The siren woke us a little after 8 this morning. We were shocked and shaken but dressed, and had some expectation of being woken.  Still, after 7 times of running down 2 flights of stairs,  waiting half an hour or so in a dusty uncomfortable shelter, then returning home to grab something to eat and go to the bathroom before the siren starts again, we are wiped out.  I suppose that’s the point of bombing a city endlessly. 

We’ll probably have to sleep here. So I think I’ll just pop up for some dinner and wash my face and come back again.

There’s no internet in the shelter so I’ll download this when I get back to civilization.  We also get very little news so I don’t know if we’re winning or losing.  What I do know is that a lot of people are dying needlessly, and I hope I’m not one of them.