For some reason, even though the weather changes around this time every year, I always seem to forget just how much it is different.

Today was the first day that I had to cancel plans because of the weather. It was just too icy for me to go out, and the cold wasn’t pleasant either.

On a sidenote if anyone finds them self reading, this has any ideas for portable heaters that can be used outside and work from batteries or USB power can you leave a comment I’m struggling to find something that works. I’ve tried various electric blankets that were via USB and they have all been rubbish. The cold is far from my friend.

Pretty much every year this happens where the weather reaches a point where it is dangerous for me to go out.

Now not being able to leave the house sounds like a great day doesn’t it? But it’s one of those things that is very different when you have no say in the matter. I’m warm which is good, and given the current state of the world I am very thankful for. However bad weather is probably one of the times where I feel the most disabled, where the world is the least inaccessible to me.

And the most frustrating thing, other than the fact it is just the weather and that means there’s absolutely nothing you can do about it. Is that it’s probably not the weather you think it is that is the most inaccessible to me. Thick snow is not actually much of a problem for me, it’s the thin snow and more like ice, that makes it difficult for me to go out.

One of my other pet hates when the weather is like this is the grit that used to make the ground less icy so that people don’t fall. Now it does actually help me have a little bit more grip on my wheelchair, so it means at least for me it does its job. However, because my wheels aren’t shoes that I can simply take off, every year I track the grit that I will through into my house. And I guess it’s just one of those annoying things about being a wheelchair so that you can’t change.

Depending on how the weather changes, it is likely I may have to cancel more of my upcoming plans, and to be honest with you, I’m not looking forward to that. It always makes me feel responsible for letting people down when I can’t do things, even when I logically know such as in situations like this is not my fault.

I guess I’ll just have to see what happens with it all, and as always I’ll do my best.