Aug 09, 2011 19:55
We're at home and waiting for something to happen. We're in a riot sandwich; 20 minutes from smashed windows in all directions, with very little danger of it actually reaching us (the thing we most bemoan about living here is also its saving grace from looters: there are no shops worth looting within that 20 minute radius unless you want Portuguese sushi or some chocolate biscuits). It's very odd to see all of these things on the news happening very close to us but nowhere in earshot.
Hopefully it won't reach the point where we're in trouble, but the shops were all closing early today, Mapes is sick and I've got nowhere to get her fresh fruit/sudafed etc from, and it's only a breathless dash away from being a real problem.
Time to start buying soup...