I may not have mentioned that I didn't need a power cable after all. I don't know what the problem was, but I'm not having any trouble now. The (not very) nice man at PC World told me I didn't need one (they don't sell them) and that they only said in the manual that you do so that you'd buy one. Uh, ok.

I had intended to do loads of things today but ... I don't know. It was raining and cold and blah, so I took Bertie to Blackness for a seaside ramble and baked some bread and that was about it. I haven't baked bread for a while but was driven to it by the dire lack of choice once I finally made it to the shop. It came out ok, though the crust is always very thick on my loaves. I might try covering the tops with tinfoil next time.

There's a strong wind tonight, severe gale to storm force out at sea, so Bertie's a bit freaked. I took him down to the marina for the late-night pee run. Usually he bombs off chasing rabbits but tonight he tiptoed around boggle-eyed at all the clanging and whining rigging and flogging sails, and came rushing back to lean against my legs. In case I was scared, you know.