The latest revision to the forecast shows less sunshine than in the earlier forecast seen in the screenshot above, and I suspect later forecasts may show less still. On the other hand the tendency yesterday was for more sunshine than predicted. Hopefully today will be the same. The temperature may still peak at 14° C, but the latest forecast says for only one hour at 4pm. Tomorrow may see the temperature peak at a more May appropriate 16° C, but the morning is going to be very wet. From late afternoon it could be bright and sunny - which will make 16° C feel very good - if it happens.
   
   I was expecting, and getting all excited about, a beer delivery yesterday, but something went wrong. The DHL tracking website said the consignment had been collected from Beer Merchants, and would be delivered yesterday, and then it said there was a delay. The next update said my box(es) of beer hadn't even been collected from Beer Merchants. It was obvious I wasn't going to get my beer yesterday. This morning it is supposed to be out for delivery with an expected delivery date of yesterday. I am rather hoping I might get a message to give me a warning about when to expect it, but I am not sure of DHL do that. It might just be a case of waiting.

  It was lucky I was keeping an eye on that beer delivery, and I found out early enough that I wasn't going to have any beer for a boozing session in the afternoon. I went to the little multi-ethnic supermarket on Catford Bridge to buy some beers. I bought a few Polish beers because they are all rather nice, and so a safe choice. I also bought a few English ales. Jodie was not keen on them, but that just meant there was all the more for me. She was happy to have some Polish beers though.
  We were joined by Mark who I think had been working not that far away (although I am sure he said Canterbury at one point). The main plan was for him to take Jodie away for food and more beer. He was at my place for a couple of hours, and it was great to have some adult banter with somebody while we were drinking. I even had some 0% beer for him. I didn't taste it, but both Mark, and Jodie, who had a small taste of it, declared it to be rather good. I must buy a couple more bottle if they have any more in Aldi - a decent 0% beer is handy for any visitors who are driving.

  Mark also played a few tunes on my guitar. He declared it a nice guitar, but said the strings were "rusty". I seem to recall it being suggested I might like to get some new strings for it when it was given to me as a birthday present by Jo (from Chain). There are two reasons why I have never bought new strings for it. One is that I realised I just can't play guitar  - I am basically tone deaf - and stopped trying to teach myself to play years ago. The other reason is that I have no idea what strings to buy. That is about to be changed. Mark has offered to buy new strings for me, and to restring the guitar. I feel confident I could restring it myself with little problem. I may do it under Mark's supervision. I guess his means I ought to have another go at playing the guitar when it has fresh strings.

  Mark took Jodie away around 6pm, and so for once I had my dinner almost on time. Although it was a shorter drinking session, most of the beers I drank were quite strong. I was drunk enough to be ravenous, and tried to eat my dinner too fast. It was little more than beef and bean sprouts, but I did add some of the incredibly hot chilli sauce I bought a month or two ago. I thing I added rather too much, and I ended up coughing as it bit my throat (from the inside !). The end result was that I didn't enjoy that dinner like I should have, and after a while I opened a packet of crisps I was saving for some suitable occasion. I ended up eating the whole of the pack - because I was still drunk !

  I was in bed, and reading while it was still daylight outside, and because the clouds had lifted it was bright(ish) daylight. I think there was still some light visible between the curtains when I turned the light out, and fell asleep. Last night was one of those annoying nights when my sleep came in two halves with a long break between them. I think I could have been awake for almost an hour - from just before 3am to just before 4am. I seemed to sleep well before and after that break.

  Eating those crisps, plus at least one sweet tasting beer, had a very obvious effect on my blood glucose. It was up to 10.0mmol/l this morning. I had better not eat much until dinner time today - which is easier said than done. At least I won't be waiting in all day for my beer delivery. I had a notification halfway through writing the last paragraph to say it will be delivered roughly between 10am and 11am.

  My main plans for today are to finish some laundry I started straight after I had a shower before writing this. I think I may be able to get it on the line before we lose the sunshine. After my beer delivery I will probably go out to see if I can buy a window washing "thing" from Poundstretcher. This "thing" should be a sponge and wiper blade on the end of a long handle (about 2 ft long). I have seen them for sale somewhere. I thought it was Poundland, but they didn't have any. Maybe I'll have more luck in Poundstretcher. After I've been there, where I can also get more seed for my bird table, I can probably put my feet up and relax in the afternoon....maybe....