I ended up doing very little yesterday. I didn't even have a shower ! I was working up to it though, but it started getting duller outside, and then when the rain started, at 11.45am if I recall correctly, it sapped the last bit of enthusiasm from me.  What I was building up to was to spend an hour or more in the garden trying to sort out one or both flower beds. Both are devoid of flowers, and one is very weed infested. My intention was to turn the soil over, and to continue last year's work of extending the brick border between the grass and flower bed.

  None of these things happened, but I did read a lot, and I continued my project to rip, or re-rip all my CDs. As I think I mentioned yesterday, and probably a few times before that, I don't have a "hi fi" with CD player, and get all my musical entertainment from one of my PCs. Playing the music as mp3 files is the easiest way. It is interesting what I find as I go through some long neglected CDs. Many are rubbish, and one day may end up being donated to a charity shop, but there are some that are a bit obscure, but deserving of a play or two. All I have to do is to try and remember which ones they are at some future date.

  My dinner was part two of the takeaway I got the previous night. Part 1 was a simple chicken shish kebab. I don't think it was as nice as the lamb shish kebab I had the previous night. The lamb was tender and moist, but the chicken was a bit dry. Part two was a bit naughty. What I ordered was simply grilled chicken wings. It said nothing about them coming with chips, but they did, and to make matters worse, I ate the chips.

  I felt quite full after that dinner, and once again the added hot chilli sauce brought me out in a hot sweat. Fortunately I had cooled off by bed time, although by bed time I really mean when for want of anything more entertainment, I retired to bed with the book I am currently reading. I read until it was just about dark outside, and I guess I was asleep around 10pm. As is now traditional, I woke up every 2 or 3 hours for a wee, but overall I feel I slept well last night.

  Until about 3am I was wearing ear plugs, and so I wouldn't have heard any mousey sounds. It is almost feeling like the encounter I had with a mouse 3 or 4 (or 5 ?) nights ago was just a one off. Where it came from, and where it went to is a mystery. Maybe it went out the same way it had got into the house, although I will admit that is stupidly optimistic. All that is certain is that I never saw it, never heard it, and it didn't take the peanuts I had used to bait a few traps.

  It was inevitable, and I should have stopped myself doing it, but eating those chips last night meant my blood glucose did not go down as low as I hoped. In fact it went up to 9.0mmol/l from 7.9mmol/l yesterday morning. Oh well, at least it wasn't as high as the 10.1mmol/l the two mornings ago. The rest of my health seems quite good though. My blood pressure remains nice and low, but more useful for me is that I seem fairly clear of my usual aches and pains. My knees seem OK, and my back seems supple this morning.

  I got off to a late start writing this because I have been slightly busy. This morning not only have I had a good shower, but I have washed and conditioned my hair. I have also taken out the stuff to the recycling bin, and I have fed the birds. The reason for being extra clean, and emptying the indoor recycling bin, is because Sunday is another boozing day. Sometime this afternoon Jodie will arrive to help me fill the recycling bin again with empty beer cans and bottles !