If we are patient today maybe one of the better days recently, and for the immediate future, because the afternoon may be sunny. This morning it is decidedly dull and gloomy. No rain is forecast, but by the look of it the garden got a good watering in the night - unless it was what was left of yesterday's rain. Even with the help of the sun it is going to be a very cool day, although it may not feel too bad when actually in sunshine. The forecast high is just 15° C.

  Let's start that again based on the last revision to the forecast. It is still dull and gloomy, but now it is thought that there could be sunny spells from as early as 11am, and apart from the possibility of one sunny spell lasting for a full hour, the sunny spells should continue until sunset. The fly in the ointment is that now it is predicted that the sunny spells between a and 4pm may also feature some light showers. The highest temperature remains as 15° C, and it might stay that way for an extra hour compared to the morning forecast. Tomorrow is looking super grim. From midnight tonight to midnight tomorrow night there will be few hours without some rain. Much of the rain may be heavy rain, and it will all happen under a dark and gloomy sky except for a few hours in the afternoon when the cloud may be a bit lighter.
   There is not a lot to say about yesterday because very little happened. I could have found some useful things to do, but the cold and dull weather drained all my energy. I spent most of the day reading - as usual, some off screen, and some from a book. Perhaps the most useful thing I did was to make a second backup copy of my /home directory where all my documents and photos are stored (plus other important stuff). This time I edited the previous backup on the external hard disk so that the directory structure for my photos matched that of on my live, working hard disk. I also deleted some stuff that was backed up elsewhere. It made the backup process considerably quicker - just over 2 hours instead of 16 hours !

  I did my best to keep my food consumption down during the day, but I didn't do a good job of it. I had a couple of cans of soup for lunch. I didn't really need them, but I wanted them. That is the big problem when mind and body are not occupied with pleasant distractions. I also had some snacks. Initially it was just some dry rice crackers to munch on, but later on I used up the rest of a jar of peanut butter on more rice crackers.

  Dinner was a fixed option, and one I was very much looking forward to. It was part three of Monday's Indian takeaway. I had lamb biryani with a mixed vegetable curry side dish. It was very tasty, very enjoyable, but like the last time I had this it seems to cause an unfortunate effect. It make my wee smell unpleasant. This doesn't matter to anyone but me, and so it is of no real consequence, and anyway it is not as bad as after eating asparagus !

  The next most significant thing after eating dinner was sleeping. I turned the light out later than usual because I decided to finish the book I was reading. That was either at 10 or 11pm. For some reason (probably Altzheimers) I can't remember which, but it may have been 10pm. At first I didn't think I would sleep, and then 2 or 3 hours had passed without my noticing it. My sleep came in 2 or 3 hours blocks, and sometimes I remembering I was dreaming, but I have left it too late to remember a single detail about my sleep.

  This morning I guess I feel moderately well, but the grey light outside is depressing - both mentally and physically (if the latter is possible). Had I known earlier that the afternoon will feature sunny spells I may have raised some enthusiasm for a walk at around midday - after the sunny spells are supposed to have started, but before the forecast rain. Even if I di have the enthusiasm for it, I couldn't make use of it for other reasons.

  I was originally hoping that I would be starting this month a whole 3kg lighter than starting last month, but even early yesterday I knew that would not be possible. This morning, after a very satisfactory visit to the toilet, the truth was revealed. I only lost 2.1kg in September. I guess I should take comfort that is still far better than actually gaining weight, but it make for very slow progress. I know I could do better if I was buying fresh food. I think I would give it maybe another fortnight before I am forced to don a face mask and start going shopping again after a pause of 70 days.

  For all my misdeeds, which was mostly the rice in my dinner, my blood glucose at the start of this month was 8.0mmol/l. That is not much above my old average of 7.5mmol/l for previous months, and a fraction (literally 0.09) below my average for September. This is both bad and good. Lower would be better, but it is good enough provided it doesn't creep up. Hopefully I can do something about it if it does start to creep up, but that can be heavily dependent on the weather.

  The main "diversion" today is an afternoon drinking session with Jodie And Michael. Prior to that I need to tidy up my dining room after spreading bits of computer everywhere in it. It shouldn't take long to do, but I don't think it is going to allow me time to go for any sort of walk. So I should have plenty of time to relax again today - and too much time to get hungry. I probably ought to think of something that would satisfy my hunger, line my stomach for boozing, and not have too many calories, or too much sugar in it. A very tricky combination, and doubly so when options are limited.