I think.
I'm 'running a pro-active team to respond to street-incidents' or something like that.
Basically means I get a van-full of officers, and we're plain clothes (apart from the big 'police' flashes across our stab vests), and we'll turn up at certain places and check all is well, or be sent to 'hotspots', or generally mop up the idiots who can't just enjoy themselves without hitting anyone or generally causing trouble. But I think, until it really kicks off, we'll just call in other units to take away most of our arrests, so some understaffed custody suite can take the strain.
My forecast for the night is...a bit wet, fairly miserable, with moments of excitement. Might even get near to wherever this tasty snow/foam/mist is going to be...
To be honest, I quite like getting back to the streets. I will have a sergeant on my team, too, so if I get called away to a murder scene, there's little disruption to us. This will doubtless happen just before refs, because that's life. Meanwhile, my team will operate on skeleton without me, Sal or any of my other sergeants.
Sherlock wanted me to show you this - he made it at his Mum's. He has now informed her he wants the Meccano delivered to him. I can't lie...I want it delivered to him too! And by the look on John's face, he does too.
It was hers, I think. Or possibly their father's, but I get the impression it was probably Mrs Holmes', doubt she let stereotypical boy/girl toys stand in her way as a kid!
It's a little car - but he says if he'd had more time, he would have put rack and pinion steering on a bigger one. (He says this in the tone of one who has been very recently told what rack and pinion means, probably by his generous big brother.)
I got a new wallet for Christmas, which I have just attempted to transfer everything into - my old one was all bursting out at the seams, so clearly not everything fits into my new one. I have quite a lot of free coffee loyalty cards. Oddly enough, when struggling to squash everything into my new wallet, John and Mycroft 'helped' by splitting these between them, and Sherlock offered to take my money and two of my credit cards... No one wanted my various different cards which have no value, or driving licence etc.
So...stay safe, everyone, drink responsibly, don't get into a minicab you see on the street, call one, or get the place you are drinking to call one (or hail a black cab.) Use the free tube - free from 2345-0430. And have fun. Public service announcement over.
I hope all of you, who make these blogs great fun to write, and give me a lot of fascinating looks to things going on all around the world, have great New Years, and that 2014 is good to all of you.
And Danger, I'm sure your jumpers aren't made of spiders. Apart from that one...the one scuttling across the floor there.
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Good luck, be careful. I've put something in your bag for later, no peeking.
Now I have to track down one of my jumpers and kill it...
Thanks.
Good luck with Sherlock. It's already very busy in town.
I saw it creeping away to hide. I think it reads your blog. You will never find it...
This is not comforting...
I hope you don't get too cold, wet, and/or miserable, L--and run into rather more flavored mist and rather less in the way of fists, knives, or vomit. In other words, I hope it's a fairly quiet shift--except for fireworks, of course. :)
Are the rest of you doing anything special aside from jumper hunting? I expect I'll pull out some fun DVD or the like, unless there's something good on TV--standing in Times Square in below freezing temps for hours with zillions of strangers (and no toilets!) has never appealed to me!
One thing it won't be is quiet. My little team have already arrested someone for dealing, someone for possession and two blokes and a woman for fighting. Still, gives everyone who witnesses it something to think about. I can assure you that our cells are not a fun place to see in the new year.
L Glad that if you have to be working, you can sort of enjoy being back on the streets. You make everybody safer, that's for sure.
It's only mid afternoon my time so a ways to go still. I have always thought the New Years fireworks were neat; i don't think we do that so much here. Maybe in New York, Boston, etc. I remember fireworks in particular from the year 2000 but I was watching footage from London and Australia like I said. I thought at the time it might be just a millenium thing (the fireworks) but I've gathered they are a New Year's tradition in London which is very cool.
Stay safe out there, and best of luck. Big bummer about your knighthood; we'll all lobby Mrs Holmes to get you on the list for next year!
LOL about the spider sweater; you are going to give John a complex!
I'm still AWAKE and Murray is here and he said he's DEFINITELY seen John's jumpers moving on their own before and it's funny AND he bought some real cocktails but without the alcohol for me and a drink in a bottle and it's got glitter IN IT and you drink it.
