The Routine

It snowed last night.  A phenomenon that is not unusual as it has snowed almost every day since we have arrived but last night is worthy of note because it snowed with enough volume to cover everything with 5 cm of fluffy white powder.  The world out side our windows is stark white and looks beautiful.

The Piste

Our U Bahn stop

Today was the first day of what will probably become a routine.  It is Annika's first day of work at her new job.  We woke together.  I walked through the snow to the Backerei to get fresh Brotchen whilst Annika got ready for work.  Once home I made coffee and set the table for Fruhstuck.  I walked Annika to the UBahn and waited for the train with her.  I went home via Luitpold Park.  Our park.  25 ha of trees and open spaces with a toboggan run and a ski piste.  I marvelled at the bird life.  Loads of SBJs and SFHTs all zipping around.  Probably too scared to stop still for any moment just in case they freeze solid.

Before retiring last night I noticed a little digital alarm clock left on my beside table.  Where it came from and why my lovely wife thought I needed an alarm clock is beyond me.  However at 3am last night we were both thrown into a panic trying to find the source of this annoying high pitched beeping.  It soon dawned on me what the cause of our interrupted sleep was so I grabbed the offending object and handed it to Annika, as it was clearly her problem.  In an attempt to get the thing to shut up she removed the batteries.  A sound idea one would think, however this time piece was a fine example of German engineering coming equipped with a back up battery which would cause the clock to emit slightly different a high pitched beeping to tell you that the batteries were flat.  Eventually she managed to turn it off and we went back to sleep.  In the morning I casually asked her what her reasoning was for placing the alarm clock beside me and why it had gone  off at 3 am last night and not on any previous night.  She replied to first by saying that she thought I would like a clock and to the second said that she had set the alarm for "3pm" to wake her from a snooze the previous afternoon.  Mmm.  I wonder what would have happened if the situation had been reversed? I would probably have forfeited a testicle.