This morning was supposed to start as low as 2° C, but even my most pessimistic thermometer said it was 3° C, and the others said around 4° C.  As I write this my thermometers agree that it is 4.8° C, or it is already warmer than the forecast highest afternoon temperature. No rain is forecast today, except three of my thermometers have a barometer function, and they forecast rain. I think the most accurate thing to be said about today is that it is going to be cold and very dull. Despite the forecast seeming to be some distance from reality, and tomorrow's forecast having no credibility, the forecast for tomorrow is cold and very dull. Top temperature may be 4° C,
 
  Yesterday was one of those days, probably typical of winter, where very little happened, and it could have been very boring. Oddly enough it didn't seem to feel boring because I was feeling off colour again, and so doing hardly anything seemed like the perfect way to pass the day.

  Once I had finished writing yesterday's piece I spent many hours, albeit not continually, laying on my bed reading and snoozing. It was still the case that I half had, and half didn't have some sort of ailment that was sometimes a bit like a very mild cold, and sometimes feeling mild symptoms of 'flu. Sometimes my nose would get a bit drippy, and I would also sneeze. At other times the muscular aches, from my elbows up to my neck (including the neck sometimes) seemed to dominate Nothing was bad enough to actually stop me doing anything, but I just didn't feel like doing anything.

  One of the best things I did was not to do something. That was to try not to eat after breakfast until dinner time. I did almost succeed, but there were two times ( I think) when I did munch on a small amount of salted peanuts.There was one thing I did and it was to reply to a text message from my aquaintance Lee. He asked when it would be a good time to talk to me because he had something to tell me, or ask me.

  That was just gone 3pm. I said it was a good time now. He sent another text message fairly quickly to say he was just doing some shopping in his local shops, and would phone me "soon". By 9pm I hadn't heard from him, and just to make sure the idiot didn't try and phone me when I was asleep, I investigated, and set up the "Do not disturb" feature on my phone. It mutes any ringing or bleeping from incoming messages, and can be set to do so between set times - 9pm to 7am in my case.

  It was not immediately obvious how it worked, but I can make exceptions for certain callers. I am not sure if I had ever noticed it before, or if I did, I didn't realise the reason for it, but in my contacts list I can make some people "favourites, and it is these favourites that will be allowed through the do not disturb blocking. I have now marked maybe just 4 people as favourites. Needless to say, Lee is not one of them.

  One plan I had for late afternoon was to walk to the noodle shop to buy a few takeaway dishes, and get shop prices instead of the inflated, plus extra charges of using the Just Eat app for delivery. It was probably not a healthy idea to stuff myself with Singapore Fried Noodles. The last time I ate more than that, and suffered the consequences all night and the next day. I didn't do it yesterday because I was waiting for the idiot to call back, but I may do it later this afternoon.
  This was what last night's dinner was. On the right is a Singapore Noodles Lunch Pot from Aldi's "Slim Well" range. It is fairly small, and it's sugar content is reasonably low. I can't say it was delicious, but it was probably better than expected. I might even buy another one to keep in the freezer for some future snack. The Tesco Keralan Style Chicken Curry seemed to have the potential to be very good, but it seemed very mediocre. Maybe, like a complete idiot, I based my expectations on the picture on the front of the box. It was completely unlike that !
  The noodles and the curry should have been more than I needed or wanted. It was probably more than I needed, but I still wanted more. I have always been wary of these "no added sugar" biscuits, but last night they had a good test. I ate the whole box, although that is only about 6 biscuits - there is more packaging than product ! The makers name is washed out in the glare of the light, but I think it is Bergen.

  I watched some assorted TV last night, but with no call from the idiot, and with my phone muted at 9pm I went to bed. I read for maybe half an hour, and then seemed to fall asleep very quickly. I seemed to sleep very soundly, and maybe even didn't wake up to pee every 2 hours like usual. Sometimes it might be 3 hours before another pee. I thought I could remember just enough of a dream to make an attempt to describe it, but the more I try and remember it, the more I am convinced it was actually the dream I described yesterday.

  The only real disturbance in my sleep was one I seem to be getting every now and then recently. I think it was around 5am when I woke up, went for a pee, and then seemed to spend ages (probably less than 15 minutes) debating with myself if it was actually time to get up. I think I concluded that I could get up, but I didn't want to. It was almost 8am when I finally got up.

  I seemed very keen to have a pee after almost three hours without having one, and I did indeed seem to pass much more pee than usual. I can't understand why that amount didn't make me feel I was busting, but on some occasions half that amount does. I also had a reasonable poo while I was in the toilet. I seem to have somehow last 600gm in the last 24 hours. I thought after all I had eaten, mostly in the evening, would have put extra weight on.

  The next test was my blood glucose level. The results were semi good, and after eating those "no added sugar" peanut cookies I expected the worst. The Contour meter read 8.4mmol/l, and that is not bad at all. The GlucoRX meter managed a very nice low reading of 7.7mmol/l. The Sinocare meter gave the highest reading, but 8.6mmol/l is still good enough. Even my blood pressure was rather good this morning. On my first try it was 102/42, and there seemed little point in trying to improve on that.

  I must admit I am not keen on going out in the cold gloom today, but I think today I have to force myself to go shopping in Tesco. After that I will put my feet up, and try not to eat anything I bought because I am going to have another go at walking to the noodle shop late this afternoon, and but enough for two days (to make the walk more worthwhile).  If I have the time or inclination I may wash a few clothes today, but apart from not letting the laundry bag get too full, there is no desperate need for any clean clothes - I have plenty.

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