later, as planned

the day starts a little later today, be up at six, an hour later than usual. A comfort, a pleasure, a change that is enjoyable. There is a visit to the car registry office planned for this morning. So take it easy, spend some of the overtime made in the past few weeks in relaxation. Take a shower, and then realise that this has interfered with the son's schedule for the day. He is waiting outside the door, waiting to use the bathroom, it is urgent.

Dress in the bedroom, fresh shirt, pants and socks, all the rest remains the same. Then read the news, and then the son comes in with a cup of coffee that he has made without being asked for it.
That is nice.
He packages up his school things then, and leaves for school.
He is early, he is always early.
and finish writing and prepare to leave for the registration office.

Tuesday 5th February 2019

The car is coated in icy snow, coarse crystals

of whitened water. Try to scrape the stuff away

but the device for scraping does not work and

it breaks. Lock up the vehicle and leave it at

the side of the road. There is too much ice

everywhere, it is painful on the bare hands, the hoary snow has already scratched the fingers, they are bleeding.

Return home, tell the wife about all of these problems, she then she goes back to sleep.

Leave the house, and go to the tax office office on foot.

It is outside the town, in an area zoned for industrial purposes. Get on the way there, a long walk by the river, the icy trees white against the freezing grey sky. It is very pretty, all the

fields by the river white, and the people out walk­ing-their dogs. They is always a single figure

sometimes with only one dog, sometimes with several. It would make a pretty painting,

Breughel without the ice. Just frozen snow.

The industrial area is a car friendly zone, pedestrians have to walk through mounds of

snow on the footpath. Both feet are now cold, this is nasty.

And at the tax office, pull a number out of the machine and wait. Wait, and think of the walk to the station.
Look forward to the walk along the river to the station.