@margo,
Ooof, re Heathrow and local hotels on of all times, New Years. And it's not an easy waiting room to snooze in. I killed five hours there once, sneezing most of the time. Evanescent allergy to cleaning products, I take it. And to top it off, I went to the bar once, hoping to get a glass of some single malt whisky and have a reason to stop blowing my nose. Nah, they don't carry it, or didn't. (what is that about?)
On procrastination, today is the day for me to make my favorite caramellized onion recipe, a slow process that needs closer observation over some hours. But I'm still cutting the onions (six pounds of them). I have to take onion breaks (they make me sneeze too).