That was certainly nice of Murray, to think of you specially. (I want a drink with glitter!)
Are you going to watch the fireworks on TV? Or are you having your own party there?
I know it's still not near midnight yet and you'll be awake lots longer, but I'd like to drop this picture/New Year's wish for everyone now, before I get involved in anything else and forget...
Glad you're having a good time, Sherlock. Better than lots of people out here, who aren't going to stay upright long enough to see in the New Year.
Glad to hear you're still awake Sherlock, and that Murray bought you special cocktails. I'm vaguely jealous of Murray's glittery drink, but I've got some mulled wine, so I'm doing OK :-)
Lestrade - hope you have a safe evening.
The glitter drink is definitely a hit.
Just tell me there won't be more poo for me to examine under microscopes. You doctor-y and science-y types can keep that.
How nice of Murray! When I wrote earlier I was thinking about asking you if you had something special to drink, like sparkling grape juice. I remember a NYE when I was about your age and the kids all got to drink sparkling juice. It was special; the first time I remember having it, and it's something I still like. The glitter drink sounds even BETTER though.
Is Murray making John laugh a lot? :-)
L, are the police horses out tonight? Or is it too loud/crowded/unsafe for them? I know they are trained to ignore a lot that would normally spook them but I figure there's a limit. Now that I think of it, the sniffer dogs are probably out in the crowd tonight! Is it legal to let the dogs work a crowd that way?
John, you know you said you might see if I was free at midnight?
Yeah...is it looking good?
Sort of, yeah.
Where are you? Near here?
Not too far. St Thomas' A&E.
Are you all right?
Waiting to see a doc.
Chased a bloke with a knife. Trod on a bottle, did my ankle.
Oh gosh, sorry to hear that, Greg, hope it's not too painful and I'm glad it's not anything worse though - when you said knife it sounded very bad - and now at least you'll get to see John a lot sooner so that's one good thing to come out of it.
I'm sorry, love. Does it hurt much? Can I come and get you?
...Sherlock wants to know, inevitably, if it needs stitches...but also says he hopes you're all right.
I came by to wish you all a happy New Year, and now I will add that I hope that you're okay, L, and that ankle isn't too bad and heals up quickly...
Hurts a bit, currently covered in cold packs and up in the air. No stitches, unless the doctors do something horrible to me.
You can come and...get me if they let me go. Persuade them to let me go? But ...well, stay with the boys for 2 mins, see the NY in with them?
Love you all. Even you, Murray ;)
Well...it's 2014. Happy new year!
I'll leave soon. Do you want me to bring anything?
Happy New Year everyone.
Hope you get out quickly and back to your family, Greg. Get well soon.
sorry, was allowed to limp over to the window and watch some fireworks. Very impressive. Not many people here are sober enough to notice.
Don't need anything. Just you.
Sorry. But kind of glad I get to see you, not wait until morning to come off shift.
Happy New Year, everyone :-)
Hoe your ankle isn't too bad, Lestrade, and they let you out soon.
We watched on television...they were impressive! I'm glad I get to see you too, or at least I will be if it's not broken. Well, I'll be glad to see you anyway, but...
Love you too, sweetcheeks! We are saving some glittery drink just for you.
Happy New Year Everyone!
Lestrade, trust you aren't starting as you mean to go on!
They were impressive. And loud, from here.
I don't think it's broken. Just fat. And I'm cold and wet. And grumpy. But prognosis defnitely improved by getting my own doc.
Sherlock, I99 took more thermal images of the fireworks. You can look them up I think.
I will!!! John left and we're eating ice cream, Murray said it was okay.
You're definitely starting 2014 as you mean to go on then.
Murray's a medical professional, so it must be okay.
It's very important. Traditional. Can't have New Year's without it. Trust me.
L, I am sorry to hear you got hurt, but I'm hopeful that will keep you home for a couple of days and You'll be with your family after all.
