The forecast for today omitted a misty start to the day. It was the sort of start where it was easy to believe that once the most had lifted there would be some nice sunshine. The first version of the forecast agreed with that idea, as did the BBC weather forecast. The latest revision to the BBC forecast still says there should be a few sunny spells a bit later this morning, but the Met Office now says it will remain grey until 4pm when it will get even darker grey, and rain will start to fall. The BBC says the rain could start at 3pm. Some of the rain may be very heavy rain. Once again the temperature should reach 16° C. Tomorrow should see random sunny spells popping up all day, and the temperature should climb to 18° C.
Update: At approximately 8.30am the sun broke through the mist. The sky is now looking fairly blue with no nasty clouds visible to the south, or the north.
  This is the view to the north. Unless I am hallucinating that is blue sky and sunshine. I've suddenly lost a lot of faith in the weather forecast. I am expecting to see a drastic revision to it at 9am.

  It is hard to believe there could have been another good day, but yesterday was only marred by how cold it was indoors during the morning. I had to wrap up very warm until the sun started warming my front rooms. I seem to think the sun was a little slow breaking through the clouds yesterday morning. I don't think it was shining when I walked to Aldi, but it certainly was when I walked home again from Aldi. The rest of yesterday is described in my complete archived page for today. It includes another update on the weather, more pictures, stuff about dream, plus thoughts and plans this morning.

 

  This morning was "warmer" than yesterday morning with a temperature of 7° C - one degree higher than yesterday morning, but still perishing cold ! As I write this the sun is trying to peep out under a bank of dark cloud to the east. The latest revision to the forecast still shows sunny spells for 8am, but when I look at the clouds in the sky I have my doubts, but fingers crossed.... The only change to the forecast in the latest revision is that the sunny spells at 3pm has gone missing. It would be terribly nice if reality turns out to include a lot more sunny spells in the afternoon. I need them to warm up my front rooms which are now quite chilly. The afternoon temperature may reach 16° C today, and that is a small improvement over yesterday. The temperature will probably be the same tomorrow. However, after a couple of hours of sunny spells in the morning it will probably cloud over, and rain, some of it heavy, is predicted to start as the afternoon is ending.

  Yesterday was a good day - up until mid afternoon. The only important thing I did in the morning was to have a wet shave, wash my hair, and have a good shower. I have to say it was lovely with warm water cascading down me. I felt nice and warm for the first, and only time in the morning. Maybe drying my hair with the hair dryer was also warm, but it was really only my head that was warm. There is a fair bit more about yesterday, last night, and the start of this morning, and it can all be read in my complete archived page for today. It also includes a few photos.

 

  It was just 6° C at 7am, just 6° from a frost ! It is still not quite 7° C, but getting there. The good news is that the sky is clear, hence the very cold temperature, and the sun is shining. Yesterday the forecast for today kept changing - sometimes sunny, and sometimes raining. Let's hope the latest revision this morning holds, but I have my doubts. It says the sunshine/sunny spells should continue until midday, and then start again at 6pm, and only 6pm. I would not be surprised if that changes again pretty soon. It is tradition that when leaving the pub at 2pm on a Wednesday there is blinding sunshine (finger crossed) ! With luck it should stay dry today, but even the 15° C, shown in the latest revision, is going to feel no more than almost tepid. Tomorrow is currently forecast to be a bit of a mixed bag - some sunny spells and some showers, but the temperature might briefly touch 16° C.

  I felt cold all day yesterday, and that heavily influenced how I felt. It was hard to raise the enthusiasm to do anything exciting. The only good thing is that I managed to control my appetite. Some of what I did yesterday was constrained by the need to be alert for 2 parcel deliveries. The first, a 12 pack of bottles of chilli sauce arrived before I finished writing yesterday. The second parcel deliver was much later in the day, and you can read about that, plus the rest of my day, night, and the start of this morning in my complete archived page for today.

