Today could almost be a re-run of yesterday. There will be a mix of sunshine and sunny spells, and the temperature should peak at 23° C. The big difference might be at 10pm when rain is forecast. That rain could have been the herald for a bad day tomorrow, but in the latest forecast, tomorrow is shown as a mostly OK, although the first few hours could feature light ran or drizzle. It will be a cooler day with only 21° C forecast. By comparison with a lot of this month, that could almost feel slightly chilly.
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   I was still peeved at missing Chislehurst Rocks, and I guess I felt a bit depressed yesterday. I was also feeling very tired after speaking to Sue (or maybe Sue was speaking at me) so late the previous evening. It was a powerful mix to ensure that yesterday could not be called enjoyable or very productive.

  There was just one thing I did (although it could be counted as two) yesterday, and that was to go shopping. Usually I would not go out without having a shower first, but after some snoozing in the morning, it seemed to be getting late, and at gone 1pm, and maybe even getting close to 2pm, it was late. I decided to just have a "cat lick" wash (a quick flick over with a damp flannel) and rely on a spray of deodorant to keep me fragrant.

  Finally I went out shopping. I first headed to Savers where spare tubes of tooth paste were top of my (mental) shopping list. I also bought a spare bottle of Cod Liver Oil tablets. I also bought some toilet cleaner (a nice smelling pink stuff I had never tried before), plus a few other bits and pieces.  As usual, I then went over the way to Poundstretcher.

  I didn't have any particular things on a shopping list (mental, imagined, real or otherwise), but it is very rare that I find nothing in there to buy. One item I did buy was some "no added sugar" biscuits with peanuts and a thin drizzle of chocolate on them. They did seem to be usefully low in sugar, and besides, there was only about 6 in the box. One thing I regret buying was a big bag of pickled onion crisps, and maybe today I will also regret buying a big bag of cheese and onion crisps.

  It had been an almost pleasant walk to the shops, but I could feel the first signs of angina chest pain starting as I got to Savers. The walk home was better in that respect because I seemed to be walking more slowly, but the action of that spoiled the walk. I was still glad to get home even if I had nothing to do except eat when I got there, although usually that would be a pleasant option.

  Yesterday it was not so pleasant. My late lunch was to eat a whole pack of 6 mini pork pies, and to chase them down with some pickled onion crisps. The mini pork pies (found on the reduced price shelf of Tesco) were not very nice. I guess they might have been better after a minute or two in the microwave. When eaten cold they just seemed stodgy. The crisps, being typical Poundstretcher crisps, were near their sell by date, and already tasting a bit stale....on the other hand they were some cheap unknown make, and maybe that is how they were supposed to taste.

  The very worst thing about that lunch was the taste of guilt. I knew it was not good for me, and particularly so when it seemed I was having difficulty managing my weight and blood glucose level. The more obvious reason for having that lunch might have been boredom, and depression, but in a curious way I did seem to feel hungry. In fact it was a typical case of me being unable to tell a stomach upset from hunger. The difference became extremely obvious in the small hours of this morning !

   Apart from snoozing, eating and reading, I did manage to do a couple of useful things. The night before I had recorded (while watching) a couple of episodes of The New Avengers. I wanted to archive them, and so I had to "top and tail"them, plus strip out the adverts from the middle of the programme - three lots of them each programme. I think I may have mentioned yesterday that one annoying thing was that one episode was showing the wrong information in the Electronic Programme Guide, and I missed an episode I would have liked to have recorded.

  I had another phone call from Sue last night, As usual it went on longer than was wanted, and it interfered with my dinner. I can't be too angry about it because it was obvious she needed someone to talk to because this morning she is due a medical examination (possibly just an ECG reading), and she was worried about it. Her biggest worry was that she had forgotten about the appointment until she get a txt message reminder on Saturday morning, and that was too late to book transport to and from the clinic/hospital. She was hoping she would be able to book transport at short notice this morning.

  After all I had eaten during the day, which was a bit more than I have so far described, I thought I had better keep my dinner simple. I had a couple of posh (but with a reduced price sticker on them) Tesco "Finest" beef burgers in the fridge that I had to use before they went too far past their use by date. I grilled them alongside some baby tomatoes, and then spoiled any healthiness by using up two pre-sliced burger cheese slices.