Not to sound chipper about you being hurt; I have done my ankles a number of times and know how much it hurts plus I live with chronic pain. But all you can really do is rest and elevate and keep ice on it; even sitting in your desk chair at the office will make it worse, at least for a few days. So here's hoping you get a break (even if it's not how any of us wanted) and that you have John to look after you. I can't imagine anyone better than John and your boys to help you out for a little while!
I am thinking of you. I hope you are not in too much pain right now.
Tresta - now I've got nothing to do, can answer your earlier question. Yes, horses and dogs both out tonight. Especially useful as everyone leaves the areas. The horses are great, ignore everything. Dogs too, very dedicated, not easily distracted. They won't be in the most crowded areas, but will be around the major routes in and out.
John is probably having fun skirting around dogs and horses right now... takes a dedicated husband to try to get to the wrong side of the Thames this time on New Years.
Tresta - it's not too bad if I don't move it. Had some painkillers and anti-inflammatory.
Nearly there...maybe.
I've got my personal doc, who is sneakily unwrapping my ankle of cold packs to give it a second opinion*
(*which is the first opinion it's had, because it's 'non-urgent' compared to needing your stomach pumped or leaking blood everywhere.)
Doesn't look too bad.
Is everything all right at home? Mycroft? Murray and Sherlock are suspiciously quiet.
Even the excitement of discovering that Murray can belch up to 'j' in the alphabet, and the speculation as to whether Lestrade's foot may fall off, was sadly not enough to keep Sherlock awake.
He is asleep on Murray, possibly even adhered to him, with melted ice cream.
Happy New Year, Lestrade. I hope you are released into John's care soon.
Excellent news, thanks. Is Murray still conscious? How are you doing, still reading that Salinger book?
I hope everyone has a fun and safe New Years! I'm sorry your ankle is hurt, L, but I hope it gives you a bit of time to spend with your family.
I'll be spending New Year's day moving into my new house! The sale went through today and I got the keys, so I'm hoping it's a good sign for the year to come!
And I love Murray's tradition of ice cream! I may have to start that for myself.
Congrats, pip, that's so exciting!
(And I believe I'll adopt that ice cream tradition myself--we've got some mint-chip in the freezer... ;))
Murray is watching John Bishop on TV, but looking rather tired. Mrs Hudson excused herself a short while ago, and sends her best wishes to Lestrade.
Do you think that you'll be home soon? Sherlock did say he wouldn't go to bed until Lestrade is back, but if you think he should, Murray needs to be awake to carry him.
Piplover, I hope your new house is an excellent start to the year.
It's all right, I'll take him to bed when we get home. Shouldn't be too long now.
Congratulations on the new house, Pip!
Did you partake of the traditional ice cream, Mycroft, or did you greet the New Year some other way?
Thank you, everyone! I'm so excited!
Mrs Hudson has just delivered four or five pillows, and a number of blankets. She was worried that we wouldn't have enough to prop up both Murray's head and Lestrade's ankle.
I did suggest we could use Murray's head to support Lestrade's ankle, but she didn't think Murray would fit in the foot of your bed.
I am slightly baffled as to why she owns so many pillows.
John's talking in medical speak to a young looking doctor.
Mycroft - you don't think she has a lot of sleepovers?
Pip - just out of interest, because I'venever really thought baout it, how long does it take to buy a house in the US, if there is any sort of average.
Lestrade, for me it took about a month, but that involved a few extra factors. I used a VA loan, so it took a bit more paperwork, and got some money from the government to help for down payment. Overall, though, it happened pretty fast. I've known some people who were able to purchase a home within a few weeks.
Well, Mycroft, you never know when you might need more pillows. I'm sure I could come up with half a dozen spares, at the very least...
You home now, John and L?
L, so sorry about your ankle, but when you said you were chasing a guy with a knife, I have to admit I was glad you weren't hurt a lot worse! It's nice that Murray is there so John can come to the A&E with you.
glittery drinks sound like fun. I'm having a bit of cider and some chocolate. That meccano car is nifty, what a treat to get to use a vintage set! I'm now looking forward to pix of all the cool things Sherlock will be building with it in the coming year.