 

  It doesn't seem it at the moment, but a lot of today should be brighter than yesterday - not actually sunny, but light grey. The latest revision to the forecast shows heavy rain for 9am, and lighter rain at 10am. More rain could fall at 1pm. It is going to be another very cool day with possibly only a couple of hours at 14° C, and 13° C being a bit more representative of the day. This morning the temperature was almost as low as 9° C. Tomorrow may start at just 8° C, but at least it could warm up to 15° C in the afternoon. There could be a couple of sunny spells, but most of tomorrow will probably be dull like today.

  After a good day on Sunday, yesterday was in complete contrast a rotten day. It was dull. It was wet, and it was cold ! My only real achievement yesterday was judging when there would be a long enough break in the rain to go shopping in Tesco. It may have been dry for an hour, but it felt so cold that I put on one of my winter coats, and left the front of it done up from the moment I left home until after I had got home again.

  It is sort of interesting to see what I wrote about the weather for this day a year ago - "While yesterday morning was quite wet, extremely wet for a while, the afternoon was mostly bright and sunny. There were a few times, particularly just after midday, when the clouds bubbled up and covered the sky, but they didn't last long. For my purposes (drying clothes) the more important feature in the afternoon was the wind. It was quite blowy for most of yesterday. In the morning it drove the rain in sheets along the road. In the afternoon it dried my clothes. With the temperature rising to no more than 18° C, and that only briefly, the wind did make it feel rather cool." Back to yesterday this year, and my whole day, night, and the start of this morning is described in my complete archived page for today.

 

  The weather forecast has got this morning about right. It is around 12° C, and thick dark clouds make it very gloomy. I didn't actually see any heavy rain falling, but it is certainly wet outside. The rain is now so light that it is impossible to see it from indoors, but maybe it has stopped for a while. The latest revision to the forecast has only changed 9am to light rain, but otherwise it is as shown in the screenshot above - a cold and dull day. Tomorrow may only feature some spells of light rain from a medium bright cloudy sky, but at just 13° C it is going to feel rather cold.

  Yesterday was a rather good day with just one little catch in it. I was feeling better than many recent days, and the bright sunshine was beckoning me. Also, I had a strong desire to test my new camera in the real world. I managed to get myself ready to go out just before 11am, and emerged into warm sunshine wearing just my sleeveless denim jacket as my coat. I headed towards Catford station for a bit of train spotting. All the other details from yesterday, last night, and this morning, plus a few of the pictures I took, can be seen in my complete archived page for today.

 

  The sky is clear this morning, and that means two things - a cold, but sunny morning. The temperature almost dropped to 9° C, and was nearer that than the 10° C forecast. With luck the temperature will rise to 17° C today. Initial warming will come from full on sunshine this morning, but by 1pm the clouds will gradually cut off the sun for the rest of the day (according to the latest revision). Tomorrow may start a little warmer, 12° C, but may only rise to 14° C. We'll be lucky to see the sun, and more likely to see rain - particularly during the morning.

  One important thing happened late last Friday afternoon. I got a text message from the nurse. When I saw her on Friday morning we discussed whether I should still be taking the blood thinner Clopidogrel. The original prescription from 2019 said it was only to be prescribed for 12 months, but that prescription was just duplicated every 2 months. The nurse consulted one of the doctors, and the decision was that the drug would not appear on new prescriptions. The hopeful outcome of this, plus a narrative n the rest of my day, night, and the start of this morning, can be read in my complete archived page for today.

 

  There is certainly some sunshine this morning, and although it will soon just be sunny spells, it should still continue to midday according to the latest revision to the forecast. That revision has reduced the sunny spells in the afternoon to just 4pm, and 3pm is now shown as light rain ! There is a 50% chance of it, and so it will probably happen. Like yesterday, the afternoon temperature will peak at 17° C. Tomorrow may be a brighter day, but still the sun, or sunny spells will not extend far into the afternoon, but maybe it will stay dry. 17° C is shown as the maximum temperature, but only for a single hour, and 16° C seems more representative.

  I told the story of giving blood samples, and at the same time missing the postman with my new camera yesterday when I wrote a bit later than usual yesterday morning. From then on  not much happened until late afternoon. My excuse for being lazy for half the morning, and half the afternoon is that I was feeling a bit tired after a poor night's sleep. The odd thing is that I cannot recall having a snooze at any time. All I did yesterday, with a couple of pictures, my good and bad sleep, plus a busy start to this morning, also with a picture, is described in my complete archived page for today.

