I first noticed it was very foggy at about 3am. By about 8am it had thinned to just a thin mist. Even now there is a haze in the distance. It was very close to a freezing fog early this morning. The official forecast said 3° C for 7am, and it may have been even lower earlier on. It was too cold for me to check the temperature for myself. Looking at the sky now I see pillows of cloud with fine cracks between clouds that are letting through tantalising hints that there is a bright sun up above them. The most recent revision to the forecast says it should still be foggy now, but that the sun should break through within the next hour. From then on there will be a few hours of sunny spells, and a few hours of sunshine until sunset. That sunshine should raise the temperature to a maximum of 11° C - which may not feel too bad in full sunshine. Tomorrow (and possibly the day after) are going to be slightly warmer, but uniformly grey from dawn to dusk. In three days time the sun may return....or it will probably snow or something !

    I went out twice yesterday, and neither time was for exercise. The first time was to go shopping for beer (and other stuff) in Aldi, and I wrote about that yesterday morning. The second time was to go to the pharmacy. I don't think I mentioned that I had been there on Wednesday afternoon. After ordering my next repeat prescription last Monday I was told I could pick it up on Wednesday. That was dependant on them ordering one of my drugs for next day delivery. I think they forgot, and on Wednesday I was told to come back yesterday afternoon. I got there at about 1.30pm, and waited outside because there were already two people inside. I had obviously been spotted because one of the assistants came out and handed me a bag with my drugs in it. They were all there, but I am not sure of they have supplied enough Metformin. I keep meaning to have a count up to see if there is a 2 month supply. I shall make a point of doing that today.

  The main thing in the afternoon was the "Thursday Club" - a meeting of my "support bubble", and a beer drinking session. It was mostly enjoyable, but two things spoiled it. Firstly, Michael was rather late arriving. I think it probably had something to do with the other problem. Michael has come under family pressure to not visit while we are in lockdown mark 2. Suddenly it is deemed dangerous for him. At 75 years old he is a vulnerable person, but then Jodie and myself have certain vulnerabilities that Covid-19 could attack. There could be a legitimate reason to fear Jodie because her social circle is far wider than Mine and Michaels, but I think Michaels ban is far more general than that.

  I shall miss Michael's attendance because his age and wisdom helps balance out Jodies somewhat childish behaviour. It is odd how Jodie can be very adult in most ways, but likes to play like a child. Yesterday she was carving up a miniature pumpkin so she could light the inside with a tea lamp. It is possible that Michael's ban may not last long....well the ban will, but Michael's obedience to it may not last. He really used to look forward to out Thursday meetings because his wife is now profoundly deaf, and he can't have a decent conversation with her. I would not be surprised to see him sneaking around again in a few weeks.

  Going shopping in the morning gave me more stuff to eat yesterday. For instance I had two packs of supermarket Sushi for breakfast. That wouldn't have been so bad if I hadn't also had a pack of "Ploughman's" sandwiches. For lunch I had two slightly overcooked bacon crunchies (like fishcakes - mostly potato and some bacon instead of fish). I must admit I was rather disappointed by them.

  I was slightly disappointed with my dinner too, but only because I overcooked the cauliflower and broccoli that I had with roast chicken thighs. Other than that, it was a very nice dinner. The only difficulty was that I was slightly drunk, and that made me feel ravenous...or maybe it dulled any opposition to feeling not ravenous. I ended up eating a whole pack of sugar free chocolate chip cookies for dessert. They may be sugar free, but they are not calorie free !

   I was in bed quite early last night. I was bored, and spending an hour or so in bed reading seemed like the best way not to be bored. I don't know what time I put the book down, and turned out the light, but it may have been around 9pm. I fell asleep really quickly, and I seemed to sleep solidly, but only for a couple of hours. I woke up wanting a pee to drain off the main by-product of beer - wee !

   It felt like I had slept for hours, and I assumed it could have been as late as 4am, and maybe even later still. In reality it wasn't even midnight ! I think it was something like 10.30pm, and my hours of sleep was probably no more than 90 minutes ! I seemed to fall asleep again very easily, but then I woke up after what seemed to be a very, very long, but now forgotten, dream. I looked at the clock, and it still wasn't midnight, although at least this time it was very close to it.

  The rest of my night seemed to consist of 60 to 90 minutes of sleep at a time with sometimes annoying long periods between them. In theory I probably got a full 8 hours of sleep, but with it chopped up into small segments it doesn't feel like it was satisfying. This morning I feel like trying for more sleep rather than getting up and doing stuff. Other than that, my morning health tests suggest I am in not too bad shape. My blood glucose is up a little this morning, but not nearly as high as I feared after everything I consumed yesterday. My temperature was it's usual figure - low enough to be a recent corpse ! Even my blood pressure was remarkably good on my first attempt at checking it. On my second attempt it was slightly higher - which is not the way it is supposed to happen. I recorded the first reading.

  Now comes the time when I try and say what I might be doing today. This afternoon may be sunny, and I should go for a long walk. At the moment I don't feel like doing that, but I have been known to change my mind after a hot shower, and on this morning, washing my hair.  If I don't go out I think I might end up doing something with computers. In particular I might put a fresh installation of Windows XP on my old computer (possibly Windows 7 if I can find a valid licence number). There are a few things that I still use Windows for - things where there are no "drivers" or applications that will work with Linux. Probably the only thing I will use it for is standard definition video capture, and video editing. High definition stuff I have to do on my everyday Linux PC even though I don't think the video editor is as versatile.