  I can't remember the percentage of cheese in those slices, but I think it was quite small. Some of it was just solidified grease. As a cheese on it's own they are pretty revolting, but I must admit they do go with burgers quite well. They sort of act as a greasy lubricant to make swallowing the meat easier. The final ingredient of that dinner was some potato salad. I can't say it was very healthy, but it did seem a fairly small dinner - by my own standards.

  After my late start, it was just gone 8pm when I finished dinner. It did leave me a bit burpy, and I wondered if I was going to get heartburn when I eventually laid down to try and sleep. I am unsure exactly what time it was that I turned out the light. I can't think what I might have been doing, but it may have been close to 10pm before I tried to sleep. I found I was starting to get some mild stomach ache, and I wondered if I was going to end up throwing up.

  I didn't throw up, but a lot happened at the other end of my digestive tract.  Despite some smelly farting, I think I did manage to get to sleep, and maybe for at least an hour. It is the only way I could account for how late it was getting when all the real action started. I made several trips to the toilet, and I was lucky if I passed some wind, but at some time after 1am I did go, and I really did go ! Not only that, but I went many times. Of course the later ones were fairly small, and almost all liquid.

  I think it was 3am before I could relax in bed, and maybe another 20 minutes before I could get to sleep. It seemed really stupid that despite all the missed sleep, I only managed to sleep through to 6.30am before I seemed to lose the ability to get back to sleep. It might have been a dream, but I am sure it was reality when I seem to remember getting up at around 5am to have a pee. I am very sure I had dreams, but I remember nothing of them.

  Once I got up I had a surprise. I had to go to the toilet for a pee, and at the same time I had another poo. It was not a lot, but it certainly was not trivial. After the apparent "emptying out" in the small hours, I wondered where it came from ! It was quite handy because it took my weight down a good amount. It is still not as low as a couple of exceptional days this month, but I seem to definitely be back on track - and that is sort of surprising after all I thought I ate yesterday because I was bored and feeling depressed.

  Of course one possibility was that I was a bit dehydrated. In a way I hope I was because that can effect my blood glucose measurements. This morning the three readings were in the almost safe high area. The Contour meter read 8.2mmol/l, and on it's own I might have said it was almost good, but the GlucoRX meter read 9.1mmol/l (and that was after I rejected the first reading and took it again). That was just high enough to go into the pink area - below the red area, but still a lot higher than desirable. The Sinocare meter confirmed my readings were too high, but 8.7mmol/l is probably best described as in no man's land.

  At least there is good news about my blood pressure this morning - unless you consider 99/41 a bit too low, but I have survived, maybe even thrived with it as low as 97/41 one day last month. I do find it hard to describe just how good or bad I feel today. As yet I don't directly feel sleepy as expected after missing a fair portion of sleep last night, but I do have a very, very mild headache as I type this, and that says to me that a snooze would be beneficial.

  Yesterday, or maybe the day before, I had been thinking about trying to go to take some photos, probably of trains and railway stations, but I have doubts I will do that today, although I feel pretty sure that I would not be troubled by thoughts of needing a toilet (for a poo) while on any travels. One thing could make any idea of going out moot today. I am expecting a small packet from Amazon any time in the next couple of days. The official estimate for delivery is either today, tomorrow or the day after.

   I guess tomorrow is most likely, but I could get an email any minute now to say the packet is on it's way. There are two things I really do want to get my hands on in that packet. A few other things may be handy for the future, but one of the two important things could make life simpler. Those two are two different class 5 USB Bluetooth dongles. Both are cheap "almost no name" Chinese brands and either or both could be fakes, but both are cheap enough that I won't be upset if at least one of them works.

  The reason for wanting these Bluetooth dongles is that I hope it will speed up transfers of photos from my phone to my PC. I am currently using a version 2 bluetooth dongle, and they were never designed for high speed data. I have noticed that transferring a picture from my phone to my old iMac 8 in the dining room takes a quarter or less time than it does to my my main PC. It is possible, that a version 5 dongle may be even faster.

  Maybe the impetus for all this was actually when Jodie transferred a picture form her old to new phone. She didn't know how to do it, or even that it could be done. Even I was surprised how it did it in second instead of the minutes from my phone to my PC via the class 2 dongle. I am very keen to get hold of the class 5 dongles and see how well they perform.