Deirdre Geraghty

It’s weeks since I was able to have a sleep in although I have had breakfast in bed. I didn’t take my head off the pillow until 8.20. It was lovely to have a catch up but I do now have the feeling that I am running behind. Is that old age?

I had just received my cheap butterfly £14 brooch which I put on. I meant to ask my friend if it looked really tacky which was what I was thinking but my mouth said “it’s not real you know “. Why on earth did I say such a stupid thing. She looked flabbergasted and chuckled. It’s gone around in my head ever since!

Once a month I sit looking out of the window trying to work out if the roof opposite is wet… it’s the will the window cleaner come this morning?… do I need to unlock the back gate? As always I will just have to be patient and wait and see!

They all look really pleased at COP28. Looks like they have agreed to ‘transition away from fossil fuels’. Well that’s something!

Now that war is shown as it happens on television it is a shocking realisation of what war means, it isn’t pretty and a call for an end to it is heard right around the world.

I had all the Jesse Stone episodes recorded until my box went down. They usually show them again before Xmas and I have managed to record the first four so far on my new box.

Sitting upstairs in bed with my coffee, yoghurt, blueberries and today’s medication. Really set up for the next hour or so. Trevor Philips about to come on Sky News unless, of course, he’s having his Xmas break. I love Sundays.

I don’t usually get up before 8.30-9.00 on a Saturday but Royal Mail are delivering a package from 8.09. I awoke at 7.00 and, knowing if I didn’t budge, I would fall asleep again l was downstairs at a quarter past… ugh!

It’s incredible how having a hot bath can make all the difference. Why it is that the hot water and soap can have on one’s skin but l always feel better afterwards. That and washing my hair. Sets me up for the day!

It has reached the point where I no longer believe a word spoken by a Tory MP. I just don’t want to hear it. I really hope we don’t have to put up with it much longer.