Mycroft's idea of propping L's ankle on Murray's head sounds very efficient, I can't imagine why people aren't going for it... ;)
best wishes to all for the new year!
S
yeah, been here a little while. I am iced, compressed, raised etc. Sherlock is in bed, although how John will be feeling after virtually carrying me up the stairs, then carrying Sherlock to bed, I don't know.
Just waiting for John to come to bed, de-ice me, and put on his best bedside manner now.
Be with you in a second. Falling asleep on you a second later...
I hope you're both home now gentlemen :-)
Have a great 2014 everyone :-D
it's still better than the night I was expecting...at least I'm here, with you.
Mm. I am glad about that. :)
Happy New Year, guys. :)
Happy New Year to all of you.
Danger was out like a light.
I'm wishing I hadn't had such a good nap earlier today...
I'm all too familiar with that feeling , since I can never stay awake Shabbat afternoon--and that's without a painful ankle. I sympathize, and I wish I could help...
Glad you are home safe, L. Hope you can manage some sleep tonight and stay comfortable. I may not make it to midnight; am feeling very tired, so just in case wanted to again say Happy New Year to everyone. I hope wonderful things happen! And congrats on the house purchase, Pip. That's a big one.
I started the new year watching TV with a friend and snuggling with my kitty; so very much as mean t o go on! Now I think I should have had ice cream, too.
L and John, is it a tradition in Britain to eat black eyed peas on New Years? Or is that just an American / Southern thing? I will be sure to have mine!
Congratulations on the house purchase Pip, hope the move goes well.
How's the ankle L, did you manage to get some sleep?
Got some sleep. Now poor John is attempting to control both Sherlock and me. I keep sort of forgetting and trying to do things. Luckily Murray is on his side.
I can limp about the kitchen though, make coffee. Sherlock is assessing swelling and bruises.
Pip- that sounds very fast, compared to here. I mean, I've done it a few times, and it usually takes a few months. Worst was 7 months.
Tresta - no, no black eyed peas here.
John keeps telling him off and it's funny even though I put the chairs in a line from the sofa to the kitchen so he can lean on them all the way.
That was a good plan, Sherlock, so that he doesn't have to put weight on the ankle. I expect John wants him to keep it elevated, though, which is hard to do while hopping around!
Do you have any special things you do on New Year's Day?
No we don't do anything special but I opened my chocolate orange and ate some of it and I'm going to eat some more later and Lestrade is going to watch the football later which is boring.
A chocolate orange is nicely celebratory, I think, and a good way to start the year!
(Maybe watching football will keep him off his ankle for a bit. ;))
That sounds like how long ours took to buy, L. We had all the agreements and all in place, but didn't close for several months. Our final walkthrough was the day I brought my youngest home from the hospital, and in fact I had to miss the closing because she was re-admitted the next day. Crazy times.
Hope your ankle feels better quickly. It's nice that you have two medical professionals in house. No, really. Nice. (I'd be going stir crazy too, I don't do 'sit still and rest' very well)
John has just uttered the words 'if you can't watch the football sensibly, you won't be watching it at all'...
I totally heard that in my mother's voice. :D
I am embarrassed to admit that I may, possibly, have been heard to say that on occasion as well ;)
Half time now, and I've been told off for going to get myself coffee... been threatened that a dog will sit on me if I try to move again.
I'm going to get over to The emirates and get on the pitch myself in a minute. Jesus.
I'll have Sherlock set up a line of chairs for you to lean on, on the way over...
Just what I need, a sarcastic doctor! ;) You do realise this is virtually life-and-death. We need to win to go top!
And I'm sure they will (that's a lie, I'm not at all sure at the moment...), but if you leap up one more time when someone does something stupid, I am going to sit on you.
YEEEEESSSSS!!!
,=john is sittiing on mre
I did warn you...
2!! YESSS, top of the league!
Sorry J, risk you run, sitting on me before the match is over. At least you half fell on a dog...
L, did you do that on purpose so he would? :D
S
(or, as we say here, is that a threat or a promise?)
