It is quite dull this morning, but maybe not as dull as the forecast seems to show. This afternoon could be very sunny, and the temperature could climb to 20° C.  The temperature could drop a lot tonight, and early tomorrow morning it may be just 9° C. Once again, tomorrow afternoon could be nice and sunny with the temperature peaking at 20° C.

  The highlight of the day was late last night. For a few days there has been what I assume to be a mosquito in my bathroom. Two or three days ago it actually bit me on my left calf, and I've had one or two other mild itches that was probably that little bloodsucker. I have tried to swat it many time, but last night it alighted near the top of the shower curtain with the open window behind it. One quick blast of deodorant spray, and it flew up and out of the window - hopefully never to return !

  Back to the start of yesterday, and as sort of planned, nothing happened ! I had a very lazy day yesterday, and apart from a bit of washing up, and preparing a salad for my dinner. I hardly did anything....or at least nothing productive, but maybe I did a few little things that helped pass the time - not that I seemed to be bored yesterday. I laid down on my bed to read several times, and on a few occasions I had a short snooze.

  There was one little thing I did that had no immediate use, but maybe could, or even should be useful in the future. As I passed my box of assorted cameras, mostly bought cheap from second hand shops, I spied a bright red camera, and I couldn't remember much about it. It was a Canon Powershot SX420 IS.
  The problem with this camera, if it could be called a problem, is that it doesn't do much more than a couple of other "Bridge Cameras" I have, but it does have one trick up it's sleeve, and that is it can connect to a mobile phone via WiFi (and using a Canon app on the phone).  I've only found a few very rare occasions when I have wanted to connect, and control the camera from my phone. Advanced, maybe full height, selfies are about the only thing I have done using a few cameras I have with this facility.

  I this was the first "Powershot" camera that Canon added WiFi to. It is, or was, quite an high end camera, and I think I only paid £50 for it in a second hand shop. I have a suspicion that it might have ended up in the shop after some sort of crime. As I recall it came with no accessories, not even a battery charger, or carrying strap. It might even been stolen from a showroom, but it was on fully open display in the second hand shop for a week or two before I bought it. I would imagine the shop may have made their own enquiries, and were satisfied it was legit.

  It is actually a good 20M Pixel camera, with a handy x42 zoom lens, and I probably ought to use it now and again to justify it's existence. One thing I haven't found out how to do is to set a fixed shutter speed. A fast shutter, maybe even 1/1000th of a second is good for taking snaps of moving things like trains. Such a facility seemed to be mentioned in the specs, but I guess I might have to download the user manual - another thing not included when I bought it.

  One thing in particular that I did yesterday was to try connecting it to me mobile phone. It seemed to faff around less than I was expecting, and I was soon able to take a completely pointless picture of he far side of my bedroom using the phone to control the camera.  The curious thing is that I have just looked at the pictures on the memory card in the camera, and it is obvious I have used it for several walks, and some selfies, plus pictures of wildlife in my garden. Now the question is why did I stop using ? I guess I am just too spoilt for choice when it comes to cameras.

  I had a slightly late (1.30pm ?) lunch yesterday. It was 5 Marmite rice cakes (because there was 5 left in the packet) with a thing slice of ready sliced Cheddar on each one. My dinner was a fairly large salad. It was possibly a bit too big, and I should have used less baby plum tomatoes, and less ready cooked, flavoured, chicken chunks.  I suspect it was the tomatoes that provided a bit more sugar than was ideal.
  Without the benefit of any calibrated measures I can't say if this was a triple or quadrupel whiskey, but I enjoyed a couple of these after dinner while I watched a bit of TV (the usual Star Treks). The last Star Trek (Voyager) finished at 8pm. From then on I did lots of little things, like reading some news on my PC, and other banal stuff. Time seemed to fly by, and after driving out the mosquito from my bathroom (see top of the page), I was in bed soon after 9pm. I took a while before I went to sleep - probably around 10pm.

  I can't say my sleep was good. It was one of those nights where I felt uncomfortable in all sorts of ways. One discomfort I didn't notice was constipation. I didn't go at all yesterday (and I have yet to go this morning). All my pains in the night were muscles and joints. It may have been around 2am when I took a couple of paracetamol. That made a huge difference, and I probably slept well after that. I even managed to sleep in until about 6.30am !

  My blood glucose reading was good, but disappointing this morning. In general 8.5mmol/l is good, but not as good as the previous three mornings. Sadly I can't afford takeaway shish kebabs every night, and it seems my own salads don't meet the specification of a kebab salad. I think I should use a lot more red  and white cabbage, and less tomatoes. Maybe less radishes, spring onions, and bell peppers too.

  Being a Wednesday I should be going for a lunchtime drink, ideally with Angela, but unless my constipation eases I don't think I dare to. Since writing that last sentence I've been to the toilet for another attempt - a fair bit of gas, but nothing solid. I had better give Angela the bad news soon. I think I can begin to feel some discomfort in my nether regions, and maybe I might be OK for a last minute dash to The Jolly Farmers....or maybe not.