The early morning version of the weather forecast seemed to get things about right, although I reckon it was nearer 7° C than 6°, but it was definitely sunny, and now, at 10.38am, it has clouded over, and the chances of the sun breaking through again seem slim. The latest revision to the forecast say it is full sunshine right now. It most definitely isn't ! It also says that 11am will see sunny spells, midday will be cloudy, but the sun breaks through at 1pm, and sunny spells continue until sunset. I will believe it when, and if I see it. The other main feature of today's weather, and the forecast is probably right about it, is that it is going to be a cold day with the temperature never rising above 8° C. Tomorrow is currently predicted to feature sunshine from dawn to dusk, and that should raise the temperature up to 10° C - which is still chilly.

  Yesterday was one of those odd days. With the weather being like it was, cold and grey, it was a day of finding my own amusements indoors. In practice that meant washing a had towel, and a few other bits and pieces. It was also a day when I did a lot of "research". In this instance "research" meant scouring the intertubes trying to find some interesting (music wise) stuff to download. It also meant hours following links on Wikipedia.

  The latter can sometimes be too tempting. You look up one thing, and it shows links to other pages about this that and the other, and in turn those pages also have links to stuff that sounds interesting. I'm sure it is easy to read the entire history of worldwide space events and accomplishment by following enough links. There is loads of fascinating stuff about early, and current Soviet space programmes. There are links on there to conspiracy type theories of early Soviet cosmonauts being abandoned in space after their craft failed, and claimed recordings made of their final messages.

  I don't know if time spent following wikipedia links is time wasted. There is certainly far too much to take in unless you want to check a specific item of interest, but you sometimes unconsciously soak up some of the facts, and they can come back to later given the right trigger. However it was probably a stupid to continue going down the rabbit hole of facts in an unchecked manner until the early hours of this morning !

  I can't remember what I had for breakfast yesterday, or even if I had breakfast, but I know that later on I used the last of the Polish bread I recently bought. I had it with what could very loosely described as chicken spam with red peppers in it. It tasted better with some Rumanian mustard that I bought out of curiosity. That mustard was quite mild, but still "mustardy". At some point I ate two little pots of first, bean salad, and second, red beans in couscous. I probably snacked on something too at some point.

  Once I got over being mildly bored I ended up the opposite of bored, maybe enthused or something, as I got deeper and deeper into my assorted researches. It was so distracting that I didn't have my dinner until something like 10pm, and it was quite a small dinner of grilled chicken wings that were part of my takeaway order from the previous day. It feels like I didn't eat much yesterday, but I guess it all added up to not far short of normal, or more than is ideal.

  I can't remember the exact time I finally went to bed this morning, but I do remember, in vague terms, that I had gone past the point of feeling tired, and I had a lot of trouble relaxing before I could get to sleep. I think it might have been as late as 4am ! With hindsight that was stupid. On the other hand maybe it wasn't. It didn't really do any harm, and today being a Sunday, when nothing ever happens, it is a good time to snooze as much as possible.

  I got up close to my average time of 7am this morning, but I was only up for long enough to do a few of my morning routines before going back to bed again, and getting another 90 minutes of sleep (despite not actually realising I had fallen asleep). Part of that usual routine is to check my blood glucose. I tried to believe I had eaten so little that it would be low, but it was the opposite. This morning it was an annoying 9.3mmol/l.

  I think I need to be very careful what I eat today, and that might not be easy if I am as bored as I usually am on a Sunday. I have had what could best be called brunch this morning. It was fish fingers, and they are usually safe. My plan, in the unlikely outcome that I follow it, is to eat nothing but soup for the rest of the day. It is a bit tricky because I only know a few things I will be doing today, and there is not enough to keep me amused. One thing that is a good distraction because I can't eat, or doing anything else, is to do a bit more laundry.

  It is mainly just two items, but I've found a few other things to wash at the same time. The two main item are a couple of rather dusty bar towels. I'm sure there was something else I was going to do, but in the last 30 seconds it has slipped from my mind. I'm sure it was more useful/exciting/distracting than laying on my bed, and reading from a book before ending up having a snooze. I was probably going to say that ideally I would be going for a walk in the sunshine (the sun has put in a few appearances since I said I found it unlikely), but a walk doesn't appeal at the moment. I am pretty sure Jodie said she was busy, and wouldn't be drinking again this Sunday, but at least I am washed and dressed if she springs it on me as a surprise later.