John fell off Lestrade and squashed a dog and Murray won't stop laughing but Lestrade did pick John up and try to dance with him and then John said he'd tie him up and handcuff him and now he's sat back down and Mycroft is frowning at both of them because he's being boring and reading and John is getting ice and just told Lestrade he'd stuff it in his mouth not put it on his foot and I'm still eating chocolate orange.
And Murray is taking pictures...
I'm not sure if life was better before everything that happens in our living room was recorded and broadcast or not.
Right now...all I care about is TOP OF THE LEAGUE!! :)
Well, Sherlock, that all sounds quite entertaining and un-boring!
Lestrade won't take the juice out of the chocolates for me.
Are those grown-up chocolates that you would like to try, or do you not care for the filling in your own chocolate? All of which serves to remind me that I didn't get any rum balls this year.
These are liquer chocolates, he wants me to remove the alcohol. Despite the fact we have many, many chocolates that he likes without anyone else sucking out the filling!
It makes perfect sense--there's a nice little bite left over after the liqueur is gone that goes well with chocolate! (If you slice the chocolate in half on a plate, the liquid fillings will usually go out onto the plate, Sherlock.)
Lestrade says I'm not even allowed to think about ruining good chocolates
Happy New Year, everyone! Sorry to hear about your ankle, Lestrade, but it can't be all bad if it leads to a bit of extra attention from your favorite doc, no?
Congrats on the house, Pip! I hope it brings you many happy memories.
What do chocolates look like under your microscope? (Are you allowed to look if you eat it after?)
Ooh Sherlock! I love Terry's Chocolate Oranges! Is that what you have? I haven't had one in a long time, can only find them a few places but you remind me how good they are. They are so clever because they actually look like an orange when you break them open, even having a "stem" in the middle!
Oh and eating black eyed peas on New Year's Day is to bring luck in the new year.
"I'm not sure if life was better before everything that happens in our living room was recorded and broadcast or not."
hehehe, I'm sure all of us reading can agree, much better! :D
Tresta - that is what he has. Quite a traditional Christmas stocking filler, a chocolate orange! He has a dark chocolate one. Well, we all do, actually. But he's halfway through his.
Unknown - glad to hear it. I am now being waited on, with Mycroft cooking dinner, and my chair-path to the kitchen has been confiscated. My ankle is going an attractive burgundy colour. Sherlock approves.
Hey, L. I was going to ask how you are feeling, now that you have made it to evening. Hope you are not hurting to much. Sounds like everyone is being attentive! I had to chuckle at the chair-path through the flat because I also have to grab the furniture to make it around sometimes. Sherlock is thoughtful as well as clever.
I am glad that you have so much help, though it can be hard to accept, sometimes can't it?
It is a bit. Especially when they have actual qualifications to back up their theories about 'not putting weight on it' etc... ;)
Welp, I'm unhappy to hear that you're hurt, Lestrade, but at least you're not HURT, if you know what I mean.
And John....it must be hard to be the only adult in a house full of madness. You have my admiration. *doffs cap*
Did I say happy new year last night? I don't even remember. Happy new year, everyone, again.
Ella
It is a bit. Especially when they have actual qualifications to back up their theories about 'not putting weight on it' etc... ;)
Darn those qualifications! :-) I remember my worst ankle injury; it occurred when I was visiting Germany at age 14. We were backpacking, so on our feet all the time. I was generally graceful but managed somehow to fall or trip on some stairs and really hashed my ankle. Got the grapefruit swelling and all the fun colors. The next day I stayed at the hostel to rest, and missed the trip to Salzburg and the salt mines. But looking back, missing only one day was pretty amazing for something like that. I guess the resilience of being a kid worked in my favor.
I had another injury, same ankle, when I was about 15/16. That one was also in summer and I ended up in a cast/splint (kind of like what Sherlock had at first for his arm) for a few weeks that time. I remember the worst thing being that I couldn't ride for a few weeks. I was so crushed about that! That time the ankle turned really spectacular colors with dark veiny bits.
Looking back, I wonder if the original injury in Germany made me more susceptible to the ones that came later. (I guess I mean, like you kind of have a wonky collar bone because) John would know. Perhaps that is why he is riding herd on you now? Not only does he not want you to be in pain, but he doesn't want you to end up with a long term bad ankle?
