I think that today will be one of those days from hell. Shit, it already is. Last night at about 2.30 The Boy and Stinky ( his blanket) appeared at our bedroom door- he couldn’t sleep, could he come sleep with us ? Sure, but then I was wide awake. After about an hour, he went back his room and I went down to the kitchen. Finally, at about 6 I fell back asleep.

At 8.40, The Girl woke me with a telephone call. She would be home at noon. Good, I said, as Opa is coming to pick us up at 1. It is now 10 to one and The Girl has yet to darken our doorstep.

I fell back asleep only to have The Father wake me at 10, calling to say that he would have my computer back in ten minutes. The guy in Den Bosch said my color problem could probably be fixed by fiddling with the adapter. And so after a few cups of coffee, I plugged all 500 plugs back into my computer and began fiddling – nada. 16 colors is all she gets.

By 12.30, I had to get everyone dressed and ready to go to Loon. Go to Loon ? Oh, yes, I’ve been invited to give Internet 101 lessons to my father-in-law today. You know, there is a reason that I never became a teacher and I’m in a very poor frame of mind today for this sort of activity.

And I can’t find a thing- I can’t find either of our two hairbrushes, I can’t find my new t-shirt from Penney’s, and on and on. I only hope that the colors on his computer are straightened out.

Foul, foul mood today.