Saturday 15th November

My body clock is still playing catch-up.  During Thursday night the smoke alarm in my bedroom was beeping all night, and so was the one outside the door - the law requires that there be a smoke alarm in every bedroom, and every passage leading into a bedroom.

Very reluctantly, I got a step ladder out and very, very nervously, climbed up to remove the batteries, thinking that would stop the beeping and I'd get some sleep.   I didn't know the law also requires smoke alarms to be hard wired, and the batteries are just for back up, so even with the batteries removed they merrily went on beeping (and they call us the nanny state).   So I got very little sleep, if any.

I rang Mark Friday morning and he came out and dealt with it, putting in new batteries.  And he carried in my new microwave from the car.

And this is said shiny new microwave.    The $47.50 deal, which is just under £30.  Seems quite reasonable.  I don't know why I even wondered for a moment if I could live without one.

Friday afternoon I was out and about in Shawnee.   As I had been sneezing and sniffling I rang Bill at the hospital and said I didn't think I had better go in.   I understand Cecil has settled into the nursing home, and I will go and see him when I've stopped sneezing.

The weather on Friday was lovely.  Warm and sunny and 68.

And this is the weather for today.

It says rain at 6am, it is now 5.45 and I think I can hear it gearing up.

Sunday, Monday and Tuesday look nice and bright.   And warm.

I don't know what time I went to sleep last night.  I don't remember much after 8 o'clock.  I hadn't settled for the night because I hadn't tidied the kitchen, and left the milk out.  Anyway I woke at 3am, and think I am now going back to bed for a little while.