Today's weather forecast looks a lot like yesterday's with a small change - today could see 8° C from mid afternoon. Today also started a degree or so less cold than yesterday, but the dark clouds from about 11am to 3pm are going to make it feel chilly. Those dark clouds bring a 10% chance of rain, but no rain is expected to fall. Tomorrow should see lighter clouds, and a lot of sunny spells at first, and then sunshine later - maybe. It could see the temperature peak at 9° C. It will be start of trend towards slightly better, or just warmer weather for much of the week ahead.
 
   Yesterday was almost another day of rest, but I did do two things that needed a modicum of physical effort. The first was a shopping trip to Tesco where I was very selective in what I bought. I didn't buy anything that was instant temptation. The second thing I did was to hand wash a pair of lounge pants, a t-shirt, and some underwear. Apart from leaving it soaking while I went out shopping, I did the rest of the process in one go.

  There was one thing I didn't do, and that was to eat a lot before dinnertime came around, although it was a close run thing - as I have just remembered. I did buy one little temptation from Tesco. It was a bag of Batchelors "chip shop curry" flavoured instant  noodles. I thought it was only a small portion, and unlikely to make a big difference, but maybe it did make a very small bad difference. I will admit I only bought it, and tried it because I was curious. Curiosity is now satisfied, and the result was they were nothing to get excited about, and best avoided in the future.

  I think it was possibly while I was actually shopping, but it could have been earlier, that I decided I would order an Indian takeaway for my dinner. After lazing through some of the afternoon, and then starting to binge watch Futurama episodes, I order made a slightly more disciplined order from The Baburchi Indian take away. I ordered two main dishes, two side dishes, and two portions of rice, plus a naan bread.

  The good thing I have discovered about that takeaway is that they use very little oil in the main dishes, and in theory they should be healthier. In practice that does seem to be the case, although their vegetable side dishes are very oily. It was almost 7pm when I had my dinner, and it was one main, one vegetable side dish, and one rice. I also ate the free poppadoms that came with the order.

  I couldn't seem to find any broadcast TV that I fancied watching last night, and stuck to Futurama until I had watched every episode in series three. After that I read in bed for maybe as much as an hour. After putting the book down, and turning out the lights, I tried to get to sleep. It did seem to take a long time. I may have started to try to sleep from about 10pm. I can't be sure, but I reckon it took something like half an hour before I fell asleep.

  Just before midnight I woke up again. It was to have a pee, although not with any great urgency. I was really surprised when I saw the time. I can't remember anything about them now, or even later than a few minutes after waking up, but I know I had quite a few dreams, and they seemed to last for a subjective time of hours...or so it seemed. I was quite astonished to see I had no more than 2 hours sleep.

  It took very little effort to get back to sleep, and on the whole I slept well, and overslept well too until I got up quite late. I did the same as most nights lately, I did most of my sleep with the heater on low, but turned it full at around 5am when I needed a pee. It did seem that I woke up to pee less times than usual. That suggested another low blood glucose reading coming up.

  Sadly, my blood glucose was 9.0mmol/l this morning. I had been hoping it would be nearer yesterday's reading of 8.0mmol/l. While my blood glucose had gone up, my weight had come down to close to average, and could be even lower if I make another generous deposit in the toilet - which after curry could be likely, although I seem to feel fairly comfortable at the moment.

  I have two plans for today. The first is to have a lunch of melted cheese (and possibly ham) on naan bread. The second is to try and force myself out to a gig this afternoon. The Bust Stops, who I have never seen before, but I have met the lead singer in the past, and I know they are partly (or wholly) a Hollies tribute band. I know Nathan, the lead singer, is a Hollies is a huge fan of The Hollies, and that is why I suspect they will be covering many, or more Hollies songs. The Hollies did quite a few good songs, but I can't say I am a great fan. The main attraction of the gig is that it is a 4pm start, while it is still light, and the gig is easy to get to in Greenwich. I could stay for an hour or so, and still be home too early for my next Indian takeaway for dinner. If I feel very enthusiastic I might even go by train (if in service today) and do a little bit of rail photography too !