07:38 BST

   It seems the Met Office weather forecast for today might be more accurate than the BBC forecast shown in the screenshot above. As I type this it is a bit cloudy, but there does seem to be some weak and watery sunshine seeping through a thinner bit of cloud. If the forecast turn out to be mostly correct then the clouds should disperse soon to give full sunshine all day long. That should raise the temperature up to 24° C. Tomorrow may only see sunny spells, but the temperature could reach 26° C.
 
  After a terrible sleep where I barely got half the sleep I needed, and that sleep being of pretty poor quality, plus a sort of tenderness after the stomach upset that caused the lack of sleep, yesterday morning did not get off to a great start. It took a lot of will power to write the 1,893 words that I apparently wrote yesterday. I shudder to think how many words I missed out, and how many words were misspelt, plus the grammatical mistakes I made.

  I was a lot happier when I had finished writing. It was quite late when I finished - probably at least 11.30am - but I didn't seem to care for anything except finishing. Once finished I laid on my bed, and read for a a little while before having my first snooze for the day. I don't think I can estimate how long that snooze lasted, but I suspect it was not that long. I do seem to remember having my morning shower around 1pm.

  After my shower I put some laundry in to soak in detergent, and then I went back to laying on my bed, reading, and once again, snoozing. It must have been around 3pm when I decided I really should go and finish doing the laundry. It was not a huge load, although it sometimes seemed it. It was a single t-shirt, a pair of lounge pants, and 4 pairs of underpants. It was looking a bit dull outside when I finished it. I could have hung it on the washing line, and with hindsight it would probably have dried quickly. I actually hung it on the big clothes horse in the front room.

  Hanging it up to dry indoors was probably the best option for how I felt. It avoided having to rush outside to bring it in, and I could, and did just ignore it. It is all still on the clothes horse this morning. I had leff a desk fan blowing at it all night, and I assume it is bone dry now. Later on I will fetch it all, and put it away ready to use again. After hanging it on the clothes horse I went back to laying on my bed, and I think I probably had another snooze (as well as reading more pages from my book).

   At about 4.30pm I was checking the internet to see if Aldi was open yesterday (it was August bank holiday), and the internet said it was. I got myself dressed to go out, and at just before 5pm, and incredibly late time for me to go shopping, I took a stroll to Aldi. At this point I had deliberately not eaten since breakfast. I was trying, and succeeding in getting my very high blood glucose down. I was obviously feeling quite hungry, and I had to be very careful not to buy any naughty foods.
  A lot of what I wanted to buy was just drinks. I bought two more 4 packs of Ald IPA to stop Jodie moaning that I had drunk it all last time, and she had not tried it. I also bought and eight pack of 330ml cans of Vanilla flavoured Coca Cola Zero, two 2 litre bottles of lemon flavoured Diet Coke, and two 1 litre bottles of sugar free cream soda. All that drink weighed a lot, and I didn't want to add any food to the weight.

  I did buy some food - a solitary tub of crispy fried onions, but nothing that could be eaten by itself. I topped off my purchase with a 9 pack of toilet roll, and two big rolls of kitchen towel. The heaviest things, the two 2 litre bottles, and the 8 pack of Vanilla cola, I stuffed into my rucksack. The rest of ot was split over two shopping bags, and they didn't feel all that heavy.

  The walk home was almost pleasant because the sun had come out, although I was walking into the glaring sun, which spoiled things a bit. The odd thing was that when walking to the store, and walking home again, I had a few individual aches that together seemed similar to a very mild angina. I think they were just sore muscles and creaky joint after spending so much time laying down. Maybe they slightly slowed me down, but I still felt I got home quite quickly, and with no added pains.

  It took very little time to put my shopping away because things like the bottles and can had to sit on the floor because there was no room in any fridge for them. When checking for space in the big fridge I happened to notice something that I really should not eat, but I could not help myself. It was a pack of two ham and cheese slices. I feel sure they were very unhealthy in many ways, but they looked enticing, and it seemed just a little too early to cook dinner.

  I think I will put most of the blame on those cheese and ham slices for not getting my blood glucose as low as I hoped this morning. It is ironic that while I thought they were enticing, they were actually far from good. Cheese and ham would/could be a delicious filling, but there seemed no more that a smear of something inside the pastry case, and all I could tasty was greasy pastry.

