Still Cold

The car hasn't moved for ages, perhaps since last weekend, and as the car is elderly, I was worrying about the battery. The charge goes down especially quickly in cold weather and the last thing we need is a car that won't start. In this sort of weather, the AA and garages would be stretched and I don't want to find myself suddenly needing the car and unable to go out. So I went and ran the engine for twenty minutes, revving it occasionally and knitting.

It was actually quite relaxing, sitting there in the quiet. It was a little cold and the windscreen looked like this when I got in.

And I only had the heater on minimal. The idea was to build the battery up and not drain it. I had the trusty car blanket on my knees and I knitting a few more rows of the scarf.

I love this blanket. It's surprisingly warm and cosy and just the right size for my lap in the car. 

Otherwise it's been a quiet sort of day. I found a call for submissions for an anthology that ended at midnight, which called to me. I had an extended nap in the middle of writing it, fought with the formatting and ended up submitting it five minutes after the deadline. I fully expect it to bounce right back to me, but I enjoyed writing it a great deal and I may look for other places to submit when it comes back. To be honest, the hardest part was the formatting. A lot of magazines and publishing houses require the Shunn Format, which lays out the size of margins, fonts, spacing etc. I fail at this formatting but found a ready made template to use. I did okay with this, I suppose, but it kept correcting my spelling from British English to American English and it kept throwing me off my stride. 

Hugs and good health to all.