It should be back to summer today ! There are still a lot of random clouds around, but the sun has been shining non stop for the last hour or so, and the forecast says we should have full sunshine all day long. Even with a lively breeze (at times) coming from the north east, we should still see 20° C today. Tomorrow may start a bit grey, but if the forecast has any credibility sunny spells should start from 7am, and by 11am there may be full sunshine for the rest of the day. The temperature should reach 21° C.

  Yesterday morning was very slightly stressful as I waited for my two deliveries from an Amazon order. Otherwise it seemed like a fairly good morning until it became increasingly clear that the weather was going to be horrible all day instead of just a few hours in the morning.

  I started writing unusually early yesterday. I had made sure I got up modestly early because there is, or was, one Parcel Force driver who can start deliveries after about 7.30am. I knew one of my deliveries would definitely be dome by parcel Force because it was a box of 12 bottles of Hot Pepper Sauce, and from past experience I knew they would be very well wrapped and put into quite a big cardboard box. It would be too big and heavy for the postman.

  I think that delivery happened at about 10:30am. I wondered if my other, smaller and lighter parcel would come with it, but it didn't. That latter parcel was delivered (strictly it was re-delivered because I was out the first time he tried to deliver it) by my usual Postman at about 12:30pm - a little earlier than the attempt the previous day at 1pm. It was handy that it arrived a little early.

  The rest of my morning was pretty typical. After I finished writing I had my usual rest, and then I had a shower. After that it was just a matter of waiting for the Postman. Once I had my parcel I got dressed to go out. The temperature was almost chilly, but I still wore my shorts. Transferring all the stuff, keys, wallet, and more from the shorts to a pair of jeans seemed too much trouble when I hoped that today I would be back in shorts - and it seems I will be !

  Once dressed I headed out to Tesco. I wore an old pair of cheap supermarket (Aldi if I remember correctly) trainers. They are thin and soft, and are worn to the extent I have to use a new insole with them. In one sense they are not particularly comfortable to wear, but they seem more comfortable to walk fast in. Maybe it was coincidence that I had no food/ankle/leg aches as I walked to and from Tesco. I am hoping the new trainers I am expecting to be delivered today may be better in terms of ankle pain even if they rub in a few places (but not so bad that a sticking plaster is enough to stop any blisters).

  There was one strange thing I wanted from Tesco, and it was a large pork pie. I don't know how the brain worm got in, but it did, and I had an unusual craving for a pork pie. Unfortunately the only one I could find in Tesco was not a very good one, but with nothing else on offer I bought it anyway. I bought quite a few other things ranging from cheese to a frozen ready meal, and the usual four bottles of Diet Coke (2 litre size).

  I was still thinking along the lines that it was all a bit of rush yesterday afternoon, but in fact I had far more time than I thought (and that didn't include Jodie missing her train again, and getting here half an hour late). Once I was home, and had put my shopping away, and changed back into indoor clothes, I made some lunch. I had two Ciabatta rolls - one with ham and the other beef (using the end of a packet of sliced beef).

  I then did the washing up, and generally tidied the kitchen and dining room table (although the latter really deserved a good scrub to get rid of old beer stains, and the bits of dinner that Jodie is always dropping on the tablecloth). I could then lie down and relax. I think I may have even closed my eyes for a while ! I then went down to the dining room, and decided it was cool enough in there for running the heater at half power for an hour or two.

  While I waited for Jodie I did an update on the old iMac computer that now runs Linux and mostly is used as a music player. I listed to a fair amount of the Blondie album "Autoamerican". I remember I bought the CD in a charity shop, possibly for just £1, but I don't think I listed to much from it until yesterday. Apart from a couple of tracks, including the two hit singles taken for it, I can't really say there was anything I liked about it. I think I preferred their punk rock years.

  I think I only heard a couple of tracks when Jodie sent me a text message to say she had missed the train, but would be on the next one. I guess that only made her 15 minutes late.....or not late at all because she seemed to have all her lunch with her, and didn't need to go shopping in Catford for stuff to eat. Of course what she had still needed preparing and stuff, and I had a soft drink while I waited for her to get ready for some booze.

  I don't think I appreciated how low my beers stocks were getting yesterday, but when it came to Jodie having to drink beers she had already tried before I knew it would soon be time to order more. For me there were plenty of beers to glug away at. Some were even very nice ! One we had had ended up at the back of the small fridge. I think it was Jodie didn't expect to like it. It was a Belgium "Blonde" ale, and I think we both agreed it was rather good. It was almost a wheat beer, but had no banana like taste, but did have coriander and a light floral taste. It was quite a complex taste, and very nice.

