Warm.

Last night my sleep was disturbed by a nightmare where I was being chased by an evil monster along with scary noises. I woke in a fright to the sound of stentorian snoring sounding even worse than usual as Peter has a bit of a cold. My usual remedy of putting on headphones and listening to the radio did nothing to drown out the loud noises. As Peter already wakes 3 or 4 times in the night from the pain of his arthritis I could hardly poke him awake for something he can't help. After about half an hour I decided the only way I was going to get any sleep was to move rooms. We have plenty of spare beds but I ended up under a duvet on the sofa as that way I could listen to the World Service radio via the tv. I slept soundly until 7.00 when I crept back into bed for a few more hours sleep.

The mild weather continues with it being around 10C all day. I didn't hear the frogs croaking in the pond but when I got close I could see a lot of suspicious waving of the plant stems emerging from the water.

I've got a couple of full days working this week so I decided not to risk overdoing things outside. Instead I got on with the job of sorting 'stuff'. There was a fair amount of moving things from one place to another but some things ended up in the 'give away' pile or the rubbish bag. While I know I'm hanging on to some things 'just in case' I want to reduce the amount of possessions we'll have to pack up when we do move.