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Monday 24th
February 2020
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09:09 GMT
Yesterday turned out better than the
forecast predicted. After a splash of rain at
sunrise (plus or minus a bit) There were some
unscheduled sunny periods. Sometimes the sun was a
bit hazy, but even that is better than a fully
overcast day. There were one or light showers, and
a few times when the sky became very dark, but
overall it wasn't anywhere near an awful day. One
other thing I almost remember is that the forecast
gale force winds in the morning were not as strong
as I thought they would be, and that the wind
later in the day often seemed to be almost as
strong as the morning wind.
Every revision of the forecast shows less
and less rain for today. Even the latest revision
doesn't say that there will be any sunshine this
morning, and yet the sun was out for a few moments
just now. The headline forecast now says Light
Rain instead of Heavy Rain. That heavy rain was
forecast to be right in the middle of my walk
through the park to (hopefully) meet Angela at
lunchtime. It has now changed to light rain, and
there is only a 59% chance of even that. The way
things are developing it might be the case that
most of my walk will be in the dry ! Today should
see the temperature at around 12° C this
afternoon, but tomorrow may be much colder - just
8° C. Tomorrow may also feature some extremes - a
sunny morning, thunder and lightning in the
afternoon, and hail at sunset !
I felt pretty dreadful yesterday
morning. I was aching in many places again. It was
almost like 'flu. I can't remember if it was
yesterday, or the day before, that I made myself
feel better by doing some vigorous housework. Even
if I can't remember what day it was, I definitely
remember working up a bit of sweat, and feeling
much better for it. That is not to say I felt
wonderful after doing it, although there was a
certain amount of satisfaction at having done it,
but some of the aches became justified by he work
I had done. An ache without reason is far worse
than one with a good reason for it.
Much of my day yesterday was spent doing
multimedia stuff. That is to say going through my
photos and video from Saturday night, and
selecting the best (and in the case of the video
trying to make a silk purse from a sow's
ear). I got all the photos done by mid
afternoon, and showed a couple in my rather late
posting yesterday. From about 6pm I had nothing
much to do, and I could have become bored. There
was nothing on TV, and so at 7.30pm I went to bed.
I suppose it would be more correct to say
that I prepared for bed. I didn't intend to go to
sleep then, but I did want to spend as much time
as was needed to finish the book I was reading. In
some ways I almost didn't want to try to go to
sleep in case I had another painful night. In
preparation of this I took a couple of
Paracetamol, and a couple of Ibuprofen tablets -
more of "in case" rather than actually needing
them at the time. Maybe they worked, because once
I managed to get to sleep, which was probably
around 9pm, but might have been later, I actually
had a fairly comfortable night.
This morning I might feel a bit creaky, but
I am not in much discomfort. The only negative
thing is that my blood glucose is a fair bit
higher than I expected. I actually expected it to
be fairly low this morning because I was quite
careful about what I ate yesterday - a fact that
is proved by my weight being a little lower than
expected. I am at a loss to think what I might
have eaten with a lot of sugar in it. I am sure it
wasn't the two bowls of soup I had for dinner last
night. As strange as it might seem, the only
unknown were some almost fat free sausages I ate
for lunch. Quite why they would have had sugar in
them is a mystery unless it was to try and give
them some flavour - they were almost unpleasant,
and I will avoid them in future.
I have already started doing stuff today -
although taking the three boxes that I have been
forcing some seeds to grow in, and putting them on
the windowsill of the front room, is hardly back
breaking work ! All three boxes have plenty of
strong seedlings in them, and while only about
half an inch high, they were all pointing to the
window. Whether I will spoil things by putting
them out in the open air remains to be seen. Had I
known we might get hail tomorrow I might have
chosen to keep them inside - although I guess I
could easily bring them in again later this
evening before it gets too cold.
About the only thing I am planning on doing
today is to go for a walk through the park, and be
in the pub on time to hopefully spend an hour with
Angela. I was intending to do, probably by the
most direct route, even if it was heavy rain, but
I will probably extend the route a bit if it is
light rain. In the unlikely even that it is dry, I
may choose an even longer route, but that is
unlikely - we have already had a light shower just
a few minutes ago.
I feel quite good that I seem to have
almost got over some sort of bug. One thing I
should have mentioned earlier is that I was
dreading going out to an afternoon gig yesterday.
I really wanted to go, and might have forced
myself, but I didn't feel up to it. Imagine my
relief when I double checked and found out the gig
is next Sunday - hope I feel good then !
Incidently, one reason why I have been
wanting to see Lord Algea for quite some time now,
and why I am so determined to see them in
Greenwich, apart from it being one of their rare
gigs I can get to easily, is that they are still
using pictures I took of them when they played a
couple of gigs in The Black Cat. It is nice to see
my photos put to good use. I hope I can take some
goos shots next Sunday.
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