 

  There is no doubt about it, it is wet this morning. The rain, as drizzle, started at 7am by my reckoning, and I have personal experience that it was drizzling on me at 8am. The rain could get heavier for a while, but the latest revision to the forecast shows the last rain at midday, an hour earlier than shown in the screenshot above. Nothing else has been changed. The rest of the day will be dull, and the temperature may not rise any higher than 17° C - a mere 2° higher than this morning. Tomorrow may be dry, but there could be white clouds all day, and no hint of sunshine. The temperature will be about the same as today.

  Yesterday was another good day, although not in the same sense as the day before. Until something else comes to mind, which it probably will, I would say I did three useful things yesterday. The first was a shopping trip to Aldi. As usual I probably bought too much stuff with a limited shelf life, but also a fair amount of stuff with a long shelf life - provided I don't eat it all up too soon ! There is much more about yesterday, last night, and an "exciting" morning in my complete archived page for today.

 

  The most recent revision to the forecast shows this morning as being sunnier than the early version in the screenshot above. 10am is now shown as full sunshine instead of cloudy, but sadly it still shows no more sunshine after the sunny spells at 11am. Maybe it will be like yesterday, and I think like the day before - unscheduled sunshine in the afternoon - fingers crossed ! The temperature should hit 20° C today, but maybe just for one single hour. It should still feel mild or better. Tomorrow looks to be quite a grey day with rain in the middle and end of the day. The highest temperature could be as little as 17° C.

  Yesterday was a very satisfactory day, although not perfect. The most important thing yesterday was my visit to the hospital for my diabetic eye scan. It is where they take photos of the back of the eye to check for things like leaking blood vessels. It is not completely painless. The only pain is that the eye drops they use to dilate the pupils do sting a bit for the first second or two. The story continues in my complete archived page for today which describes my day, night, and the start of this morning.

 

  The BBC weather forecast shows sunny spells for the first 4 or 5 hours of this morning. The Met Office seems to have come closer to the truth. It says cloudy, and I would say it is overcast, dull, and horribly grey as I write this. Both forecasts give zero hope that there will be a single glimpse of sunshine this afternoon, but it does say it should be 20° C. That would feel nice and warm in any sunshine, but not with a grey sky leering down at us. The only good thing you can say about today's cloud is that it stopped this morning getting too cold. There is always hope, but at the moment tomorrow's forecast looks to be almost identical to that of today.

  For the first time in a few days, yesterday was a good, and productive day (for certain values of productive). The day started with assorted aches and pains. The most annoying of which was (presumably) all the scar tissue in my chest, after my operation in 2013, aching in a way that was not a strong pain, but an exceedingly annoying pain. That, and maybe a few other pains, seemed to fade away by mid morning. The rest of my day, part illustrated with a picture and a video, is all described in my complete archived page for today. As boringly usual, it also includes last night and the start of this morning.

 

  The latest revision to the forecast has added some more sunshine this morning to better match current reality. This nice sunshine should last to 9am, and hopefully longer. The next sunshine might be at 3pm. The rest of the day will be dull with a 10% chance of rain at any time. The temperature today should reach 18° C, and maybe if the sun manages to stay out even longer it might even push that up to 19° C. Tomorrow could be sunny until 2pm, and that should raise the temperature to a pleasant 20° C.
 
  Yesterday was one of those days that was a waste of a day. I did so little yesterday. There were several reasons for that, but the biggest was the continuing domination of the world by the professional mourners for our dead queen. There was no point going to the shops yesterday - they were all closed. The main Tesco was closed all day, but the smaller "big corner shop" style stores were supposed to open at 5pm. Oddly enough there seemed to be a full train service yesterday. While I didn't really do much yesterday, I do seem to have written a fair bit of stuff about the day in my complete archived page for today. It includes stuff like chest pains at night, and a couple of minor triumphs this morning.