Hope this wasn't TMI or too boring of me to share but I guess I just really can relate to you right now! Mostly I just hope that you aren't in pain, can sleep okay, and recover quickly. I find that sleep and rest can be the most challenging things with injuries like that.
he's come along a bit late - I'm already and old wreck. Can't even laugh at him without wheezing to death now!
At least I gave up the smoking, or I'd be in real trouble.
he's come along a bit late - I'm already and old wreck. Can't even laugh at him without wheezing to death now!
MOOOO!
MÖOOOOOOOOOOOOoooooooOOØ
So did you manage to get Sherlock to bed? Is he still pretty excited over the last few days?
Your cow appears multilingual... I like!
Oh, hey--anyone being hit by, or in the path of, the blizzard sweeping across the US, stay safe!
Yes, he was shattered, after last night. Barely stayed awake until ten. like a little zombie roaming about.
My computer does odd things, apparently, if I hold down the shift key and a letter key, gives me all the accents.
Yeah, everyone about to get snowed on, hope you're not too hard hit. Send some to us.
Maybe it's a Scandinavian cow? I like the extra bits.
We'll get snow here, but so far it looks like I'm going to have to work, and it won't be cold enough to do things like freeze soap bubbles.
http://www.boredpanda.com/frozen-bubbles-winter-photography-angela-kelly/
I hope your ankle is better soon. I'm betting the apartment is beginning to feel small with boys and dogs bouncing off the walls.
A moooo once bit my sister. No really! We were on a nice holiday in Sweden...
Ella
If it's got extra bits then it may be a bovine but it's not a cow....
Speaking of foreign moos...
http://www.geekosystem.com/sir-patrick-stewart-moos/
It is a little...full in the flat. But I wouldn't change it for the world.
I am now allowed to do exercises with my ankle, under John's supervision. Exciting! And it's veering to purple and a little blue.
Is Sherlock documenting the bruise colors?
Ella
Good luck with your ankle, L! Hope you´ll be better soon.
And Happy (belated) New Year everyone! I knocked myself out on new year´s eve by drinking half a glass of (rather expensive) dessert wine :-(( It seems I´m either allergic to it or it´s a migraine trigger. Great. It meant that the first day of 2014 was rather underappreciated, even if we did have sun (which was awfully bright) and really great weather for a walk.
So: 2014 can only get better, right? Right.
I didn't mind being stuck inside yesterday - it was grey and rainy and windy. Today is lovely, and I want to get out! Going a bit stir crazy.
Sherlock said if he had 'his' meccano he would build me a contraption that meant I could go out.
John tells me off for being a terrible patient and setting a bad example. But then sits and ruffles my hair when I'm grumpy, so it's not all bad ;)
Now that is absolutely the best way to be got out of a bad mood. (no extra o's added, look John!)
Maybe if you were a good patient today then John may let your exercise tomorrow include a brief stroll (or hop) outside. ;)
For now though I guess it's just nice not to be at work & home with your boys instead.
Have a fun day if you can. :)
it is nice, definitely. Well worth going arse over tit for :)
Sherlock is now winding the dogs up. There is too much energy in this flat.
...and now it suddenly makes sense to me why my mother used to chase/drag/force us outside at least once every day, even when we were reading or in the middle of something or just busy and really, really didn't want to budge. (Of course, it was a more innocent time, and everyone sent their kids, after a certain age, out to the street or schoolyard or the like to play, and it was reasonably safe to do so.)
Aside from wanting to go out despite, how's the ankle feeling?
Think I might take them all out to the park before Sherlock or the dogs explode...
It's all right. If I don't really move it much while I'm putting weight on it.
John has taken boys and dogs out, before tempers frayed. I've been given coffee and instructions not to do anything ridiculous.
So I'm currently practicing backflips off the kitchen table.
But of course.
