The main weather feature this morning is fog...or is it mist. I expect it depends where you are. I would describe what I see out of my window at the moment as mist, but it could be foggy nearer the river. The fog/mist will gradually lift to reveal a dull grey overcast day. It is also going to be a very cold day. My garden thermometer says 3° C rather than the forecast 2° C, but one degree makes no difference to "bloody cold !". It would seem that by 10pm it will gradually warmed up to 8° C. Tomorrow could see the temperature peak at about 11° C, and there could be some sunshine or sunny spells in the afternoon.

 
   Yesterday was not as exciting as the day before. The one thing I did yesterday morning, I really had to do. It was to finish the laundry that had been soaking in detergent for the previous 24 hours. Until I had finished that I couldn't use the bath for a shower, or for washing my hair. I was so slow getting around to doing that single job that I left myself short on time to have a shower, although with hindsight I could have had plenty of time. The fact is that for the first time ever (or at least in the last 40 or more years) I didn't have a proper wash of any kind before seeing a visitor. I relied on the powers of Soft And Gentle deodorant spray to (hopefully) give me a reasonably fresh smell.

  My visitor was Jodie, and it was time for another "support bubble" beer drinking session. As usual, we both contributed beers to the session. This week Jodie brought over some far more drinkable beers than the extremely sour beers she brought last week. I was delighted to see that two of them were very strong. One was 8%, and the other was 8.3%. Although strength does not always equate to taste, it can make it seem that the beer is nicer as the alcohol anaesthetises the tongue !
  The two cans on the left are 8.3% and 8.0%. The small can was just 4.1%, and was probably just as nice. I can't remember the strength of the Trooper IPA, but it had a more traditional malty taste. That seemed a bit weird at first, but once it had flushed the taste of the previous beers out my mouth I really liked it. I can't remember the strengths of the beers I contributed to the session. They were all from Belgium, and the abbey beers were probably at least 6%.

  I started cooking my dinner while we were still drinking. Once again Jodie was late leaving, but by 7pm I was free to tuck into my dinner. It really only had two ingredients if you don't count any seasoning. It was simple roast skinless/boneless chicken thighs and roast parsnips. I enjoyed it - a lot. I followed that with a tub of low calorie/sugar ice cream. Earlier in the day I asked Michael, who is mobile despite his medical problem (but he still can't drink beer), to check when he was shopping in Tesco if they still had any of the Oppd even lower calorie ice creams. It seems they do, but they are over twice the price of the stuff I buy from Aldi. I might still ask him to get me a couple of tubs the next time he is in Tesco - just for a bit of variety.

  My evening was a bit hazy, and having dinner an hour late upset my internal clock. I have no idea what time it was, but I think I was in bed, and fast asleep fairly early last night. I don't think I slept that well, although I can't recall any time when I was awake for more then 5 or 10 minutes during the night. What I do remember, in the very vaguest terms, are that I had a lot of dreams, and they were not nice dreams. Not scary nightmares, but things like arguments, or trying to avoid annoying people.

  I certainly would not have consciously wanted to wake up when I did, but maybe I was just getting bored, or frustrated by my dreams. If I was sleeping peacefully I might have liked another hour or two of sleep. Oh well, at least I don't feel too bad this morning. I haven't even got a hangover....well, maybe there is a bit of mist inside my head as well as out in the road, but at least it is not painful. One very good thing is that my blood glucose has fallen to a far more sensible 7.7mmol/l this morning. I must admit I expected it to be still up above 8.0mmol/l after what I ate and drank yesterday.

  I don't feel inclined to go out on such a cold day as today, although that does mean I'll miss the opportunity to take some foggy or misty photos. About the only thing I can definitely say I am going to do is to have the shower I missed yesterday, and I'll probably wash my hair too. Other than that I may well prepare stuff on my PC and this website for December. There is no justification for it, but I think I expect to enjoy a mostly lazy day today.