 

  This morning it is 12° C, but with no supporting sunshine it feels just as cold as yesterday's 9° C. The chance of any sun today looks slim in the extreme. In fact the latest revision to the forecast has changed 4 and 5pm to dark grey clouds. There is only a 10% chance of rain at any time today, and that make me think that it will probably rain at some time today. The highest temperature will be 17° C - which will still feel cold with no sunshine.  Tomorrow may reach 18° C, but with only a small of a sunny spell at 8am it will be as dull and cold as today.
 
  Time again to decide if yesterday was a good day, or a bad day....or something in between. Maybe it was the latter - bits were good, and others less so. The very worst thing was the horrendously high blood glucose reading in the morning. I still had a most enjoyable breakfast of reheated naan bread with a vegetable curry side dish on it. The rest of my complete archived page for today includes stuff about cold, pain, booze, eating, sleeping, sweating, and just a tiny bit of good news this morning.

 

  The sky seems to be fairly clear this morning, and all my thermometers agree that at 7am it was barely 9° C. So another cold start, but there could be either sunny spells or full sunshine until midday. After that it will probably revert to a dull, but dry day, although there is a 10% chance of rain some time later this afternoon - maybe 3pm, or maybe 5pm according to the latest revision. The temperature should match yesterday at 17° C. Tomorrow forecast shows a milder morning, but the same old 17° C in the afternoon. There may be some sunny spells in the middle of the day and there may be some extremely dull hours.
 
  I guess that yesterday was another semi-successful day, but I do feel I didn't make all that much use of a rare (for the moment) bright and sunny day. My final thoughts when I was writing yesterday morning where that I wondered if I would feel good enough to go out exploring on the trains. Like many times in the past, it was only with hindsight that I realised I could have gone out with little problem. What I did do yesterday is described in my complete archive page for today. It includes a sort of disaster, how I slept, and the result of that disaster this morning.

 

  Clear skies means a nice bright sunny morning, but it also allowed the temperature to drop a lot during the night. My thermometers showed the temperature nearer 7° C than 8° C, and definitely a lot cooler than the forecast 9° C. The possibility of solid sunshine until mid afternoon, followed by sunny spells, will only raise the temperature to just 17° C. I've just checked and the forecast has been revised. It now shows 9am as being 9° C, and that means the forecasters have confessed that this morning started a degree cooler than originally forecast. It also shows the full sunshine continuing until 5pm, but still the maximum temperature is stuck at 17° C. This time last year the forecast was for 21° C, which is the sort of figure we might expect from mid September. Today's weather seems more appropriate for mid October. Tomorrow may start at a far more reasonable 11° C, but will still only rise to 17° C - which is surprising considering only a couple of hours of sunny spells is the best that is currently predicted for the whole day.
 
  I think I can say that yesterday was a good day, although there were some negative aspects to it. The whole day hinged on my appointment with the nurse for my diabetes check up. There was also the minor joy of a parcel delivery, and some delightful food for dinner in the evening. With hindsight my delightful dinner was not really a good idea. Read why, and about everything else yesterday, last night, and this morning in my complete archived page for today.

 

  Yesterday's low daytime temperature gave a very cool night, and I think 12° C could easily be called a cold morning. There is a choice of weather today. The cheery version is the BBC's weather forecast - sunny spells and even occasional full sunshine through the day. The Met Office is far more pessimistic as can be seen in the screenshot above. There has been one revision to the forecast since I took the screenshot, but nothing has changed except the starting time (now 8am instead of 7am). It is looking like we are heading far deeper into autumn with the highest daytime temperature of a very cool 16° C. Tomorrow morning may start at just 9° C, but a possible day of full sunshine should raise it to 16° C again.
 
  I don't have a lot to show for it, but yesterday felt mostly like a good day. During the morning I conducted a careful study in being alert while not doing much. I was waiting for a delivery of 15 or 16 bottles and cans of beer. Just before I finished writing yesterday, I knew it was expected to arrive between 12:56 and 13:56, but it was lucky I stayed alert because it arrived at 12:17 BST. The rest of my day. and my terrible night. and fairly good start to this morning is described in my complete archived page for today.

