The forecast is playing safe by showing dull skies for the whole day, but as I type this the sun is shining. It has been for the last half hour or more, and the sky looks almost clear enough for a fair bit more, although some patches of thin cloud could dim it. This afternoon we can expect the temperature to reach 12° C. Tomorrow is currently forecast to be the same as the forecast for today - dull all day - but the temperature may only reach 11° C.
  Maybe I was guilty of being optimistic about sunshine today. I just took the picture above, and it does show the houses on the left being lit up by the sun, but there is quite a big streak of cloud across the sky. Maybe that cloud is thickening, or maybe it will blow across leaving more blue sky. Just as I typed the full stop the sun finally went in after shining for around an hour. I expect we will see it again, but maybe just for the odd minute.

  All my positive thoughts disappeared like the sun did yesterday morning. It didn't really turning into a depressing day, although it was boring now and then. I can't seem to remember doing anything more positive that taking out two rubbish bags - one for the general waste bin, and one for the recycling bin. Other than that I didn't leave the house.

  It would be very hard to describe almost nothing that happened yesterday, and I don't think I will even try....apart to say I used up a lot of time reading. In the evening there was the usual Star Treks on TV, and I watched all but most of Star Trek: Voyager. I think the latter was an awful episode, but maybe it was just a boring episode. It is hard to say when I gave up watching it after a few minutes. Maybe I recognised it as an awful episode, or maybe it just seemed like it was just not worth watching.

  It was such a bland day that I did seek out other TV entertainment, and earlier in the afternoon I watched an old recording of the 5th episode of The Hitch Hikers Guide To The Galaxy. I also watched two episodes as they were shown on Channel 4+1. I guess that all adds up to quite a bit of TV watching, and that shows what a boring day it was.

  It was the sort of day where it would be very easy to over eat, but it seems I didn't, and that I did. I'll explain that contradiction when I get to writing about this morning.  One thing I am pleased about is that I seem to have trained myself to only eat one wholemeal bap at a time. I would usually eat them in pairs once, but it seems almost easy to only eat one per meal.

  Last night was another night where I was in bed quite early - not that long after 8pm. As usual I read for a while before I realised my eyes were drooping, and it seemed time for sleep. I didn't seem to have over eaten last night, although I did finish with one whole mini bar of 85% cocoa solids chocolate (that should have been very low in sugar), and I didn't have any indigestion to keep me awake. I feel sure I was asleep before 9pm.

  Ignoring the now traditional getting up to pee every two to three hours, I seemed to sleep very soundly last night. The only one difficulty was at 4am when I seemed to suffer from about half an hour of insomnia. It all seems very vague now, but if it is not just my imagination, I had had a sexy dream, or something similarly exciting, and I was either desperately trying to remember it, or trying to somehow resume it when I fell asleep again. The stupid thing is that I can't remember a think about it now.

  I got up before 7am this morning, although not by that much. It felt like the right time ton get up despite it still being well before sunrise. I went and had a decent size pee, but only passed a small fart instead of the big poo I expected to pass. Even without a poo I was still half a kilogram (which sounds grander than 500gm, I think) lighter than yesterday morning. That strongly suggested that I controlled my eating extremely well yesterday, but maybe I didn't !

  This morning I was back to danger levels when I checked my blood glucose. The Contour meter read 10.0mmol/l - slap bang on the red line. The GlucoRX reading was at least the on the good side of the danger line with a reading of 9.8mmol/l, and that must be right because the Sinocare meter read exactly the same. These readings are so high that I ought to be fasting today, but I didn't get off to a good start with that - I had a double portion of instant noodles for breakfast.

  My weight is down, my blood glucose level is way to high, but my blood pressure, admittedly on my second attempt, is very low. It is 92/42. I am not sure how it is that low. The first reading showed a systolic pressure of 110. That was lower than the two previous days, and maybe that felt good enough to get even more relaxed, and that very low reading the second time.

  Today I need to watch what I eat, and if possible get both my blood glucose level down to something more sane, and my weight down even more. It promises to be another dull and boring day (although the sun is still shining since it blipped out for a few minutes), and that makes fasting tricky. One thing I have ruled out is a plan to take a walk to the high street, and the noodle house for a bit takeaway for dinner tonight, and my Xmas dinner (maybe lunch and dinner). It would be very nice, but I dare not take a chance.

  Maybe I spoke too soon: It has now clouded over, although even now I can still see a few very small cracks between the clouds, and if one lines up with the sun we could get a minutes of sunshine. The current greyness means a possible idea of going for a walk is on hold again. I doubt if I will see anyone today, but I guess it would be prudent to have a quick shower. It is a funny time of the year, and anything could happen. Once I have have had my shower I think I'll put some laundry in to soak. That will mean there is an chance I might do something useful today.