snowstorm, x-mas gift and wacky doctor

It's begun...
No major winds yet but the snow have started falling a bit more rapidly and it's the kind of "dry" light snow that easily blows around, so I'm a bit curious to see how high the drifts are tomorrow when we wake up.
For those not from around here, we're expecting the worst snowstorm in a long time.
I'm a bit concerned about the electric, since there's always black-outs during storms here. Not for food, we'll manage and pup'll just have to do with what mommy got. As for washing him we got some wet-wipes in the Libero giftbag we received on his first check-up.
No my concern involves how we'll see what we do when it's breast feeding time. Pup sucks alright, but if I don't steer he'll suck onto wherever he reaches and that hurts as hell!

I was out a brief moment when I went to collect this years x-mas gift from my employer. We got running shoes... But I guess they'll be good for aerobics or something.They don't look all that bad, and they sure beat any indoors shoes I own. Especially since the indoor sports I do are both barefoot, one in water and one on tatami. They were also personal, so there was no way for me to give the certificate to D instead, though he could really have used a pair of running shoes. He would even have used them for their intended purpose.

The doctor who did my check up 2 weeks ago called me to day (phone appointment) and he could see no reason why I couldn't be in water... He even gave me a few tips on how to prevent my mucus membranes from dehydrating even more (and thus becoming more brittle) and such.
Why couldn't he just have told me that 2 weeks ago when I begged him for that kind of information?