 

  The forecast seems to be unsure as to when it will be dull, or very dull this morning. The reality seems to be that it is currently very dull, but it is dry. It is also one of the coolest mornings we have had since summer ended. It is just 14° C right now.  No sunshine at all is predicted for today, and so the temperature will only rise to a mere 18° C. In turn, that means a cold night, and maybe just 13° C at this time tomorrow. The could be a fair bit of sunshine tomorrow, but the maximum temperature tomorrow could be as low as 16° C. It feels like October, or even November weather is almost upon us !
 
  I guess I should record yesterday as being a rather good day. In the grand scheme of things it wasn't, or at least not like life used to be, or I imagine it used to be, but for the current standard it was pretty good. On the other hand, there was some specific negativity involved. All this is explained...well, sort of, in my complete archived page for today. My night, and the start of this morning are also described.

 

  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. I did do a few other things, and they are described along with my night, and the start to this morning in my complete archived page for today.

 

  It seems today will be a very grey day with some rain. The latest revision to the forecast shows 1om as being dry, but the chance of rain at 2 and 3pm has been raised to 80%, and it is probably going to be heavy rain. Lighter rain is expected from 7pm tonight. It is going to be a lot cooler than yesterday with a high of just 19° C. Tomorrow could start off wet, but the afternoon is currently predicted to be sunny with a temperature of 21° C. In complete contrast, the BBC reckon today will be dry until 8pm, and even then there is only a moderately low chance of rain until later in the evening. It still shows the day as being horribly gloomy !
 
  I have already described the first half of yesterday in my very late in the day writing yesterday. At the end of that I said I was very much looking forward to an afternoon nap. Before I could do that I had a much lighter lunch than I was imagining I would have. It was just 4 rice cakes with some cheese on them. I also had to do a couple of things on my PC, but then I retired to lay on my bed to read and snooze. My afternoon, my night, and thoughts at the start of this morning are described in my complete archived page for today.

 

  So far today there has been more sunshine/sunny periods/spells than was shown in the forecast at 6am this morning. The latest revision starts from midday, and has just turned midday as I type these words. It says midday will be cloudy. Maybe midday has only just started, and things could change during the next hours, but it is still sunny, and the clouds still seem thin with plenty of blue sky still visible. 1 to 3pm are shown as sunny, and then it might get dull. At 6pm there could be a shower, but it should be dry afterwards. The temperature prediction has been reduced by a degree to be just 24° C this afternoon. Tomorrow will probably be a lot cooler. The day will be overcast, but dry until mid morning. After that the chances of rain increase a lot.
 
  Yesterday was a good day. At least I think it was, but perhaps I should have doubts because I don't think I did anything memorable enough in the morning to actually remember what I did at all ! Maybe it was just the afternoon that was good. The afternoon involved drinking, and of course that is generally good. All the relevant bits of yesterday, plus last night, and all of this morning are described in my complete archived page for today.

 

  The most important, and obvious weather feature this morning was missing from both the BBC and Met Office (screenshot above) forecasts this morning.
  At 6.47am this was the view from my bathroom window. An hour later and the fog is now a slightly thick mist, and the Met Office have revised the forecast to show fog for 8am, but it should really show mist. Once the mist has finally lifted we could have some sunny spells, but I have doubts they will start at 9am. I am expecting another revision to the forecast just after 8am that will show a different picture. There could be some sunny spells this afternoon. It is even possible that a lot of today could be as nice as yesterday afternoon was. It should be 1° C warmer at 22° C today. Tomorrow could be even warmer with the temperature possibly rising to 25° C. There could be a good scattering of sunny spells through the day, but a small (30%) chance of a shower at 6pm.
 
  I really didn't feel enthused to do anything yesterday (thanks to the very dull start to the day). However, in the end I did do two important things, and I guess I can stretch it to say that yesterday was a successful day. Of those two things, one was to do some laundry, and the other was to pay off one of my credit cards. All the details of this, and about the rest of my day, night, and this morning, can be read in my complete archived page for today.

