All right, stop. Collaborate and listen.

Today is not going well. I opened the freezer to begin making my bento this morning.... gosh. What a lot of ice. "Defrost freezer" moved from the hazy middle distance of something I forget to think about to "probably next weekend".

I fought a section of freezer open... oh. This drawer is full of slush puppy. And the things in it are rather... bendy for frozen goods. "Defrost freezer" upped to "something I should probably do tonight".

And then I discovered I couldn't close the door. Oh. Guess I'll defrost the freezer now, then. At 7.30. While in my fluffy grey dressing gown. Chris C (plus Batman dressing gown) came to help.

Sadly, I've thrown all the food away. Even the things that still appeared frozen solid, because I've no way of knowing if they've been consistently frozen. A few things (bread, apple purree, red cabbage) I'll risk. Prawns and chicken stir-fry mix, not so much.

The freezer is, of course, one of those alleged no-need-to-defrost affairs, so doesn't have useful features like a built-in spout to funnel the drips. There has been a lot of mopping.

ChrisC has heroically taken the morning off to keep the floods at bay. I am now heading immeasurably slowly to work, as all forms of transport out of Ealing appear to be stuffed.