One Day In History: a grey start

I didn’t sleep well last night, and eventually got up at 6.40am (the alarm had gone off at 6.20). Showered while it was still dark; bring on the clock change – I want my sunrise back! Kathy brought me toast and tea, which I started to eat while I got dressed. Phoebe was still asleep, though she had woken up a few times around 6, calling for her mummy.

I synced my iPod to the computer. Despite Adam Christianson’s great tip about how to keep your iTunes music on an external hard drive, iTunes hangs on sync (at the “syncing calendars and contacts” stage) unless the external drive is connected. Oh well – I only did it to update my Last.fm stats. Kathy has the iPod today as she’s driving to Bristol Zoo with her mum, Grace and Phoebe.

We got to the station at 7.25. Kathy collected Grace, and Teresa (Grace’s mum) and I got the late-running 7.24 Cardiff Central train instead of our usual 7.37 Bristol Temple Meads. I was very nearly squashed by a middle-aged lady who, rather in a rush and keen to get off the train, decided to stand right in front of me (I was standing in the mouth of the bike compartment). It’s like I was invisible.

Anyway: I was in the office before 8, which is quite unheard of. I need to renew my season ticket later, which I’ll probably do at lunchtime. There are advantages to working near the station!