I have probably mentioned this before.  But how I long for a good nights sleep.  I can’t even remember the last time it happened.

Whether it’s the mummy gene that kicks in when you have children, but I am such a light sleeper.

I’ve been woken up by frogs calling (not on the phone but to each other), snail crunching hedgehogs, wide awake birds before 5.00 am and generally any slight breathing sound of any animal around me.

Not last night but the night before I woke up at 4.00 am and couldn’t sleep.  I didn’t even bother trying and got up and started on the dreaded accounts which I still haven’t done yet.

My old accountant has no idea how it’s affected my ability to put paperwork together since we had to find a new one.  I think it’s the confidence of having someone know how you work and now I have to re-justify everything to someone new.  And it’s really put me off my stride.

Today I am feeling the effects of my early start!

I’ve also been to the doctors today to see about my hormonal state.  Let’s just say I’ve been up and down with the old monthlys more than a yo-yo.  I had been earlier this year but the doctor wanted me to see how it went.

Suffice to say it didn’t, so have pursued it.  I now have a very nice lady doctor who is fun to chat to and is looking after me.

I have been referred and phoned up for an appointment using this new system they have near us.  You can now choose which hospital you go to and they let you know which one will be the quickest one to get an appointment at.

I phoned up and a voice said (shortened version) "Thank you for calling.  We are experiencing technical difficulties and won’t be able to book you an appointment until after 2.00 this afternoon"  And then nothing. 

For an answer machine I thought I could hear sounds in the background.  So I tentatively said hello down the phone.  Imagine my surprise when a voice came back and said again "we can’t book you in until after 2.00". 

I said "I thought you were a message". "No", she replied but didn’t say anything else.  You know like "would you like to call back later?"

It was left for me to say "shall I call you back then?".

Anyway I’ve found out the hospital I want to go to has an on-line system which I shall use later when hubby comes home. 

Although I did very nearly cancel the whole thing at one point!  Noooooooo!