Monday

I took a couple of sleeping tablets last night, without them I don't sleep at all, it is like I have totally lost my sleeping mechanism.  I don't worry about it too much, on the whole I accept my insomnia and just read, and  take the sleeping tablets if I think it is time I had a night's sleep.

 

Anyway, I woke up about 10 this morning and felt very hung over, so have just been dozing most of the day.

 

I'd arranged to go with Pattisue to see Woman in Gold this afternoon, weather permitting - and the weather is lovely today, very warm and sunny - but she rang this morning to say she didn't feel well enough.  She didn't even sound her usual chipper self, so I fear she is going downhill.

 

Her family are not going to keep me in the loop, I thought it was just me they didn't like, but the people at University Baptist said they don't like talking to anybody.   So that is a bit of a shame.

 

Anyway, yesterday afternoon I braved the weather to go and see "Age of Adaline", and it was wonderful, it's up there now with the current favourites, better than Woman in Gold.

 

When my main television went down last week, and I rang  Direct TV who provides my service, they sorted it out, then said I had another tv (in the computer room) how was that?    I said it wasn't working, I keep meaning to take it to a repair shop.  But the woman on the line (and why is it always women who are helpful, men technicians couldn't care less) said I was paying for the service of two televisions and made me turn it on, and I confirmed it didn't work.  So she sent a guy out this morning, and the fault lay in the fact that the receiver box just wasn't in the right place.   So he sorted it all out for me, I've now got a perfectly good television working in the computer room.   I apologised for being a confused old woman, but he was very kind.  I've noticed that the older I get the kinder people are.

 

It is a lovely, warm afternoon here, I think I will take my book and sit on the porch.