08:23 BST

  This morning has started off slightly fresh feeling, but very sunny, and it is forecast to be very sunny all day long. By 3pm the temperature should reach 28° C. Tomorrow will be like today except we can expect 30° C, but that will probably be the peak for this run of very good weather - which should be dry and sunny for at least the next 7 days.

  It was mostly a couple of small things that made yesterday a good day. That might even include a 10% beer in the afternoon - which was extremely nice, but was instrumental of ruining my diet, although curiously it didn't seem to sabotage my blood glucose level.

  As far as I can remember, yesterday started, and mostly continued to be a mostly relaxed day. I don't think I had any urge to race through yesterday's writing, and make hundreds of typos and spelling errors. I think it was the more typical tens of typos and spelling errors ! Once I had finished writing I had my usual rest, but it might possibly not have been as long as some because I wanted to have a shower.

  While writing I sometimes had fantasies of going out for a walk, but that was mostly stamped on when I got an email to say my Amazon delivery (originally estimated to be delivered today) was out for delivery quite early for Amazon, mere minutes after 11am. I could have still chanced a walk because I still thought it would be hours before it arrived. I would still have had plenty of time - although it did arrive earlier than expected at about 3pm.

  After my shower I put two white t-shirts in to soak. One of the t-shirts was rather old, and a historic item. I found it while looking for, and finding, a spare net curtain for my bedroom. The old one was starting to fall apart of soaking up so much bright sunshine over the years. Putting up the new curtain was a little easier than expected. The big downside was that it has a (now slowly fading) nasty plastic/chemical small. I assume it is from being stored for maybe 5 or more years. Anyway, the job is done, and I don't feel ashamed when anyone looks up at my window and saw ripped curtains.

  The other job, washing the two white t-shirts was spread over several hours. I did the first and second rinse before the Amazon delivery, and didn't get back to do the third rinse and fabric conditioner until after Jodie arrived for out beer tasting session. In the meantime, the man from Amazon arrived with my stuff at just gone 3pm - which was earlier than I realistically expected.

  I had ordered two packs of test strips for my GlucoRX blood glucose meter that is no longer supported by the NHS, but still works perfectly, and out of all those I own, it is my favourite meter giving very consistent results. I now have 100 days supply of test strips, plus whatever is left in the current container (maybe 20 or so). I also ordered two spare leather trouser belts. I recently had to throw away a belt because I noticed it was fraying badly. I had a spare, and now I have two spares.

  There was one more item in my order, and it was another pair of Adidas trainers. That is four pairs I have now. I have been impressed by two things. One is that they are generally more comfortable than some other makes, and the other thing is that they are a lot cheaper than expected - although there are fancy designs that are of no interest to me, and cost a small fortune.
  While Jodie started messing around, and making her usual mess, of her lunch, I nipped back up to the bathroom to finished washing my two white t-shirts. One was a 1999 Catford Beer Festival t-shirt (which still fits ok), and the other was the Youngs Waggledance t-shirt. The front design is on the left of the picture above. I may not have been able to wear it when it was brand new, but maybe patience has maybe worked. I haven't tried it on, but it looks like it should fit now.

  The first beer Jodie opened was a Radler - a fairly weak, lemon flavoured beer. It wasn't all that bad compared to some Radlers I have been forced to taste, but just a taster was enough for me. I went back to a beer that I had started before Jodie even arrived. Jodie did not appear to be in much of a drinking mood. It may have been because she was being careful because she was going on to another bar which sold strong beers from one of her favourite brewers (mostly making nasty sour beers).

  I was quite surprised when later on she opened a can of very strong stout. In the tasting notes it mentioned coffee, and so I was very wary of it, but it tasted more like chocolate to me, and Jodie graciously topped up my small taster to about the equivalent of half a can. It slipped down deliciously. I would later have most of a very strong Xmas beer, which was also delicious. It was handy having a few beers I could get my teeth into because Jodie was lost in her phone a lot of the time, and we rarely exchanged more than a sentence at a time.

  By the time Jodie left to get her train I was not really feeling drunk, but I obviously was because I had a raging appetite. I was originally going to have a chicken salad, but I changed my mind. I started off with a small ready meal of chicken and dumplings. It did seem a very small portion, and I followed it by a large instant noodles. All that, and stuff I had eaten earlier to "line my stomach" before drinking, added up to my diet ruined, although it didn't seem to sabotage my blood glucose this morning.

  I ate my dinner with the BBC news channel on, but once the sport news started I quickly turned off the TV. I had checked before that happened, and I noted a possibly interesting Simpsons episode being shown later on the E4 channel, and an edition of Have I Got News For You on Dave. The later was not on until 9pm. I filled in the gaps by reading some stuff on the internet. The Simpsons episode was one I had never seen before, an so I am glad I turned the TV back on for that.

  The Have I Got News For You episode was another I had not seen before. It was one of those episodes that was very good in parts, but spoilt by a couple of the guest participants, and whose names I can't really remember (possibly soap actors or something). It finished at 10pm and I was more than ready for sleep, although I did read on my bed for maybe 15 minutes before turning out the light.

  Like a few nights in the last few months it was one of those nights when the booze in my system soon got me to sleep, but maybe an hour later I woke up feeling rough. I was vaguely aware that I had slept on my right hand side - which is unusual. That might have caused a few different aches and pains, and gave a hint of heartburn. I treated the feeling of heartburn about to start, and then treated as best I could the hangover that was not exactly raging, but enough to stop me falling asleep again.

  After that I had a fairly bland night. I got up to pee at about the same rate and quantity as what is now normal for me. I know I had a dream, and at the time I thought it seemed to be too boring to remember anything, and indeed, I can't remember a single thing about it now. The main annoyance to do with my sleep is that I woke up at about 5:45am, and  couldn't get back to sleep even if I did think I could easily sleep for at least another hour.

  I may have got up for a pee at about the same rate and quantity as most nights, but it didn't save me from some annoying weight gain. This morning I seem to have gained 800gm. Oh well, I've done worse on a Friday or Monday morning (both days after a beer tasting session). There is a fair indication it may happen before the morning is over, but I didn't even manage to have a poo to drop a little bit of weight this morning (although I strongly doubt it will be 800gm).

  I suppose that with my peeing in the night being very typical, it is not surprising that my blood glucose is pretty typical, albeit not as low as I would like. The Contour meter read 8.0mmol/l, and so just 0.1 away from being colour coded light green (in my spreadsheet), and being classified as very good. The GlucoRX meter read just 7.5mmol/l, and so not just very good, but spot on my current target. The Contour Plus was being very different still with a semi bad reading of 8.9mmol/l. My new meter, the Glucofix, read 8.6mmol/l. That is passable - neither very good or very bad.

  This morning I feel...???....err, I'm not sure. I don't think I feel good, but neither do I feel bad. Once again I have started yawning since thinking about my sleep, and I would not be surprised if I had a snooze during my post writing rest. Maybe I will feel a bit more active once I have managed to open my bowels this morning. For now I think a slightly unlikely plan is on hold. That plan was to go for a short walk, maybe just to the station and back to pick up a copy of The Metro, between two lots of photo editing.

  As much as today should be good walking weather...or at least it would be if the heat does not put extra strain on my heart - I feel I will have to knuckle down and try and get the last of the photos (where "last" means several hundred to consider) from Petts Wood Calling done and dusted. Although it was only a very tiny influence on Friday and/or Saturday night, having so many photos still to do was another reason for not going to a potential gig on Friday or Saturday night. It is currently also a reason not to go on a train ride, which would involve last of train spotting, and other things to photograph, possibly even the sea, as well, but maybe tomorrow........