Snowing

Well. As you may have heard, it snowed here in London. for about 2 and a half days!! Everything shut down on monday. (I have to mention that London's response to the problem was pretty sad) Other cities keep chugging along, and London comes to a grinding stop. Trains, tubes, buses, all stopped and not running. Not even the circle line (which is all underground) But lets look at the positive side. It was beautiful!
One of my coworkers has never hit anyone with a snowball, so he took another bartender's arrival as a perfect opportunity to pelt him with a couple.
Personally, he looks quite like an evil little kid in this photo...

As some of you may know, I am not paying rent on my room because of a leak in my ceiling. Well, they thought they would get to the root of the problem. So this is their idea of smarts a two days before we had rain (after having none for 3 weeks, and a few days before we got our lovely smattering of snow).


I think we can put this down with men not reading directions, and than scratching their heads and wondering what could have possibly gone wrong.
And yet, we come back to the fact that I'm NOT PAYING RENT! So i can only get so angry. And really, a bucket in the middle of my room is really not much of a sacrifice in the long run. But i would like it sorted eventually... So we can get working on the floor boards to see what damage has been done over the years and through the other inhabitants of the room.

Its been awhile

The internet has died at our pub. (Or at least the wireless) So i am enjoying half a pint of guinness and getting caught up on my internet usage. ONe of which includes finally catching all of you up with mostly everything. I thought i would start with right now and make my way backwards.
First of all, I have to admit I have been quite lax on taking my camera with me on outings, or even simply taking it out for pictures in general. I apologize.
So lets begin! My days have been a combination of helping mom and dad find a place to stay nearby that they may enjoy in the neighborhood. (no small task considering the slight dodginess of the general area of hammersmith).
And than there is work. I am now assistant manager at my pub (a job gained partially by ability and partially because i am still here!!)
I am also in charge of cellar shift. That means that every wednesday at 8am I am rolling kegs around the cellar so that I clean the floor and the beer lines so that everything tastes of beer and not some ucky scum. It makes the difference.
We have been awarded the Casque Marque for the Ales which means that our Ales (served warm temperature and similar to what may be served at a microbrewery) are at perfect temperature, and that the lines are perfectly maintained. (Basically a lovely pat on the back). It also means tiding the basement, and recieving orders for our wines, spirits and odds and ends. I am certainly still learning. I have gotten more excited about Ales, but am finding our selection for the pub vaguely depressing in its limits. Nonetheless, the more we sell, the more we can branch out.
I also learned that the pub could have a cat (for mousing) And so we now have Luna. (Her nickname has subsequently become Lunatic - because she is one). And those are all the pictures you see posted up in this post.