 

  I had high hopes for a nicer day, but the forecast for today shows it will be mostly a dull day. It has certainly been very dull so far this morning, and the idea of sunny spells at 9am doesn't seem likely when I look at the sky. Maybe there will be a sunny spell or two later today. The highest chance of rain today is just 10%, and so it will probably be dry, and it seems it may be a little less cool today with an afternoon high of 21° C. Tomorrow is currently shown as having a few more chances of sunny spells, and even when cloudy it could be lighter cloud. It may even reach 22° C in the afternoon.
 
  For some reason I tend to think of yesterday as being a good or successful day. In reality I only did one significant thing. The rest of my day was almost a lazy day, but even that may not be quite correct when measured against one metric. However it is measured, I definitely had a lazy hour or two after I had finished writing yesterday. I started writing quite late, and it usually takes a couple of hours to write all this because I am not a touch typist ! Today was no exception, and you can read all I typed this morning in my complete archived page for today.

 

  It is going to be another very dull, and damp day, but maybe it won't be quite as bad as the early forecast shown above. The latest revision only shows rain at 1pm, and amid all the gloom there could be full sunshine at 7pm. I must admit that does sound unlikely, but fingers crossed. In fact the sun is making a valiant attempt to push through the clouds as I type this, and I can see a few blue areas of sky. I predict the next revision to the forecast, at 10am, will show a different picture again. The afternoon high seems fixed at 19° C, although that may only be for 2 hours, and the rest of the day will be cooler. Tomorrow may be mostly dull, but sunny spells are possible from late afternoon, and the temperature might reach 22° C for a couple of hours.
 
  Yesterday I suggested I might do two shopping trips. I did the first, but not the second. The first, a shopping trip to Aldi, was probably my greatest achievement of the week....maybe. The significance of it all was that after a lot of rain the sky brightened a bit, the rain had stopped, and I walked to Aldi. On the way back I was bathed in warm sunshine, but to the west I could see very dirty grey clouds piling up. Rain was minutes away when I got home ! The rest of the details of my day, night, and this morning can be read in my complete archived page for today.

 

  I thought today's forecast had got off to a bad start. It looked as if it would be a sunny morning, but we have just had a moderately heavy shower. It remains to be seen if 8am will feature heavy rain, and if there will be thunder and lightning at 1 and 2pm. I suspect today is another day when the forecasters have thrown random symbols at the weather chart to see what sticks, and they will re-arrange them as the day progresses. The only thing we can be sure of is that the afternoon temperature will briefly touch 19° C. Tomorrow mostly shows light rain for most of the day, and maybe getting heavier towards the evening. Once again the temperature will just touch 19° C.
 
  I can finally say that yesterday was a good day ! The only bad thing was that I walked through the park wearing a raincoat, and got very hot because I was walking in mostly bright sunshine instead of through a thunderstorm. The weather forecast insisted there was a 60% chance of a thunderstorm right up to the very minute there wasn't one ! The full description of yesterday, with a couple of pictures, plus my night, and the start of this morning can be read in my compete archived page for today.

 

  It was a rather cool night, and I think it is still closer to 15° C rather than the 16° C forecast. The sky is clear enough to give sunshine right now, and not sunny spells. The latest revision shows sunny spells at 11am giving away to a thunderstorm at midday, and then heavy rain at 1pm. There could be further thunderstorms at 3pm, 10pm and 11pm. I don't think I have ever seen so many thunderstorms forecast as in the last week or so, and for at least a few days to come. Today could be a cool 20° C. Tomorrow could be just 19° C, and the day will be mostly wet with either light showers or thunderstorms !

   I don't think I can describe yesterday as a good day, although ultimately one plan, after some modification, worked well. Less well was the laundry I did. I had hoped to hang it on the line so it could start to dry in a bit of sunshine, but I left it a bit late for that. By the time I was ready to hang it up to dry the sky was looking very threatening, and I opted to dry it on a clothes horse indoors. The rest of yesterday, day and night, plus the start of this morning, is described in my complete archived page for today.

