The latest revision to the forecast doesn't seem to have changed anything. This morning is dull and drizzly, and late afternoon may be sunny. If we are lucky this divide in the weather may cross us earlier, and bring the sunshine earlier, but of course it could be later as well. Once the sun comes out it should raise the temperature to 21° C. Tomorrow could be a toned down version of today. A dull, but maybe dry morning, and only sunny spells in the late afternoon. The maximum temperature may only be 19° C tomorrow. Looking further ahead, I think we have some very chilly nights coming in a week or so.
 
  I did something yesterday that I have never done before. I asked for a delivery to be delayed for a day. The rest of my day was rather dull - just like the weather. I felt very lethargic for most of the day, and I don't know if it was a side effect of my Covid booster jab the day before, or if it was just the weather. It was probably both with a bit of poor sleep thrown in for good measure.

  One thing I did yesterday was to order a box of assorted beers from Beer Merchants dot com. I haven't used them since the beginning of the year, and I seemed to remember they were fairly efficient. This time they excelled themselves. I made the order just after midday, and 2 hours later I was notified by DHL that they would be collecting the box from Beer Merchants. By 6pm they confirmed they had the box, and would be delivering it today ! That was a little too soon because I will definitely be out for a few hours at lunchtime today. It was easy to choose a days delay to the delivery. I've never delay an order before.

  Apart from that tiny burst of activity I almost did nothing else yesterday. By about 4pm I was getting bored with being bored and lethargic, and decided to go out to Poundstretcher to buy some stuff I had been intending to buy for some time. It was mostly bird feed and sugar free drinks (some of them weird ones I have never seen any where else). I also bought a couple of bottles of interesting flavour shower gel, and two large pillar candles.

  It was the first time I had stretched my legs since the vaccine jab, or at least the first time I had stretched my legs on the day after the jab. I was curious how it would feel. I felt the jab had enhanced a few aches and pains (but not caused them), and I did have that lethargic and/or tired feeling. It was no difficulty walking to Poundstretcher, and back again, although I can't define any good reason for it, but I did feel like I wanted to get home again so I could get back to being tired and lazy.

  I really don't know if I was tired, or weak, or something else, and I didn't know if it was real or all in the mind, I think I would hedge my bets, and declare it was everything, and the blame lies somewhere between the vaccine jab and the weather. I really don't like very dull weather, and I like it even less when it is dull and prone to drizzle ! My melancholic lethargy extended to two other things.

  During the morning, after I had had my morning shower, I put a small amount of laundry in to soak. It was just a single t-shirt and some underwear. I had intended to finish washing it, and hang it on the clothes horse to dry it indoors, in maybe an hour or two. It is still soaking this morning, and has to be one of the first jobs this morning. The other thing it extended to was cooking. I had a possible wonderful recipe based around some diced up smoked gammon steaks and sprouts, but I just couldn't be bothered to spend time doing that. I just grilled the gammon steaks and ate just them for my dinner. I must admit I found them a bit bland - not very bacony, and not very smoky.

  As usual I watched a bit of TV with and after my dinner. When the last programme (an episode of The Simpsons) finished at 7.30pm I flicked around the channels. Nothing really grabbed my attention, and I went back to reading instead of TV. I think it was probably 8.30pm I brushed my teeth, and it wasn't long after that when I turned out the light, and went to sleep. When I woke up next I thought that maybe I was sleeping very badly until I realised I had been asleep for almost 3 hours.

  I remember having some dreams later on in the night, and I am sure I can remember thinking that one dream was worth remembering to describe here, but evidently I didn't remember a thing about it - not even where, when or who ! That is a bit disappointing, but insignificant in the grand scheme of things. What I do remember was having great difficulty sleeping after 5am. Of course by then I had had my 8 hours of "beauty sleep", and I was just greedy for more. I possibly slept in small amounts for about an hour before getting up at 6am - when it was still almost dark !

  Thanks to my abbreviated dinner my blood glucose was down to a very nice 8.0mmol/l this morning. Of course nothing but meat (and some tomato sauce) was not a healthy meal, and as I remarked a few paragraphs ago it wasn't as tasty as hoped for. This dull and drizzly weather is still weighing heavy on my mind this morning, but I don't think I feel quite as lethargic as yesterday.

  Of course today there are things to look forward to - including (hopefully) a sunny afternoon. I can't say I am looking forward to finishing the laundry I started yesterday. This morning that soapy water is going to feel very cold and slimy, but fortunately there are not many items to wash, and the first and subsequent rises will be in warm water. It will be good to hang those clothes up to dry, but it is going to take ages in this damp weather.

  The main feature today will be meeting Angela in the pub at dinner time (I hope). That should be so good that it will completely over ride the negativity of walking through a cold, damp and dull park. After the drink I shall walk back via the pharmacy where I hope they will have my next repeat prescription bagged up and ready to take away. After that I can look forward to lunch, and and afternoon snooze. After that life will become boring again - probably.