I did it!

Yup...I did it :)

Strange as it may seem I managed to drive to work yesterday morning with no sign of trouble at all. Thank God.

Mum and Dad left for the airport at the early hours of the morning. They looked a little vulnerable but I think it’s me being extremely overprotective. Sometimes I think it's my fault for doing as much as I can for them and really being at their side, kind of like on standby incase anything should go wrong or if they would need me. When the time comes for them to manage for themselves there is a tiny part of me thinks they will struggle and will not cope but that is just ridiculous, of course they will cope for goodness sake, for they bought me into the world, not the other way round!

It felt a tad bit odd, though they've gone away before, each time it doesn't get easier, I’ve spent that much time with them, more than my siblings, I am sure I am somehow more attached to them. I had a restless night thinking of them going away and then knowing their flight was going to get delayed. Then there were the thoughts of having to clear that snow weighing on my mind.

I felt like I was in Alaska when I got outside in the morning bound for work. I decided not to use the warm water approach and brushed the snow off my car. Having not shifted it since the start of the snow fall on Thursday, there was a thick heavy layer of snow covering my entire car, and as I brushed it away it flicked in all direction! I looked like an Eskimo finding her way round North Pole! But I absolutely enjoyed every second of it and slow was the drive to work, careful I was, but I did it...see mum, you panic for nothing!

Mum and dad were delayed at Manchester as expected and their estimated departure is later on in the evening. I am so pleased that between them they have endured this obstacle in the most profound way ever and it shows that one should never underestimate the courage and strength of another and certainly one's own parents but on the contrary mother now knows that even she has to have faith in me when it comes to handling treacherous driving conditions!

I was cold at work yestrerday, the heating was yet again switched off in some parts of the building or temperatures had been lowered to save on costs. I could barely feel my fingers, the harsh cold had penetrated straight through the bones and wrapping my hands round warm mugs of tea just did not do the trick!

But despite it all...Alhamdulilah :)

Aisha