At the moment the sky is a fairly dirty colour, and the idea that the sun will come out looks remote. If anything it looks like it might rain ! The latest revision to the forecast still says sunny spells, and even sunshine, between 10am and 1pm. The rest of the day, starting at 3pm, is still shown as in the screenshot above - heavy rain followed by lighter rain until 7pm. It looks like a rather cooler day today, with the temperature only reaching 12° C. Tomorrow may feature just light cloud with the possibility of a few sunny spells in the morning. The temperature may only reach 11° C.

  There isn't a lot to say about yesterday because I was too depressed to really do anything. It didn't start like that. I was optimistic about the morning sunshine, and I went for the extended morning routine of a shower, washing my hair, and having a wet shave - although I did it all in the reverse order. The only fly in the ointment was that I hadn't managed to go to the toilet (for number twos !). Then I checked the National Rail web site....
  Seeing this really pissed me off big time. I had assumed that the previous advice, that masks were recommended, particularly on busier trains, was still in force.  It seems that the latest government diktak is that now recommended has changed to mandatory. Reading that not only ruined my plans for yesterday, but ruined my plans to try and do more rail travel, to the seaside for instance, this year. It looks like I am still limited to as far as I can walk, and walk back.

  As a result of all this I couldn't be bothered to do anything all day. I spent the day reading - either from a book, or online. I might have also done a few dodgy downloads to fill in a few of the tedious gaps in the day. I am forgetting there is one little thing I did soon after getting up yesterday. It was to give a good clean, and test a "diskman" that I must have bought 20 years ago (mainly because it can also play mp3 files burnt onto recordable CDs.
  I am happy to report that it does still work. If it has one fault it is that the lid closing mechanism is a bit stiff. A very thin smear of silicone grease may cure that. There was a reason for getting this antique out, and it was to do with some conversation last Thursday. Michael said he had never heard of the Led Zepplin album I was playing a track from. It felt like it would be good to be able to play CDs while were are drinking. I can play them in the old laptop I use as an mp3 player, but somehow it feels more appropriate to use a real CD player.

  My constipation lasted through the whole day (but did end this morning). It was not really uncomfortable most of the time, but I could feel it, and now and then there was some very slight discomfort. It was just another annoyance on a day where I felt very annoyed. I didn't fancy going out walking like that, and while the weather did sometimes look good, it didn't always feel good. Even in the brightest sunshine it still looked damp outside, and the puddles in the road hadn't started to dry up.

  There was one further annoyance - a self inflicted annoyance. As I mentioned yesterday morning, the Chinese takeaway I had the night before had pushed my blood glucose up into the danger zone. It meant that Ideally I would have fasted all day, and then had some sort of light and safe dinner, but I had two unused portions of takeaway to use  before the end of the day (If I had a really big freezer I might have frozen them for later use).

  I did manage to eat nothing but those two takeaway portions yesterday. I had the first for lunch at about 1pm. It was roast pork fried noodles, and it was delicious even if it was evil. I had the other portion for dinner at about 6pm. It was fried Singapore noodles, and it too was delicious. If I ever use the Tai Won Mein Noodle House again I think I will ignore the noodle soup based dishes, and stick to the fried noodle or fried rice dishes. They are large portions, and fairly expensive. I think one, by itself, would be a big enough meal, and although not 100% safe, might be just about OK if I was starting from a lower blood glucose level.

  There was nothing on TV to catch my attention last night, and I went back to my book. I was coming to the end of one book, and so I stuck with it until I had finished. I then read the first pages of the next book in the series before trying for sleep. In theory, after getting so little sleep the night before, I should have fallen asleep very quickly, but it took a bit of time I guess I was asleep some time around 11pm - I had been aiming for 9pm !

  I don't remember a lot about my sleep last night. I know I got up for a pee a few times, but it was almost like I slept unusually well - or maybe it wasn't that unusual considering I had a bit of sleep deficit to make up. I even slept a bit later than my now usual 7am. For some stupid reason I hoped my blood glucose level may have been a bit lower this morning, but after all those fried noodles it couldn't really be low. Indeed it wasn't. It was still 10.4mmol/l - the same as yesterday, and in the danger zone.

  It is obvious that I have to fast for most of today. That will not be easy because I can't even stop thinking about how much I want some breakfast ! Ideally I should try to go for a walk as well. The sun did half (maybe a quarter) come out just now, but it has gone in again, and the sky still looks filthy. All I can do is hope for an improvement once I have had a shower, and got dressed. Other than that, I feel it is going to be another day where I am thankful that I have such a big book collection. I can't see me doing much with the rest of my life at the rate things are going.