I thought I had better check the latest revision to the forecast before commenting on it. That was sensible because it has changed a fair bit. The sunny spells predicted for 8 and 9am came to nothing. Some of grey clouds are now shown as leaking ! Light rain is now forecast for 2 and 3pm, and then drizzle is forecast for 7pm. I think the original forecast may have been correct for the predicted temperatures. I think it is probably 12° C right now, but it would not make a great deal of difference if it were only 11° C. Tomorrow is currently forecast to be sunny from about 8am to sunset. Some hours may only feature sunny spell, but most hours may feature full sunshine, and that should take the temperature up to 13° C.

  There is not a lot to say about yesterday. In the morning I finished the laundry I had started the day before. With that hanging up to dry I could do some minor cleaning in advance of another afternoon boozing session. I had a fair bit of beer, and ended up "happy" - happy enough to forget the lovely red chilli peppers I had bought, and was going to use in my dinner - another stew of lamb and vegetables thickened with some instant gravy mix.

  With a belly full of beer and stew I felt tired enough to head to bed early last night. Initially I read, and I have no idea what time I fell asleep. On the whole I slept OK last night except from about 4am when it seemed to take ages to get back to sleep after going for a wee. I was easily able to get up at 6am this morning, but I do feel very tired now. I needed to get up early because I had two important things to do this morning.

 The first important thing, after having a shower, was to get out to Aldi at 8am, when they open, and it is very quiet, to get my weekly shopping. One of the important things I wanted to remember to get was a greetings card of some description to post to Spain with something hidden in it. It wasn't the card pictured on the left. I noticed that nearby, and just had to buy it for some future use. I have photoshopped out a mention of birthday, and now, as a picture it makes no mention of a birthday. It is card for any boozy use - except for today when I don't think I'll be drinking any beer.

  My second important things was to rush out again, after bringing my Aldi shopping home, and attempt to collect my next repeat prescription from the pharmacy. The woman (Monica I think) I spoke to last Thursday assured me that it would all be ready to collect this morning. It wasn't ! Even the bits they had hadn't been collected together, and two items that needed to be ordered hadn't been. I shall now be trying again on Wednesday morning, and I have some confidence it will be ready because Chris, the pharmacist is sorting it all out himself, and he is usually very good.

  There was one other thing of importance this morning, as it is every morning - checking my blood glucose level. As usual I knew I had eaten some dubious stuff, and drank many beers, some of which were quite sweet. I expected my blood glucose to go up, but once again it had come down. It still has a fair way to go, but 8.5mmol/l is getting closer to my target. Of course it will all go wrong today.

  As I said further up the page, I feel tired today, and some of that is depression because the weather is pretty grey today, and it seems like it will feature rain too. All this makes me feel hungry. I have already eaten several things that are ill advised, and maybe there will be more to come. And on the subject of rain, it is 12:47, and the rain has already started.  That gives me even less desire to do anything today. There is one thing I will do because I have already started it - hand washing a few more t-shirts and some underwear, plus a hand towel.

  One final thing, I started writing so late today because I was just about to start when I had another long phone call from that gas bag extreme - Lee. The man whose conversations ramble all over the place ! That put me back by 1 hour and 4 minutes, and if I hadn't been close to rude, he could have still been gassing away even now !