...Guitar, maybe? Because I'm in a music-y mood. (I'm cold, go put on a sweater...yet another childhood flashback. :))
Oh, Doctor Watson! That husband of yours is up to absolutely no good. The doorbell went and I know he's to stay off that foot, but I was up to my elbows in pastry for dinner tonight, and then I hear him on the stairs. Well, by the time I was washed there he was, bold as brass, on the front step kissing your friend! I tell you, it'll be the gossip of the book club, carrying on like that in the street.
I levitated down stairs and didn't kiss with tongues. Well only a bit of tongue.
I don't even care it's raining, Murray bought me crutches and I'm coming to find you! Freeeedom!!
Did anyone get a picture of Murray's face?
(Also, Murray you had better be delivering him safely here, not leaving him to wander about, fueling himself on coffee all over the city...)
Can't comment and hop.
Can't carry coffee and hop either... Damn.
Hmm...
Whatever you're hmmmmming at is probably Murray's fault.
Seriously though, they should put cup holders on crutches.
Sherlock could probably make you some....
Would make an interesting splatter pattern when the cup cover comes off...
He could with meccano!
I'm just very glad to have escaped the flat for a bit. You're a star Murray!
I am in fact a god among men...my tag says so ;) Glad you're having a good time.
They make cup holders for bicycle handlebars. You just have to find a way to rotate the small ring ninety degrees. And then learn to smoothly crutch along and not spill anything.
Ella
Or you could get a camelbak water-in-a-backpack system. Then you could crutch along and drink coffee through a straw. It would need to be iced coffee though.
Ella
I'll just get Murray to sort me out a drip ;)
I was thinking you needed one of those little carts to rest your ankle on and you could hobble along. I saw a lot of students in my library with those when they had broken ankles or tibias. (Do you know what I mean?)
Bless Murray for bringing you crutches! Now you can obey John AND be mobile! Though John will likely still make you rest; he'll probably say that the swelling won't go down if your ankle is on the ground!
I'm happy for you. Cabin fever is the worst! Did Murray keep an eye on you on your crutches like John told him? You don't want your saviour to disappear...... :-) Plus if Murray's still with you, he can carry your coffee!!
Murray escorted me to the park, then left me in John's tender care.
We're back home now. But it was good to get out. Although, thanks to being the subject of rigorous scientific scrutiny, Sherlock told John my ankle had increased in size by 4mm, so now I am in the dog house for...well, it was all Murray's fault, basically, so really he's in the dog house.
I'm surprised there's space for either you or Murray in the dog house ;)
Oh dear, the perils of being well observed. At least Sherlock will also be able to report when it gets better - if you sit with it up for the rest of the evening now that you've had your bit of fresh air, of course. ;)
Are you still all playing festive card games as Murray is keeping you company - in which game are you being fleeced by the young card sharps if so.
SH - the dogs are never in the dog house, so it's big, but empty.
Mycroft often thinks about how easy life would be if we were all as easy to train and as obedient as the dogs.
Oh the downside, we'd all want to sleep in his bed during thunderstorms.
True. And have our ears scratched... Actually I do quite like that..
And we'd want to sniff every stranger's crotch and pee on lampposts, and I stopped doing those things in my 20s, pretty much ;)
You were ahead of Watson then...
well, you've got to be a bit odd to want to get into medicine... I think these days he leans more towards sniffing lampposts and peeing on crotches though ;)
If my foot goes any higher I will be hanging upside down.
Gravity boots, that's the ticket! ;D
(Although hard to see how that would be good for the ankle...)
Lestrade is now asleep, hugging a pillow, having been sent to sleep by the cricket.
John is pondering how to move him.
I have offered the use of the dogs. I believe we could construct some form of sled from baking trays/cutting boards and strap him to it with cling-film, then harness them to drag him to bed.
John remains unconvinced, sadly.
Ha, brilliant! (If you ultimately convince John, take photos.)
Perhaps you could persuade the dogs to tow the sofa to the bedroom, and then tip him into bed?
I'm sure a travois could be built out of common household items. Broomsticks, blankets, and belts.
Aaaaand we've got lots o' snow here in NYC--if I could ship some over to you, and you spread it out over the floor, that would definitely make dragging easier! Of course, it would also make walking for everyone else slipperier....
