I would have hoped for something better than a few minutes at 12° C for a day when the sun is (and several hours later, still is) predicted to shine all day.  In fact the latest revision to the forecast makes no mention of 12° C, and now only shows 11° C for 4 consecutive hours. The ends of the day are going to be a lot cooler (it was very chilly when I went out an hour ago). Tomorrow will also feature non stop sunshine, but the temperature could reach a far more pleasant 15° C.

    It felt like I didn't do all that much the day before yesterday. Yesterday I easily topped that ! I had a very lazy day. I kept thinking I should go and do some gardening, but I just lacked the get-up-and-go to do it. I spent a lot of the day just reading, or on the internet. There was one other thing I didn't do, or from another perspective, I did do. It was not to eat anything too outrageous, not to eat too much, and to be careful about what I did eat.

  For brunch I had well grilled bacon with mushrooms. For dinner I had well roasted pork belly strips with runner beans. The pork belly strips were cooked well enough to make the fat on the outside slightly crispy. That drove off a lot of the fat, but of course the meal would still be classed as having a high fat content. I had 4 squares of 80% sugar free chocolate because I hoped I would get away with it, and I fancied it.

  I did flirt with disaster a bit earlier when I started to cook my dinner. I had one single cube of Turkish delight.  It has a very high sugar content, and I have only got through around 25% of the pack in the last 2 or 3 weeks. I haven't worked out what it is made of, but it seems to be more like gelatine than a sugar based substance. I wonder if the highest part of the sugar content is the icing sugar that is extremely liberally dusted all over the cubes. I washed it all off the cube I ate, and it seemed not just as nice, but maybe nicer without it.

  I don't know why I did it, but I stayed up late last night to watch "The Man With The Golden Gun" - a James Bond film with Roger Moore. I guess it is not the worst Bond film - probably about average, and maybe better than the last few even if Daniel Craig seems to be a better "Bond". It must have been around 11pm when I turned out the light, and I fell asleep quite quickly. I know I had them, but I can hardly remember anything of my dreams last night.

  It seemed like I should have had a good sleep, but I felt reluctant to get up this morning, and managed an extra half hour sleep (and maybe a bit longer). The good news is that for the third morning running my blood glucose has been OK. This morning it was 7.7mmol/l. That is a tiny bit higher than the morning before, but I am very satisfied with it. I thought I was feeling fairly good, but I now have strong doubts.

  Once I was washed and dressed I went to the pharmacy to pick up my latest repeat prescription. I started off taking big steps but soon realised I just didn't feel OK doing that. My legs felt a lot stiffer than I expected them to. I pushed myself to keep up the pace, but it wasn't exactly the nice stroll in the morning sunshine as I hoped it would be. The good news is that my repeat prescription was all bagged up, and ready to take away. The bad news is that because it obviously wasn't done by the pharmacist it wasn't complete. I think the pharmacist adds the glucose test strips to the order himself. This time there were none, and I have just ordered a couple of boxes from Amazon at a cost of £23.

  Today there is one definite thing to do, and one possible thing. The possible thing is another small shopping trip. I am tempted to go to Poundstretcher to see what they have in the way of bird feeding stuff - plus of course any other old rubbish that seems useful. I'll consider if I am going out a little bit later. The definite thing today is another Thursday afternoon boozing session with Jodie.

  Today's diary/blog started late because I went to the pharmacy first. Tomorrow it will be late too because at 8.10am I have an appointment for my second Covid jab. A week or two after that I will consider myself invincible, but I probably still won't mix with strangers on the basis they are riddled with all sorts of diseases. For the last 12 months of avoiding people my health has been really good....except for my mental health,  my blood glucose level, my feet,  my legs, and..........