  It was while I was eating those pastry slices that the first of some good news came through. A solid state hard drive I had ordered was reported as being despatched, and would be delivered today. Also, the first of two class 5 USB bluetooth dongles, originally not expected until near the end of next month, was reported as despatched for delivery today. Since then another two items were reported as despatched - a second solid state hard drive, and a different make of class 5 USB bluetooth dongle. All should be arriving today.
  What should have been only my second meal of the day was an Iceland "My Protein" Meat Feast Pasta. In fact, because of those not very good, cheese and ham slices, it was actually my third meal of the day, and I didn't have any snacks at all during the day. I had almost followed my intended plan, but those cheese and ham slices ruined what could have been perfection. The nutritional information on the back showed this pasta meal to contain more sugar that I thought was wise. I really need to start double checking this Iceland range of foods before buying it in the future. Some of it is not quite as good as it could be, although the calorie count is always fairly good.

  Although yesterday was a bank holiday Monday, it seems that most TV companies stuck to their normal weekday schedules, and so I could have watched all four Star Trek episodes last night. In fact I complete missed the first, and started watching about halfway through the second (Star Trek: Enterprise). I'm sure I watched all of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, but it was not a great episodes, and I "saw it" rather than "watched" it. Star Trek: Voyager was such a bad episode that I turned the TV off before it was halfway through.

  I returned to laying on my reading, but I didn't want to go to sleep because I wanted to watch and record an episode of The New Avengers that started at 9pm. It was both good and bad, and I am not sure why either is justified.It may have been because I good 90 minute story had to be rammed into a 45 minutes (after the adverts had been removed) episode. On the other hand, maybe 90 minutes of it might have got boring.....

  I did the usual of brushing my teeth, and generally getting ready for bed during the commercial breaks, and 2 minutes after it ended at 10pm, I was in bed, and reading a few pages before trying for sleep. I did indeed only read a few pages to get to the end of the chapter, and then, with almost zero effort, I was sound asleep. I think I slept rather well last night.

  It is true that I had to get up to pee a few times, but I fell asleep almost instantly after getting back in bed. I can only remember the theme of one dream (or maybe a few dreams all on the same theme). It was another of being back at work, possibly after retiring, but maybe in the lead up to retirement. It was definitely a case of me using work as a sort of hobby, and not caring if I was sacked for any reason. I must admit, that when it was actually real, it was a great feeling of freedom. Apart from being my usual lazy self, I didn't go out of my way to upset management, but if I had in some way, I would not feel an ounce of guilt about it.

  I woke up before 6am, and it seemed to early to get up. I tried to go back to sleep, and didn't think I had until I suddenly noticed that about 20 minutes had passed in the blink of an eye. I must have had at least a brief sleep before I finally got up. Apart from a strong desire to go for a pee, I seemed to feel fairly OK. Sadly I didn't seem to need a poo at that time. I still registered a decent weight drop of 600gm since the morning before.

  I had hoped that I might have read some nice and low blood glucose readings this morning. Sadly not. They were clear of the danger zone, but nothing to celebrate. The Contour meter read 8.0mmol/l. That is fairly good, bit I still aim for figures in the sevens or lower. The GlucoRX meter read 8.7mmol/l, and that is a little too close to 9 to be very good, but it is still "OK". The Sinocare  meter read 8.1mmol/l, and that is slightly better than "OK". At least my blood pressure is very good at 104/44 this morning.

  The whole of today hinges around my Amazon delivery. I expect it will either be around 2pm, or after 6pm. It still means that I am effectively grounded today. If I can raise the enthusiasm I should have plenty of time to do some simple housework this morning. That might included scrubbing the beer stains off the dining room table, and maybe even hoovering the dining room carpet. I might even get time for a quick shower.

  This afternoon I will be on high alert for my delivery. Once it comes I will definitely be experimenting with the two class 5 USB Bluetooth dongles. I might even start to do something with the two solid state hard drives. The smaller is to go in one of my laptops. It should, or maybe could, reduce the power consumption, and so eke a little more life from the battery. The larger drive is intended to replace the "spinning rust" (i.e, conventional hard disk) in my main PC, or perhaps a new PC. I have two unused PC's that I bought very cheaply from Amazon as "ex-office" PCs. On might be faster than my current PC, but I think it lacks USB port and SATA ports, and so is unsuitable as a drop in replacement for my current PC. I am unsure about the other one....I bought it some time ago now.