Quiet Day

I started today very tired. Crispin my 12 year old golden retriever had barked on and off all night. I lost count of the number of times he woke me up! He is deaf now and has cataracts so sometimes he neither sees or hears much but when I got up to let him out all he did was go and lie down in his favorite place by the gate.
I am ashamed to admit that I ended up by shouting at him but with any luck he didn't hear me anyway. On a night like last night an audio book is the best solution. Even better than ear plugs! AJ Cronins "The stars look down." is still a riveting book!
Then at half past five my husband got up. We had set the alarm for six but by that time there seemed no point in hanging about.
He went off to the station to get a train into London. He is only gone for the day. A car will pick him up when his train gets in and take him to a restaurant where he will meet people he used to work with before retirement. This happens several times a year so by this time the notion of going up to town to have lunch from Cornwall has become normal.
They will return him to the station and by the time he gets home he'll be sober!
So I am having a quiet day. The new app for the BBC iplayer has relayed the entire last series of "Lark Rise" right to my iPad.
In theory I should be able to both rest and catch up.
Except that of course others don't know I've been awake half the night I've just about given up now. Eventually I'll just slump I expect. If the dog barks again tonight I could become demented. But who will notice?
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