Earth stood hard as iron

It is very cold! During the night it must have thawed because from time to time we could hear snow and ice sliding off the roof, but by morning it the ground was hard frozen and slippery. At 4 a.m. I got a very worrying phone call from Jamie who had just been involved a fight (not his fault) in a night club in Dundee. He had also been treated roughly by the bouncers and was now waiting for his friends outside an all night bakery, he was very upset and in pain. He was very worried because the police had become involved although he had not been charged. Needless to say I was extremely concerned and was about to drive to Dundee but Jamie promised me that his friends were about to take him home, and indeed he texted about quarter of an hour later to confirm that he was safe home, and one of his friends was going to sleep on his couch to make sure that he was ok. I had rather a disturbed night's sleep after that, however when I phoned Jamie at about nine he answered the phone and he sounded much better. He said he was packing up to come home, but over the course of the day, as the events of the night before receded in his mind, he changed his tune and is now planning to come home tomorrow morning. I won't be happy until he is safe home. James, David and I went in to the Outdoor Experience to get Davie's new ski jacket and salopettes which are his Christmas present. We are now at home for the evening; we have ordered a meal from Kai Lin and the four of us are preparing for a cosy evening at home. We will be watching the Strictly Come Dancing Final, at least I hope we will because I haven't run this past James yet!
10.40 p.m. - I'm just about to go to bed after a very pleasant evening. James was very well-behaved and watched the excellent Strictly Come Dancing final, although I noticed that his attention had lapsed at one stage when he started attempting to play the didgeridoo!