I have been up since 3.30am when the man of the house came home and cooked salted fried herrings.

The sound of the sizzling and the odour creeping under my door woke me from a deep REM sleep. I was dreaming of being on a boat. I have started reading Tom Clancy 'Clear and Present Danger' which starts with a coastguard boat who captures a pirate vessel and cour martials a couple.

The book talks a lot of the sea I love, and the dream was being on a boat and the waves and the smells of outdoor cooking, and then the reality of,.....  'This cannot be true!!!! Surely no-one cooks smelly herrings when the world is asleep."

After he settled, I really woke up, as the smell had now permeated my room and changed from food cooking to stale oderous and cloying. I got out of bed and sprayed the room with air freshener.

I returned to bed but again could not return to sleep. I heard someone else use the toilet, so the entire household would have been awake. I found I just couldn't get back to sleep, so put on the light and read Clancy for an hour or so and then went back to sleep.

This morning the Internet was not on, so I spent the morning copying photos onto CDs so I can maybe delete them from the computer, as my laptop is heavily loaded. Then  I realised it was time for school and I am still sitting here....I turned on the Internet and checked the domain I bought yesterday...                                           http://www.ladymaggic.com

Only 1 page is free, then its $11.95 a month...and I already pay that for tripod. Sigh!!!!

http://M-carstairs.com/travel

Gosh I am weary....and listless and not in the mood for going to work today. However, a shower may change things ..

Its Melville's birthday today. He was my fathers brother. He died last year. My father died in the 80's.