Deirdre Geraghty

It’s very unexpected and sad that Paul O’Grady has died. I really loved his Battersea Dogs and Cats home programme and always watched it if I could.

I have completely overslept this morning and I have things to do and people coming. I had better hurry up!

I couldn’t sleep so came downstairs at 1.30. Don’t think I’m going to manage to go off tonight.

It is disgusting that children as young as eight and young girls having a period are being strip searched by the police. Completely unacceptable!

Discovered yesterday that the clocks were going forward one hour so I did my manual clocks straight away. This morning the clocks say 9.40 but obviously it feels like an hour earlier and I feel tired. Hopefully it will be a nice quiet day today!

I have been sorting out what I am going to wear to my friends wedding in a few weeks time. I know what I’m wearing but still unsure about accessories to go with it. I know in the grand scheme of things it’s not important but I don’t want to let her down!

I spent another hour in the dark with my television off last night. Although the credit l receive will be very little if l have helped to avoid power cuts this winter it will have been worth it. I believe it will be the last time this season.

I have had a very difficult few weeks with those close to me but as long as I stick to talking about trivial things I think I should be okay. Not really sure what I can or cannot say but I will try. I think it is just religion and politics that are banned – my two passions – oh well, I will try my best.

I slept like a log last night and really tired this morning. I feel like I have a hangover although I haven’t had a drink since Sunday. Need to get myself together as lots happening this morning.

I headed up for bed around nine feeling tired but ended up discussing NHS in Tory hands on my phone. Then tried to get to sleep but no luck. So I’m up again and probably won’t sleep tonight.