h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

Such was the noise that woke me up on Friday morning. I wasn't awake enough to open my eyes, so listened instead. BZZZZZZZZZ it continued. Hmmm, thought my somewhat sleepy mind, a wasp. Wasps have 2 pairs of wings unlke flies, and because of the hooks that hold them together have their own characteristic buzz. I suspected that I had been paying attention in lectures. A little more listening and I realsised that the wasp must be on my pillow. Altough I don't mind wasps, I realised that if I turned over and squashed it the wasp would probably mind me.

Reluctantly I sat up and opened my eyes. It was indead a wasp, and was on my pillow. I turned on the bedside light, which immediately drew the wasp towards it. It also enabled me to see what time it was, 5am. Far too early. I decided in a foggy, sleepy way that the wasp would just keep flying into the light, enabling me to sleep unstung. I lay back down again.

Bzzzzz, crash, bzzzz, crash. Ugh. I wasn't getting any sleep, and at 6am gave up and got up. The wasp immediately found its way to and out the window.

The rest of the days was good though - went to Blenheim palace for a picnic and family meet-up, as it was my grandmother's 80th birthday.