As I write this it is very dull and grey outside. The chance of full sunshine in 35 minutes seems unlikely. The latest revision has changed 9am from full sunshine to sunny spells. That might just be possible, but it feels unlikely. Most of today will probabkly feature white cloud, and it should stay dry - unless you are in BBC land. They say sunshine almost all day - including right now when it looks grey and gruesome outside. At least the Met Office forecast says it will be 9° C this afternoon. The BBC says only 8° C despite all the sunshine they forecast. Tomorrow may see 11 or 12° C, but it will either be a dull or very dull day.

   Yesterday was a very good day, or at least ended up that way. I have to admit that the morning was not terribly exciting, and the only significant thing I did before midday was to shave, shampoo and shower. The first bit of mild excitement was when Michael dropped off some bottles of Diet Coke for me.

  Fast forward to just gone 3.30pm, and the start of a big boozing session. Jodie was drinking some of her sour fruit beers, and she knows I rarely like them. She only offered a mouthful of each of them, and every time I pulled a sour face when tasting them. She was right not to waste them on me. I had my own beers, and some of them were quite strong. It was because we were mainly drinking independently that I got through more beers than usual.

  Michael also had small tastes of some of Jodie's nasty beers, but he mainly stuck to his Heiniekens and similar basic factory made lagers. We were later joined by Alan. He was meeting Jodie at my place so they could go on to a gig. He enjoyed some of Jodie's nasty beers. He was quite impressed to see the iMac he had given me working well. I was impressed too because when I tried to demonstrate how it crashed when trying to TV on it (vie a USB digital TV receiver), it didn't ! We actually watched 30 seconds of Star Trek on it before I closed the TV program, and we got back to drinking.

  It is a measure of how much I enjoyed the beers and myself, that I don't remember anything after saying goodbye to Jodie and Alan (Michael had left 10 or 15 minutes earlier). There were clues as to what I did. I ate my dinner because I say the empty casserole dish in the sink this morning. I know I answered the door to the man from Amazon, and took the two bottles of Welsh whisky in. I also unboxed them, but didn't attempt to open the bottles.

  I know that I brushed my teeth before going to bed because my toothbrush was wet this morning. I know I got into bed because that is where I found myself at just gone 1am this morning. What I don't know is what time I went to bed, and how long it took to fall asleep. I suspect i probably went to bed after Star Trek: Voyager finished on TV at 8pm, and I suspect I probably fell asleep almost instantly.

  It seemed that I didn't sleep at all after 1am, but there were chunks of missing time that suggested I did have some sleep. I also seemed to have dreams, although it was much later when I thought I couldn't get to sleep when I had a dream that did leave a few impressions on my last brain cell. That dream happened shortly before I gave up trying to sleep more, and got up.

  In the dream I was on an old train, and realised I was travelling without a valid ticket because I had strayed outside the Freedom Pass limits. I had wanted to take a ride on a branch line with it's old train. There were very few people on the train, but one of them was a lady ticket inspector. I apologised for my mistake, and she was very sympathetic. She suggested getting off at the next station, and buying a ticket there.

  At the next station I found I had been on the last train of the day even though it seemed no later than the afternoon. I had to get a bus replacement service, but somehow I was back in the Freedom Pass area, and didn't bother with a ticket. After getting on the bus it sort of morphed into something a lot like a tube train. The peculiar thing throughout the dream is that I could not remember where I had come from, and how I was going to get home again.

  It wasn't really my intention to get up when I did, but as I mentioned above, I couldn't seem to get back to sleep again. Having got up, and been to the toilet twice - possibly a reason for not being able to sleep, despite not seeming to feel uncomfortable - I next checked my blood glucose level. Yesterday I restricted myself to just one portion of instant noodles for breakfast, and I carried out my plan to line my stomach, before boozing, with grilled bacon instead of something like chips.

  I don't think I ate anything extra than that except for my diced beef and leek stew for dinner. I was hoping I wuld get some better blood glucose readings this morning, and I did. My finger prick produced a nice big bead of blood that I used on the first two meters. Then I wiped that finger clean before squeezing out another big bead of blood. The first blood when on the Contour and GlucoRX meters. They gave excellent readings of 6.9 and 6.5mmol/l respectively. The other two meters gave higher readings, but not that much higher. The Sino Care read 7.1mmol/l, and the new Vivachek meter read 7.5mmol/l. Tomorrow, if I remember, I will give the first blood to the Sino Care and Vivachek meters to see if they read less than the other two.

  This morning I have rationed myself to a single portion of instant noodles for my breakfast. I have doubts I will manage it because my hangover, although mild, make me feel hungry, but I want to try and eat less than usual again. The big flaw in that plan is that I want to go shopping in Tesco today, and that brings temptations. There is a tiny chance that those temptations, if I give in to them, might not matter. I would like to get to a gig tonight, but liking is different to intending ! If I do get out I might be able to go to bed without having any dinner. I have managed it before, but it all depends on how I feel, and what the weather is like.
  One thing I tried to do yesterday was to pay my Tesco credit card off. I couldn't do it because their online bank had died. I think my payment is due by 2nd January, and so there is plenty of time. I expect it will be working again if I try it again today. I did manage to pay off my other credit card yesterday, and that should keep them happy until next year.