had a fun afternoon teaching an extended drumming lesson. I had been asked to do some outdoor PE as well but I thought the rain and hail were sufficient excuse to pass on that one. After work I helped one of the teachers put up a display of rainforest art work in the main corridor and it's looking pretty good. We worked until 5.00 and then I drove across town again to the dentists. I got stuck in dreadful traffic but it made me appreciate the fact that usually I only have to drive through a few residential streets before I am out on the country roads. And I was even happier to think that we had left the horrendous city traffic behind when we moved out of London. When I got to the dentists my mood improved even more as they were happy to refund the deposit I had paid. There was a notice on the wall asking people to give 24 hours notice if they had to cancel so I think it's only if you don't that they hang onto your deposit. But that was a relief anyway.