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I'd set my alarm for 7 AM, but it didn't go off. I was glad then when my eyes opened at 7:30, and I jumped out to get ready for the pest control guys' one-month follow-up visit. All went OK there. It's not that we have bugs as such - just the occasional ant ambling along the tub in my bathroom.

I went for a drive after they left - to Umm Suqeim Beach, an area I haven't seen in ages. It was good to see the sea again. It's good to see that the construction near Burj Al Arab is finally finished. As you can see, the villas are occupied, and some people even brought their yachts!

I dropped the car off after having a quick bite in M&S, and I've been home since. I brought down one of my boxes of 7-inch singles and listened to a few. I then ordered a biryani meal. It would have been my parents' 61st wedding anniversary today. I'm sure they had biryani on their wedding day!