There was a choice of weather
forecasts this morning, but I decided to stick
with the Met Office forecast for my screenshot
even though the BBC Meteogroup forecast showed
a nicer day. It has been sunny all morning
with few clouds in the blue sky, and that is
rather better than any of the forecasts
predicted. There is more cloud in the sky than
there was, and it seems likely that the full
sunshine will give way to sunny intervals
soon. With luck they will continue until
midday, or 8pm if you believe the BBC
forecast. Maybe there will be more sunny
periods later in the afternoon if we are
lucky. Both forecast say the afternoon
temperature will rise to 21° C, or pretty much
the same as the last few days. Tonight should
be less cold than last night (it is still a
bit cool now !), and that will prime the day
for a hot sunny day. It will be like summer
again. 25° C is forecast for tomorrow, and
maybe even 32° C on Friday !
I started yesterday morning with
little idea of what I was going to do. The
only definite thing is that I was going to
stay at home in case my beer delivery arrived.
It didn't, but I did get a message from DHL,
the couriers, to say it would be delivered
today. The last time I had a delivery from DHL
they sent a later message showing an hour slot
when my delivery would be made. I assume, or
hope, I will get a similar message today so
I'll know when to go on a high state of alert.
I did quite a few little jobs
yesterday, but most only took a few minutes,
and were hardly worth remembering. Some were
very trite - like washing up a plate and some
cutlery - but I did do three notable things
yesterday. In no particular order because I
did some laundry in two sessions, I washed a
t-shirt and some underwear. I hung that on the
line outside, and it was dry before dinner
time.
Both my other two notable things
are in this picture. The chair came from my
bedroom where it had not been used for years -
tucked under a table, and thick with dust.
Yesterday I took it downstairs and gave it a
good hoovering, and the attention of a lint
roller. I then washed and polished the chromed
frame/legs. It is in a bit of a sorry state
still, but there is a tiny, tiny chance I
might need seating for 4 tomorrow.
The other significant thing in the
picture is the 6 way power block with the
bright orange safety cable. It originally had
a 1 yard cable, but I replaced that with the
orange cable. A 6 way block may be handy one
day, but all I really wanted mow was a single
power socket for my strimmer. I reckoned I
needed an extra yard when I last used the
strimmer on an existing extension lead. The
orange cable should be 2 or 3 yards longer.
I'll probably get the strimmer out today.
While I had the camera in my hand
to take the previous picture I took this snap
showing my new Creative T10 speakers either
side of the two framed pictures. They make
quite a pleasant sound for such small devices.
BREAKING
NEWS
It seems I have to go on high alert between
10:22 and 11:22 today. After that I can
relax !
One thing I have been getting all
wrong since the beginning of the week when
the weather changed for the worst, and I
took advantage of it to rest my sore feet,
is my eating. I have been having a lunch,
and sometimes a substantial lunch. There
would be no problem with this if I could
call it dinner, and just have a light
snack in the evening. The trouble is that
I am so used to eating a full meal in the
early evening that it is hard to have
something a lot lighter (on most
occasions). Yesterday I had grilled bacon
and tomatoes plus low sugar/salt baked
beans for lunch. My dinner was a full
plate of salad. That might have been OK if
I had not been so generous with the
mayonnaise, and the central ingredient
hadn't been some quite greasy Danish
salami.
This extra food is affecting my
diet, and seems to be causing another
problem. The only good thing is that I am
still managing some sort of control of my
blood glucose. It was 8.0mmol/l this
morning. That is heading back in the right
direction, but still above my target of
the low 7s. The other problem with my
extra eating, or more likely combined with
what I am eating, blew up again last
night. When I say blew up I meant that
literally !
It may have been around 8pm last
night when I seemed to have increasing
amounts of flatulence. By 9pm, as I was
ready to turn out the light and go to
sleep, my stomach was really churning, and
gurgling away fit to bust. I can't say it
was painful, but it was definitely
unpleasant. I had to make many visits to
the toilet, and only half the time was it
nothing but gas, before I was comfortable.
It was only a few days ago when this last
happened, and it seems to happen more than
it used to. I feel it is something I am
eating, or probably a combination of
things I am eating, and also the timing of
when I eat, but as yet I can't seem to
work out what the common thread is.
Once I had finished visiting the
toilet I seemed to be able to get to sleep
fairly quickly. I probably slept
reasonably OK, but I did notice that it
was getting quite chilly in the night, and
my empty, and rather thin, duvet cover was
only just keeping me warm. Despite a
couple of very hot days coming up very
soon, and hopefully many more in August, I
decided I would change my bedding this
morning. I have selected a much thicker
duvet cover that I shall still leave
empty. I can just kick it off on the hot
nights to come.
I think I feel reasonably OK this
morning. As I mentioned, my blood glucose
has come down a bit even if my weight may
have gone up a tiny bit.....but is that
just bloat, and will I be spending more
time on the toilet today ? The odd thing
is that while the scales say my weight has
gone up a small bit, other indicators
suggest otherwise. I was putting a pair of
shorts on to check the garden earlier, and
I noted that they are still pretty loose,
and can't be worn safely without a belt.
It made me wonder if an old pair of jeans,
with a 2 inch smaller waist, would fit me.
In strict usage of the word "fit" they
can't, but I can put them on, and do them
up with no great trouble. I am not sure
they would be comfortable to wear, or
maybe to sit down in, but I am sure that
is an improvement. They are in almost new
condition, and I think I abandoned wearing
them when they seemed too tight, and that
was possibly 10 years or more ago now. I
also tried my other red jeans, and they
seem wearable now.
At the moment my whole day revolves
around my beer delivery. Once that is
safely indoors I can relax. I might even
go out for a walk, although my time may be
better spent on doing a bit more housework
in advance of some guests tomorrow. Jodie
is a definite to come and drink my beer,
and Michael is keen, but will not commit
himself until tomorrow morning. There is a
tiny, tiny chance I could have another
visitor. I sent Angela an invite to drop
in on her way home from work. It took
several nail biting hours to get a reply,
but it was vague. I feel she would like to
pop in, but seems unsure, and said she
would see how things were at the time. If
she can manage to have a good row with
lover boy during the day then we probably
will see her. If nothing else she did
admit that she has been to The Jolly
Farmers recently, and it was almost like
an invite to join her because she ended
her message with "miss you xx". I would
not be surprised to see her in the pub if
I went there this lunchtime.
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