(Brace yourselves, anyone to the northeast of NY, the storm is moving your way!)
I'll take your warning, RR! We only got a couple inches so far during the day, and it was so light a lot of it blew away. But I have a feeling in the morning I'm going to be glad of the electric shovel I got recently.
L, I'm glad Murray got you some crutches so you could get out and enjoy the weather, I should have done that myself yesterday, before all this snow... oh well. I hope your ankle is better soon. I messed up my knee a few years ago, and getting around by chair is ok up to a point, but a cane or crutches are better.
that was me "unknown" up there a while ago, sorry I forgot to sign my initial. Feeling grateful for the vicarious enjoyment and real laughs I get since you guys have these blogs, so thank you. :)
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Did you find your way to bed somehow Greg? I hope your foot is better today :-)
Have as good a day as you can gentlemen :-)
He woke me up in the end. I was so tired I didn't know where I was, who he was, what was going on! But he sorted me out :)
Ankle is better, I can carefully hobble about, but any wrong move and I know about it!
It's stupid the weather people said we would get your storm maybe on Sunday and it will all be rain then and it's been raining forever and soon everything will be so flooded we won't even be here it will just be sea and we'll have to swim to France and I want snow!
Oh, dear, that's disappointing, Sherlock. The last thing you want is more rain! And really, no one here is all that happy about the snow because it's being followed by terribly cold temperatures, well below freezing, which means it's all going to turn to dirty hard ice, mountains of, that can't even be played with. It is only January, though, so there's lots more winter for you to get some snow.
Good to hear that your ankle is getting better, L.
Yeah, we've got the cold part here now, RR. There is talk of canceling school on Monday because it'll be so cold. -20 (f) overnight Sunday to Monday.
Yikes, Kestrel! That's got our current 11F (with a forecast low of 2F tonight) dangerously beat! Stay warm.
Well, it's just pissing it down here. Actually quite deafening, with the wind blowing the rain on the windows.
I fear if John goes out he'll drown in a puddle.
You're a brave man to insult your care provider when he holds the keys to your freedom, Greg, or in this case access to your crutches. ;)
By brave I assume you mean stupid;)
Mycroft and I are jammin' it's nice. And John approves, as my foot is definitely up.
Does Sherlock ever get out his violin to jam with you too?
We've got the cold here, although the snow has finally stopped. But it's not the kind of snow you can pack, and it's really not nice enough to be outside. The wind is still high, and the people who live on the coast are waiting to see if any of their houses get washed away at the next high tide.
Kestrel, you and I must live in roughly the same area because our state governor just ordered all schools to be closed on Monday due to the cold. Stay warm and dry everyone!
What kind of music does Mycroft like to jam with?
Whilst there is a break in the clouds, readers in the UK might be able to see some rather nice Earthshine on the moon tonight.
Despite all the light pollution, we can see it here in London.
Did you get a picture, Mycroft?
Is Earthshine a rare phenomenon, Mycroft? Will it be visible in the US? It may be freeeeezing here, but it's very clear.
REReader, It isn't incredibly rare, no, but conditions have to be good to see it, and I haven't seen it very often.
It ought to be visible in the US, shortly after sunset.
Rsf, sadly I didn't get a picture. The camera wouldn't pick it up.
Liz, I don't mind what sort of music we play. I enjoy more classical music, but Lestrade prefers rock.
Thank you, Mycroft--perhaps I'll bundle up and go take a look, then!
Have you ever tried Mason Williams "Classical Gas" Mycroft? Although that does take a whole orchestra, really.
I took pictures of the moon through a pair of binoculars once, and they actually turned out, but it probably works better with a camera designed to be added to a telescope.
Are you and Sherlock watching the thing about building a motorbike out of Meccano on BBC2? They intend to run it round the TT course!
We are. He is obviously convinced he could do better. And wants them to show more of it.
I could definitely have made it not break!
I don't do the jamming on my violin because everyone else always plays wrong.
Yes, but wasn't that wheel just the prettiest thing before they bent it!
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