 

  The forecast has just been revised again, and an extra hour of sunshine/sunny spells has been added to 9am - this just as it looks like the clouds are now thickening, andd we may lose the sun before 9am. Light rain, instead of a thunderstorm is now shown for 4pm, and 3pm could be dry. 6 and 7pm have now changed from light rain to thunderstorms. It is another day where anything could happen except the temperature prediction of 21° C. It is worth noting that the BBC weather forecast shows thundery showers for the whole afternoon ! Tomorrow may be a degree cooler, and feature light rain from mid morning to mid afternoon, but I expect that forecast to change umpteen times until the day has passed.

   Yesterday was a day where I thought I needed to fast until dinner time because of my high blood glucose reading (10.3mmol/l). To avoid further suspense I can say I managed it despite the double temptation of two shopping trips. There was also the temptation to break my fast when I checked my blood glucose at midday, and it was down to a satisfactory 8.6mmol/l. The rest of my day, including other temptations, is described in my complete archive page for today which also includes my night, and first thoughts this morning.

 

  The great unknown today is rain. At 1am this morning the forecast was revised to include rain, and at 2am it was revised to show the thunderstorm that had just happened to happen an hour later ! Now the forecast has been revised again since taking the screenshot above. It correctly shows the sunshine now, but it now shows rain from 1pm to 4pm, and with the possibility that the rain will be heavy enough for a thunderstorm at 4pm. From 5pm it may be sunny again. I rather expect the forecast to change through the day in the hope that it may reflect reality. As usual, the bit that is usualy right is the temperature and it seems we can expect 22° C this afternoon. Tomorrow afternoon could include a lot of rain, and it will be a cooler day at just 21° C. It truly is the start of autumn !

   I had a very lazy morning yesterday. Apart from showering, and getting dressed, I did almost nothing except quietly read my book. I even snoozed for 10 minutes or so. Despite some good sleep in the previous few days, I still seemed to feel sleepy, and it was sleepy rather than tired. I didn't go out, but if I had, like I did the day before, I would have found plenty of energy for it. I think some of the sleepiness is actually caused by depression, and that in turn is caused by boredom. As, maybe, boringly usual, the rest of my day, night, and this morning are described in my complete archived page for today.

 

  Today has started off rather dull, but the latest revision to the forecast has added a few more random sunny spells to the day. It seems like today could be similar to yesterday, and probably with the same high humidity making 23° C feel very sticky.  The full forecast does show very hight humidity this morning, but it may drop a lot by the afternoon, and apparently that 23° C could feel like 21° C. At the moment it looks like tomorrow will be similar to today, which is looking similar to the day before.

   Yesterday didn't go that well, and it was initially all to do with another minor gut upset. It didn't really happen until after I had finished writing and was feeling a bit optimistic about the day. Unlike last week I couldn't describe it as "the runs", but "gentle trots" would probably fit the bill. It didn't really last long, but it happened late in the morning when I was trying to plan what I was going to do for the rest of the day. I did go out later in the morning, but it was only to get some shopping. My whole day, night, and this morning, is described in my complete archived page for today.

 

  I think today is another day where the weather can't really be predicted. The first clue was the thunderstorm shown for 2pm in the screenshot above. Sitting there all on it's own seemed like the forecasters way of saying "something is going to happen, but we don't know what". This is further confirmed by the latest revision to the forecast. It now says heavy rain at 1pm, and light rain at 3pm. 2pm is now just shown as cloudy - just white cloud. As I write this it has been sunny for the last hour, and so that bit of the forecast was mildly wrong. The only constant is the temperature which is forecast to be 23° C. Tomorrow could be bright with many sunny spells, and even full hours of sunshine, but once again the temperature will only be 23° C.

   Yesterday was a good day with 3 or 4 useful things achieved. The first achievement was going to Lewisham Hospital's Covid-19 vaccination centre, and asking about the 4th, booster shot. The first person I spoke to was a bit disappointing. She didn't seem to know what I was asking, but her (possible) colleague, sitting 10ft away, understood instantly. She confirmed that, yes, they would be starting the booster shots on the 12th September, and it would be a walk in service. The rest of the good news, plus the details of my day, night, and this morning, can be read in my complete archived page for today.