Sleep and reading make for a relaxing day.

Just ignore that I went to bed at 1:11 and woke up at 6:03. Not just a sigh … but a grrrroan. My yellow font was white this morning, but I still persevered. Then I climbed back in bed and dozed off. Mmmmmmm. Was up in time (by 4) to watch my judge shows and also Dragons' Den.

I am so fascinated by the book. Now I have to look up Afghan history to see if there was a firebrand female parliamentarian who'd been injured in a bomb attack, but … well, I don't know what at this point in the book (which is about 65% of the way in). The language flows beautifully, I'm noting particularly witty passages for book club. Just a really enjoyable read despite the systemic misogyny. I swear, if anyone slaps or beats another woman, I'm going to scream. [Yeah, I know I'll be screaming before I finish the book.]

My vision improved during the day. It's not a pale lemon yellow. I continue to be baffled. I'm also amused by SuM's behaviour. They're going out for the day tomorrow and hoped I could babysit their slow cooker (as it's a primitive model). Then they decided they didn't want the pressure of chopping all the ingredients up tonight … so my only duty will be to feed the cats. No problem; I'll even stay and watch TV on their set.

Now, back to this engrossing book.