  Michael joined us after about an hour. he seemed to be semi cheerful, but he is just too distracted by other events, although it could also be seen as some sort of developing dementia (which his wife suffers from in a more serious form). It seemed to take ages to describe to Michael about the Brockley Max event that is happening at the end of the month. The headline act, as far as we were concerned, will be Guns 2 Roses - the very authentic Guns And Roses cover band whose lead singer live in the Brockley area.

  For some reason, Michael couldn't seem to understand that although the stage was behind The Bromley Barge pub, it is not inside the pub, but a temporary stage set up in what might be a car park area (I have never actually been there so I am not certain). It is free to watch, but there are no tables and chairs for Michael to sit on. he came up with many reasons why he will not be going. I think Jodie will be, but they start at 9.30pm, and the chances are that by then I will be in my underwear just prior to going to bed !

  Jodie left to get the 6.30pm train, and Michael left just after 6.30pm. I think it was just after 6pm that I put my dinner in the oven. It was a frozen beef hot pot ready meal, and it was supposed to be heated in the oven for 45 minutes. After saying goodbye to Michael, and clearing away the glasses and such, I retried my dinner from the oven. It did not seem to be very hot, and I had a funny feeling that I may have set the time to 25 minutes instead of 45 minutes. It spoiled it a bit, but is still seemed edible. I suspect it would have been a lot nicer if it had been in the oven for long enough for the sliced potato on top to get almost crispy brown.

  I watched the last of the BBC news while I ate, and then watched Star Trek: Voyager - another tedious episode. I had some ice cream for a dessert at the start of Voyager. When it had ended I searched for other stuff to watch, but there seemed not a lot that I fancied watching except for another repeat of a repeat of a repeat etc etc of The Avengers.  After that I could have watched an old episode of QI, but it didn't look very exciting, or at least the guests were not the best there have been.

  I headed for bed at 9pm, but it might have been a couple more hours before I seriously tried to sleep. Much of the time I was reading, but I made frequent visits to the toilet. I felt sort of constipated. I knew I wanted to go, but nothing would shift. I could feel poo just, or so I imagined, a few inches from the exit. I did eventually manage to pass a few pebble sized bits of poo, and decided to give up trying then. It took a bit of time to get relaxed in bed, but at some unknown time, but probably not a lot later than 10pm, I fell asleep.

  As far as I can recall, I only woke up three times in the night (not counting the very short period of sleep I had after waking up and going back to sleep for maybe 20 minutes before getting up). One each occasion, except the time I am not counting, I seemed to do some very big pees. It was enough that when I weighed myself I was pleased to see I had only gained 200gm since yesterday morning, and failure to have a single decent poo in that time probably accounted for some of the 200gm.

  I knew that the beer, and the ice cream I had last night, and to lesser extent, the ready meal, would mean mean my blood glucose was going to be a bit high this morning, and it was, although one one of the three meters, the Sinocare meter pf course, gave a worrying reading. The Contour meter read 8.2mmol/l - higher than the last three days, but still not too bad. The GlucoRX meter read 8.8mmol/l. That is definitely a little bit high, but nothing to worry about (particularly for a one off as it is today). The Sinocare meter seems very non linear. It tends to agree with the others for readings under 8.0mmol/l, but amplifies readings over. This morning it was a rather high 9.5mmol/l - very different to the other two, but still just under the red line at 10.0mmol/l.

  I have now had a fairly decent poo, and I feel better for it, although it was after breakfast, and so I can't weigh myself again. Although I feel better for it, there is still a sort of feeling there is more to come. That will restrict what I may do today. Maybe I might feel safe to go out for a few hours later if I do manage another nice big poo. At the moment it is all academic because I am restricted by the belief that my newest trainers will be delivered again. The last thing I saw was that they had reached the final delivery depot at just gone 5am this morning. I would have assumed that would be plenty of time for them to be out for delivery today, but so far I am waiting for more information.

  I guess little more than 15 minutes have passed since I wrote in the last paragraph that I "expected  more to come". I was very right. I have just paid another visit to the toilet, and it was very productive, and yet, after not really doing much yesterday, and maybe a bit the day before that, I don't think I am anywhere near empty yet !

  If I do get out today I think it may be a tram spotting/photography day. I have this vague plan I will get the tram from Elmers End to the Wandle Park tram stop. From there I should be able to get pictures of trams going to Addington as well as Elemers End and Beckenham Junction. With trams being so frequent in the central part of the network I could fill in many empty spaces in my spreadsheet. There are only 35 or 36 trams on the system, and it can't take long to fill in those empty spaces. There is also a small park, Wandle Park, by the tram stop, and it looks like it is worth a visit.