Deirdre Geraghty

A certain president has been in power 65 days and it feels like years. And never have I known it before where everyone is counting the days. Surely we aren’t going to have four years of this!

I will be offline for a few days later in the week but just one of those things.

So yet another night when I can’t sleep. Someone said something which is upsetting me and goes around in my head whilst everyone else seems to be asleep. Something that I have suffered from since puberty. I will attempt to get to sleep a little later.

The pain in my buttocks isn’t as intense but my lower back hurts and my legs don’t feel very strong but l managed to fetch breakfast in bed upstairs and will see how I am later. What a nuisance!

Well I have been struggling. In pain when I move and even more when I walk so everything is very difficult. Hopefully I will be better tomorrow.

My water supply could be turned off anytime between 9.00 and 5.00 so I’m trying to do everything early. I spilled half a giant bottle of fabric conditioner on the kitchen floor and spent so long trying to spoon it back into the bottle that my body seized up and I couldn’t walk for a while and my dear friend E… came and helped me. My thighs and buttocks are really painful to walk this morning.

Well I have come downstairs and I have fetched my breakfast but I don’t seem to be able to get any further. Oh dear again!

My dear friend Z… came last night and we enjoyed a chip supper and l opened a bottle of red. I put out quite large glasses and I had a second glass which is why I feel so wretched this morning. Oh dear!

I slept really late because I was up extremely early yesterday. I hate doing everything so late that it’s really brunch time when I have breakfast. But it’s light meals today so I won’t have any real food until my friend comes with fish and chips a bit later than my usual dinner time.

I woke at 5.17 and, knowing that I wanted to be up early and l wanted a bath, l was down the stairs and washing my hair by 5.30 and taking my breakfast upstairs soon after. And now my day has begun.