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Sunday 12th June 2022
07:37 BST

  It seemed like yesterday would be as nice as the day before, but it wasn't. The afternoon did see some sunny spells, but it seemed like a lot of the afternoon was a bit dull. There was also a medium strong breeze that made the 22° C, if indeed the temperature did reach that high, feel a bit cool, or even chilly when standing in the bathroom, with the window open, after having a shower. I can't seem to recall seeing any more than 20° C on my thermometers.
some sunny spells and some dull
                              hours
  The weather forecast for today reminds me a lot of yesterday. Some sunshine in the morning, and then quite a few hours of no sunshine in the afternoon. It would seem to be too cloudy for even sunny spells for quite a few hours. Even the predicted afternoon high of 21° C could be something like yesterday. It is worth mentioning that the BBC shows a more optimistic sunny spells through the whole day. Tomorrow is looking worse than today. The current Met Office prediction is for a few hours of sunshine early tomorrow morning, and then the rest of the day could be overcast. The temperature may still may 21° C.

  In one respect yesterday was a wasted day, but otherwise it could be described as a pleasant day. The only thing, of note, that I did was to wash three pairs of lounge pants, and a pair of underpants. I got them all on the line to dry before midday, and by about 4pm they were warm and dry when I brought them in after a short sunny spells. For a while it did seem that the clouds were thickening up, and I wondered if a thunderstorm might be building up, but an hour or two later and there were a few more sunny spells. Most were short sunny spells.

  My whole day was approached by the idea that I would be going out again in the evening.  That didn't happen, and maybe that was a good thing because the previous night left me feeling very tired yesterday. I kept wanting to snooze, and I did have a few snoozes, although I think they were all short ones, but who knows ? Time does not flow smoothly when asleep, and I wasn't clock watching. Anything could have happened.

  I'm not sure why I felt so tired. I had slept well after the Friday night gig, although I am sure I complained about waking up too early yesterday morning. Maybe I only got 6 hours of good sleep instead of 8 hours, and it does seem I do need a full 8 hours sleep every night. It is a shame I just don't seem to have the night owl genes to sleep late in the morning. I regard 8am as a lay in, while night owls have probably only just finished partying all night at that time.

  I did my best, and mostly succeeded in eating very lightly during the day so I wouldn't feel stodgy and slowed down in the evening. It wasn't such a frugal diet as Friday, which was exceptionally good, because I did have a snack of 4 rice cakes with an excessive amount of ready sliced cheese on them. The problem/my excuse is that the rice cakes are roughly 3.5 inches in diameter, and each slice of cheese was almost 5 inches wide.

  So I spent the day eating mostly lightly, reading, and snoozing until 6pm when I washed my hair and had a shower. I checked on the internet and found the gig I was going to go to was supposed to start at 8pm (or usually half an hour later). I sent a text message reminding Angela of the start time, and to check that she was going. She replied that she had decided not to go. That was a bit of a blow, but probably a bigger one to the band, featuring lover boy on drums. Reports I heard was that the gig was very poorly attended.

  I was only going to go out to keep Angela company, but once she said she wasn't going I had to re-plan my evening. One of the first things I did was to have some dinner. It was not a big meal, and it was very simple. I had been looking forward to trying some chilli and cheese flavoured burgers I had bought from Tesco. It was a six pack (the only size available), and I couldn't eat all 6. I cooked three of them, and I'll probably have the other three today. They were good, but maybe only as a novelty, and I probably will not buy any more of them.

  There seemed to be a big fat zero on TV last night, and so I amused myself in the evening with two recordings of the ITV's Sherlock Holmes stories with Jeremy Brett as Sherlock Holmes. Having read all the books I feel that the ITV treatment was very authentic. Other attempts to cover the Sherlock Holmes stories didn't seem to have the feel of the times they were set in.

  By 9pm I was in bed reading, and I think I was fast asleep by 10pm...at least I think I was. I seemed to sleep very well last night, but waking up, and not being able to get to sleep again (for at least half an hour) at 4.30am was annoying. I must admit that being as it was light outside it did seem to feel like it might be time to get up, but I also felt like another couple of hours sleep might be good.

  It was in the next hour or two (possibly 90 minutes) of sleep that I had the only dream that I can remember enough to write about. It was set at work, although it could easily have been set at home too. The main feature was a shelf with loads of packets of crisps in mostly white bags. They were all different flavours, and all special flavours. I had been collecting them as special editions for some time. I knew they only had a limited shelf life, and it felt like time to eat one or two, or three packs. They were delicious, but I am not sure how many I actually ate. I am sure I ate them while other stuff was going on, but only eating them seems to have remained in my memory.

  I think it was around 6.30am when I woke up next, and for the final time. My waking thoughts were that I hoped all those crisps in my dream didn't effect my blood glucose reading. I needn't have worried. This morning's reading was a perfectly acceptable 8.2mmol/l. Under 8 would have been preferable, but I think my dinner ruled that out. I guess this morning I feel generally OK. I have a couple of plans and a great uncertainty.

  I want to go out to get the shopping that I thought I might have got yesterday if I had gone out. If I had the inclination I would go to three shops, Savers, Poundland, and Tesco, but it may just be Tesco today. After that there is a great uncertainty. I am not sure if Jodie is back from Finland, and wants to do some beer tasting today. A further problem with that is that there are no trains again this Sunday. Maybe she will go elsewhere where she does have transport. The biggest problem is that I will have to wait until midday to get an answer from Jodie. Maybe if she says no, and it is bright outside, I might get out for a walk. It's all uncertain !
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