Suddenly all the mist or fog predicted for this morning has disappeared from the latest revision of the forecast. There was, and maybe is a very slight haze to the air - just enough to soften the view without obscuring ant details, and so I guess a mist might have been possible. Maybe there is some mist along parts of the River Thames this morning. The latest revision to the forecast adds a few more hours of mist and fog to this evening, and in doing so make the Met Office forecast a little bit closer to the BBC's version of a weather forecast. Until the first mist kicks in at 5pm, and after dark so not that exciting unless you are driving, the day will be very dull, and there will be a 10% chance of rain. No rain is forecast, but I wouldn't be surprised if there was a shower. It is about 8° C now, but most of the day may be no more than a very cool 7° C. A lot of fog, or mist is predicted for tomorrow, and if it is neither of those it will be very overcast. The afternoon temperature may be no more than 6° C.

  After 3 or 4 days of doing exciting stuff (sort of) it felt natural to have a rest yesterday. Maybe I was tired pushing myself to do unnatural things like going out on very dull days, or maybe I was tired after several days involving some sort of exercise (aka, walking). It might also have been the case that I was just generally feeling off colour. The main evidence for that might have been my high blood glucose reading in the morning, but I may have discovered another reason for that.

  Perhaps I was just feeling very lazy. There could be many explanations, and any could have had elements of truth, but the end result was that I didn't fancy doing anything yesterday, and I almost achieved that ! Trying to modulate my food input in a downward direction when feeling miserable was not easy, but I did have a little success in that direction. I was not in the right mood for fasting, but I did manage to restrict my lunch to just cans of soup, and I barely snacked on anything except some Twiglets.

  One of the problem with modern Twiglets, or at least in the easier way to buy them, is that they seem very short, maybe not much more than an inch. Once upon a time they were at least 4 inches long. At that length it was possible to enjoy them on a new level by licking, or sucking off the Marmite from them before crunching them. The pack of them I have to admit I probably over indulged in yesterday were of the very short variety, and that just encouraged me to just shovel them in.

  Fortunately their sugar content is very low, unlike the Peri-Peri Mayo I have been using far too frequently recently. It was only by chance I noticed the sugar content was shown with an amber background on the label. That means fairly high. It was about 6 times that of ordinary, plain mayonnaise. Just maybe it puts some of my mystery high blood glucose levels in a new light. I shall certainly be using it far more sparingly from now on.

  I did do just one thing yesterday, and while it was most probably a waste of time, it was to scan a load more till receipts. As I said the last time I mentioned this little task, it all started with the idea of to scan (and so keep as a computer image file) the occasional till receipt so I could look back at the funny prices 10 years ago (or something like that). I had no particular desire to be productive doing it yesterday.

  It all started when I decided several weeks must have passed since I treated myself to a takeaway. I decided it was time for some shish kebabs. Experience has shown me time and time again, that if I don't eat the pitta bread they are very good for my blood glucose level. I prefer to wait in the living room where I can see the delivery arriving, and to do that I put the heater on in the front room.  Rather than waste the heat I did more of the receipt scanning, and even watched some TV on the big screen while I was down there.

  I spent a lot of yesterday laying on my bed reading, but I can't seem to recall having a snooze at any time, although I guess I would be surprised if I didn't. The worst thing is that just laying there on my back seems to start a few aches when it comes to bed time. Last night I should probably have taken some Paracetamol, but I am trying to ration that to when it seems a lot more important.

  Last night I had a mild headache. It was probably just eyestrain from reading too long. What was worse was a stiff neck. I found it nearly impossible to find a comfy position for my head when I was trying to get to sleep. As I lay there I became more and more aware of other aches from my elbows to my toes. Any of those other aches could be almost ignored if it wasn't for my neck keeping me awake.

  It wasn't until almost 1pm that I did the sensible thing and fluffed up my pillows. Most importantly I rotated the pillow through 180°. I feel really stupid that I didn't do that a lot earlier. I think that using the pillow for most of the day had pushed all the stuffing up to one side. Having sorted out the pillow I got my first long bit of sleep, but it was only about an hour long. Maybe the earlier insomnia had left me feeling tense, and my sleep for the rest of the night seemed very poor.

  At just gone 8am I decided I would get up, but leave myself the option of going back to bed. My original plan was to be up, washed and dressed in time to get to Tesco before it started to get too busy in there. That will have to be put off until possibly tomorrow morning, or Tuesday morning. The only good thing this morning was my blood glucose was down to 8.4mmol/l, and that, being about my target for the end of month average, could be considered good. Of course this month I there is no chance of getting anywhere near that target value unless I fast until the end of the month.

  I don't feel good this morning. It is mostly just the feeling that I am 3 or 4 hours short of sleep, and it is enhanced by the dull dreary weather. I was looking forward to some mist, or preferably some thick fog because it would be a change of view. I would probably grabbed a camera and gone out to take a few snaps. It looks the next chance will be tonight, but that will be after dark, and so very tricky to get any photos without lugging a tripod out for some long exposures. They could be very atmospheric, but it seems I am not dedicated enough to go out and take some night time fog photos.

  My first plan for today, to go shopping in Tesco, has now flown out the window because I was not up early enough. I do or did have some thoughts about two possibilities. One was based on the stupid idea that it might be a clear start to the night. I was thinking I could go to the top of Blythe Hill, and try and take some snaps of any of the very high building in London with some sort of Xmas light show on top. In the days when I was working, the newly built Shard often had powerful lights on top at this time of year. I think the mist or fog would spoil that tonight.

  I was also thinking it would be good to get out to at least one gig before Xmas. MT Pockets are playing in The Chatterton Arms tonight, and while it would mean getting a bus there it would be doable if I could keep myself awake, and alert enough this evening. I very much doubt I will be going though. My crap night sleep probably means I will be thinking of bed straight after dinner at 6pm. There is also the trouble with the buses. The rules say you have to wear a mask on a bus, and I definitely don't want to do it. I think I would rather stay at home than end up with an argument with a bus driver (or getting lynched by other passengers). I think that if it is very foggy tonight that could be the final nail in the coffin of that idea.