The forecast is right with respect to to this morning starting at 12° C, and later on we should see 13° C, but it doesn't seem to be raining as I write this. The wet road outside shows there has been rain, but it has left few puddles. The latest revision has moved a few things around, and that suggests they really have no idea when it will rain, or when it won't. It seems like there could be a few dry hours in the afternoon, but otherwise it could rain almost at random. This mini heat tepid wave will be past it's best after today, but tomorrow could still be mild with an afternoon temperature predicted to be 10° C. After a damp start, most of the day should be dry, and there could even be a little bit of sunshine tomorrow.

   On the whole, yesterday was a miserable day. There was a modicum of excitement late in the morning when I went shopping in Tesco. I can't really say I enjoyed it because as expected, it was really rather busy in there. I appreciate far worse is to come, but I still saw people with large shopping trollies full to the brim, blocking up the checkouts.

  I didn't buy that much while I was in there. Mostly I stuck to essentials, but I did buy one little semi-luxury. It was a pack of "Chinese inspired" marinated pork chops. I also bought a one litre bottle of whisky, and a one litre bottle of Smirnoff vodka. Both of those were discounted by about £5 each for holders of a Clubcard. I partly stocked up on instant noodles, but I have a plan to get some Polish style instant noodles - possibly today.

  I think I wanted something really nice, or at least very bad for me, for lunch when I got back from Tesco. Cheese on toast might have been good, or something like eggs and loads of bacon. Maybe even some sort of ready meal, but I opted for another bowl of instant noodles. I think they were Kimchi flavour. Tesco sell at least two different packets of Kimchi flavoured instant noodles, and possibly three. One of them, the packet I had for lunch, was rather less enjoyable than the others. I can't quite put my finger on what makes it different, and not so nice as the other(s).

  I think it was around 2pm, when it was pouring with rain (it had been no more than spitting when I was going to Tesco) that Jodie phoned me. She declared the weather to be foul, and indeed it was, and while it would have been nice to have a bit of company, I agreed that it might be foolish to go out in it. As much as I agreed with Jodie's decision, it was still disappointing.

  I had no distractions from the awful weather, and awful TV. In short I was feeling very bored, and very pissed off. After several hours of just quietly reading, and getting uncomfortable after laying down so much, I decided I would binge watch the final series of Drop The Dead Donkey that I had recordings of. I also tried to get drunk on whisky, but my heart wasn't in it, and I think I had no more than two large ones over the course of late afternoon and evening.

  I think by about 4pm I was feeling like dinner time was ages away, and in consequence I was feeling peckish. I did eat a lump of cheese,but mostly I had half a small bag of salted peanuts. I have no idea why, apart from it being a good thing, that I seem to have slightly gone off peanuts. Once I was heavily addicted to them, but now a large handful seems to more than satisfy.

  Finally it was dinner time, and it was good that I had precooked it, and it just needed warming up. It was the marinated pork chops with boiled miniature potatoes and runner beans. It was simple, but rather nice. The pork chops didn't taste like anything Chinese I have ever eaten before, but they did have a sort of nice taste. It was quite a big and satisfying meal, and I can't recall wanting to eat anything else except for one thing in the last few hours before I went to bed.

  That one thing was a large orange that I bought weeks ago, and had been sitting on the kitchen counter top wrapped in the soft plastic bag I had bought it, and two other oranges in. I think I had not eaten it because the other two oranges seemed to be having a bad effect on my blood glucose readings. It is sort of odd how some foods can seem to have a bad effect one day, and no effect another day. Anyway, it was rather delicious, and I have plans to buy a couple more at some time.

  One thing about last night was how the temperature was rising to 12° C. It was a huge change from the sub zero nights recently. I had turned the heater to low earlier in the evening, and when I went to bed it was feeling very comfortable in my bedroom. Maybe too comfortable because I frequently felt too hot in bed. I spent some of the night almost uncovered. I don't think I slept well last night, although, on the other hand, a lot of time passed unnoticed, and any proper insomnia was probably just in the last few hours before getting up.

  I probably had some dreams last night, and they would probably have been inspired by the book I had been reading before going to sleep. It was a pleasant post-apocalypse type of Sci Fi story, set in England after strange radiation from the sun made most people suicidal. It had lots of drama, some lightly described sex, and ultimately a sad ending. It was by Edmond Cooper, and was called "All Fools Day". While I can't remember dreaming about it, I can remember being awake and thinking about it - at least I think I was awake !

  While the outside temperature, and the heater on low, seemed to keep my bedroom pleasant warm, the effect seemed to evaporate when I got up, and as I write this I have the heater on full. I probably ought to put more clothes on ! One rather god, and unexpected thing about this morning was more evidence that I have finished battling the bug that left me feeling ill for over a week. Despite my dinner containing potatoes, and the marinated pork potentially have sugar in it, and the definite sweetness of the orange I had for dessert, my blood glucose had dropped again. This morning it was a rather magnificent 8.0mmol/l. Usually I have to try hard to get it that low, but this morning it did it all by itself.

  The cold grey light outside, plus the rain (at least I think it is raining now) does not fill me with much enthusiasm to do anything, but the forecast still insists it will be dry by midday. One thing I think I will definitely do is to go to the little supermarket on Catford bridge, and stock up with Polish instant noodles, some more oranges, possibly some other type of fruit, and maybe some Turkish Delight. The good thing about some of the packs of Turkish Delight they sell there is that if you wash off the icing sugar you are left with almost sugar free, nicely flavoured, blocks of gelatine.

  One possibility is that I will take advantage of the trains not being on strike today to go on a short rail trip. I could get a train from Catford station to Blackfriars, and then change to a train to Farringdon station. From there, probably after a 24 mile underground walk, I can get an Elizabeth line train to Maryland station. From there it is (hopefully) a very short walk to The Cart And Horses pub where The KT Bush Band should be playing, with me as "official cameraman" on 3rd February next year. It would be handy to see where I am going during daylight hours. I could then call in to the little supermarket on Catford Bridge on my way home.