09:26 BST

  It was surprisingly nice yesterday. There was loads of sunshine, and I think the temperature hit 25° C - 2° higher than forecast. The forecast almost got it right when in one revision they predicted the full sunshine would turn to sunny spells at 4pm. It did happen, but I seem to think it was probably a few hours later than that.

  

  Sometimes it has seemed bright enough that I thought the sun had come out, but I don't think it had. It seems that, so far, reality is following the weather forecast. From late morning the cloud will thicken, and rain is expected at midday. The latest revision has changed light rain to heavy rain, and there may be three hours of it. From 3 to 6pm it might be dull, but dry, but more rain may fall after 7pm, Compared to recent days, it is going to be almost cold with the temperature only reaching 16° C. Mostly light rain, but with an occasional heavier shower, is forecast from the first few minutes of tomorrow, and the first dry period could be sometime in the late evening. The temperature will probably be almost the same as today.

   Unless you count generating a hangover, I only did one productive thing yesterday. It was to hand wash a double duvet cover. That took a bit of effort - and it was not really possible to wring it out thoroughly. Fortunately it was great drying weather yesterday, and it went from slightly dripping when hanging on the line, to bone dry, and sun warmed in no more than 4 hours.
  I had to take particular care when hanging the duvet cover on the washing line to avoid damaging any of the three Alliums with their puffy purple flowers. Once again I had no real idea of what these were until I had planted their bulbs, and ultimately they flowered. Now I know what they are I think I shall try and plant a lot more for next year, and because they are over 2ft tall, I'll plant them nearer the fence rather than in the middle of the flower bed.
  I have to confess I don't really know what this flower is. I do know that like many flowers in the back flower bed, any flower has to push it's way up through a lot of weeds. I'm only showing this photo because I thought it came out really well. Some detail is lost when shrinking it down to use here, but the detail in the full sized image is rather good.

  The main event in the afternoon was a beer drinking/tasting session with Jodie. It was boring and fun, although the consequences were not so much fun. It was boring because Jodie was trying even harder to pace herself because she was going to meet her friend Alan for more boozing in the early evening. Not only that, but it seems most of the beers in the fridge were quite strong.

  I couldn't seem to slow my drinking down enough to keep pace with Jodie, and so I had a few extra beers. Of course they could only beers that Jodie had tried once before. I sometimes think that Jodie only ever drinks a particular beer once only, and I find that a bit silly. I thought the idea of trying a wide variety of beers from all over the world is so you could find some that you wanted to drink over and over again.

  Anyway, I got fairly drunk, and it wasn't helped by Jodie staying later than usual because her friend was running behind schedule, and was further delayed when it was realised that some train services had bus replacements during weekend engineering work. Catford Bridge, for instance, had no trains yesterday, and Jodie had to get the 54 bus to get here. It was getting on for 7pm when Jodie went to get the bus to Bromley where she would ultimately meet Alan at some point.

  Apart from the extra time to get drunk, 7pm was a good time for me because that is now usually dinner time. I had been looking forward to the fried chicken I had ordered the previous night to bulk up my takeaway. It was indeed very nice. I warmed it up in the microwave, and ate it with a ready made Tesco side salad. I bit later I had some corned beef with chilli sauce on it. I think the latter was purely because I was drunk, and maybe because watching one of the Adams Family films on TV wasn't totally getting my attention.

  I have no idea what time that film finished, but at a guess it might have been 8.30pm. I also have no idea what time I went to bed. My guess, and it is no more than a guess, was that it was around 9pm. I feel certain that I was asleep within minutes of my head hitting the pillow. The next thing I knew was that I was waking up with a sticky/gummy mouth at just gone 1am. As well as the dry mouth I had a headache - all signs I had over done it, but it was fun while it lasted !

  The rest of my night was fairly rough. It felt like I was awake more than I was asleep, but I am choosing to believe that is an illusion. At least I managed to force myself to keep on sleeping, some times for short periods, until I got up very late at nearly 8am. Oddly enough, I did seem to sleep solidly for a full hour before finally waking up, and getting up. The pounding in my head was just a dull ache by then, although 2 hours later and it is still a bit sore !

  I wondered how all I ate, and some the the sweeter tasting beers, would affect my blood glucose reading this morning. I was expecting the worst, but 8.6mmol/l, while a bit high, is not too far higher than my typical average. It just means I want to try and be a bit more careful about what I eat today, but that could be difficult.

  Today could be a very boring day. Even though during the course of writing this there were two very short periods of sunshine, albeit one being a bit hazy, the general outlook for today is awful. I think it is not a day for outdoor pursuits, and definitely not a day to do any washing. To make matters even worse I am expecting a delivery from Amazon today, and while I am really hoping that there will be a more optimistic prediction later on, they are really taking the piss with their initial delivery prediction.......
  In an ideal world I will be in bed, and fast asleep by 10pm tonight ! As always I am quite excited about a delivery of things, but really I should only be excited by something that is exciting - and invariably that would be something technical/electronic/tools or the like. Today I am expecting something a bit boring, but still useful - seat pads. They are for use on a few chairs that have lost any softness over the years, although I am not sure of a couple of ex-telephone exchange chairs I seemed to have acquired had any padding to begin with. Oh well, some time in the next half day they will arrive (it is a pack of 4), and I will be able to relax. In the meantime I will have to guard against feeling bored and hungry.