I am now sitting up in bed working at my computer since I am unable to sleep. I feel that I need to have something to show for the hours spent awake. Well Xmas is finally over for the year. Today is the follow up-the after Xmas sales. I have thoughts of going out to buy something for the girls. Maybe pajamas and house shoes.

My brother's funeral is on Tuesday so this hasn't been a happy holiday time for the immediate family. But he is at peace now, he never had a happy life. If he had been raised in a different environment I believe that he could have had a much better life but we can't choose our childhood or our relatives. A sad end to a troubled life. His death makes me think on my own mortality and wonder just how many more productive years do I have on this earth.