I think the temperature this morning was closer to 5° C than the 6° C shown on the forecast. I guess the sunny spells shown for 8am, or right now, is right. I was going to say it was sunny, rather than sunny spells, but I have to conceded the sun did go in briefly a few times. There is still a lot of blue sky to be seen, and so it may not become overcast until some time after 10am. The latest revision shows that it will only be heavily overcast at 1, 2 and 4pm, and that it should remain dry  all day, and tomorrow too ! With a maximum temperature of only 12° C, and after a very cold start, today is going to feel more like winter than autumn. Tomorrow may feature a bit more sunshine, but the temperature may still only reach 13° C.
 
   I didn't realise that the stomach upset I had reported yesterday morning was still going on long after I finished writing. I had to make several more visits to the toilet during the morning, and afternoon, and it wasn't until about 4pm that I was obviously empty.  At no time was it ever particularly uncomfortable, and there wasn't one occasion when I had to make a mad dash to the toilet. Each visit was almost like a normal visit, but there were so many of them. The last few visits were a bit splattery, but still nothing that exceptional.

  There was no obvious reason why it should have made me feel bad, but it was a bit like having a cold or something. I felt tired most of the day, and rather listless. After 4pm I tried, and partly succeeded in feeling "normal" but I was fast approaching a time when I would have been slipping into a more relaxed, sort of lazy state eating dinner, and just watching my usual 2 hours of TV before going to bed.

  While I was most definitely not feeling "dynamic" yesterday, I did finish the laundry I had started the day before. There wasn't a lot to it. The main item was a hand towel, but the hardest thing was the 6 pairs of black socks. Socks are so fiddly, but that is almost all of them done. I do have a few white socks that I thought I would wash separately, although I am not sure why. I doubt I would be bothered if they turned grey, or even pink if washed with a red t-shirt.

  My stomach upset was a good excuse for a big change in diet yesterday. I have no idea why I thought they would be good to eat, but through the day I consumed quite a few ginger biscuits. I probably confused ginger being good for sore throats with the idea that it was good for upset stomachs, or maybe I did get it right. Who knows, and who cares. They were very nice, and it was about time I opened the packet that has been in the cupboard for years.

  I thought it wise to have a light dinner - where light really means easy to digest, and not smothered in chilli sauce. I was going to have two cans of creamed rice pudding until I checked the horrendous sugar content. I noted that tinned custard was didn't have quite as much sugar in it, although still rather more than I would ordinarily want to eat. I had one can of rice, and one can of custard. To make things worse I crumbled more ginger biscuits into both.

  I enjoyed my dinner a lot. At least I did when I started, but towards the end I began to find it just too sweet. It evidently settled into my stomach in a good way, and it was easy to get to sleep on it. I didn't even have any booze to help me sleep last night. I think I was asleep fairly early after reading for half an hour or more last night. I must admit I lost track of time, but I think I was asleep before 10pm.

  I woke a few times in the night for a wee, but generally I seem to think I slept well last night. I think it was possibly about 3am, or maybe 4am, that after having a wee I turned the heater on low before getting back into bed. It was most certainly very cold in the night. I think it was around 5am when I started to feel that the time was getting close to getting up time. Even with the heater on low it still felt very cool, and I turned the heater up full before getting another hours sleep.

  I still don't feel that great today. There is no obvious symptom of anything - just a general feeling of off kilter. I feel I would do well to be a bit careful what I eat today. One very obvious reason for eating carefully in one specific area is my blood glucose level. I guess I am actually a little surprised it isn't a lot higher, but 9.6mmol/l is still far too high. No more custard or biscuits today !!!

  I did wonder if I had some sort of fever that was making me feel very chilly, but thermometers say otherwise. My outdoor thermometer confirms it is bloody cold this morning, and my clinical thermometer says my body temperature is (at this moment) 36.1° C. That is a long way from fever level (over 37.3° C), and very typical for this time of day according to my records.  My weight has gone up again, but that is not surprising after what I ate yesterday. My blood pressure is a little higher than my usual morning average, but still perfectly OK.

  I really don't know what I will do, or achieve today. I don't really feel like doing much at all because of this general feeling of not being on top form. One thing could change everything is that there is a small possibility that the hard drive for my new PC could arrive today. Yesterday I was notified that it had finally been despatched after a rather long wait, and the estimate was that it would be delivered on Sunday (tomorrow). I note that the tracking info says it arrived at the Dartford depot last night, and that means it could be out for delivery later today.