08:18 BST

  The first thing to say about today's weather is that it definitely was 13° C earlier, and while the sky was not quite clear enough for full sunshine, we have had an almost non stop sunny spell - but only "almost". There is a small chance of rain up to 1pm, and from 2pm it is probable that it will rain. Even so, only light rain is forecast, and the chances are fairly low for some of those hours. From 6pm sunny spells may return, and continue until sunset. Today may be warmer, by a single degree, than yesterday. Today 18° C is forecast. Clear skies tonight may see temperatures plummet. Tomorrow is forecast to start at just 11° C. Tomorrow may see a mix of mainly sunshine and sunny spells, but like today there could be rain in the afternoon. Apart from 4pm when there is a 42% chance of rain, the other hours of rain are shown as low as 32%. Those hours may well be dry, but when tomorrow arrives all these predictions may be revised beyond recognition.

  Yesterday I had grand ideas of going out. That could have been a walk to The Jolly Farmers, or maybe just a walk to the shops or something, but there was a problem - I was expecting two deliveries, and felt the need to be in when they arrived. In fact I only got one delivery, delivered by Amazon themselves.

  That delivery left their depot modestly early (for Amazon), 11:51am, I am unsure what time it arrived. I know the notification I got to say it had been delivered came at 19:34, but I think that was a couple of hours after it was actually delivered. On the whole I was happy with what I ordered, but I thought the key chains seemed shorter than ideal. I bought two types, and they could possibly be joined. One of them, and possibly two if I join them, is intended for Michael, but he probably won't like to use them, and currently prefers to keep his house keys at the bottom of a full carrier bag that looks like it could split at any minute.

  Despite earlier ideas of doing stuff like going out, it turned out that I was just as lazy feeling yesterday as most recent days. One thing I did do because it needed close to zero effort, was to top up the rechargeable batteries in a few items. The most important was probably a pair of bluetooth audio transmitters/receivers. They seemed very useful when I first bought them 4 or 5 years ago, but I haven't used them at all for the last few years.

  They do suffer from one problem, and that is that being very low power devices, it takes an appreciable time to turn the analogue audio to digital. For many things that didn't cause any problem, but when used with video it was obvious by poor lip sync. Sadly, using them as a wireless link between a TV and external speakers was one of the original reasons I first bought them.  The first one I bought was a single unit, instead of a matched pair. It did seem slightly better in some way I can't remember, but I left it for so long without topping up the lithium battery that the battery completely died, and I thought the simplest thing was to throw it away. I might have attempted a repair if I was actually using it.
  One thing I did yesterday was to trap the long haired, fluffy pussy cat who has come to like me*. To trap him I used an open cardboard box - cats seem to feel an instinctive urge to get in, and mold them selves to the shape of the box. It took all of 30 seconds after spotting the box for him to jump in.

* As far as I can know, it seems he is a regular visitor to the neighbours either side of me. I know he spends time with Ray and Sue on one side. I recently saw the back door open on the other side, and although I couldn't make out what was being said, I am sure I heard the lady that side talking to him. Including his own house, he so far seems to be at home in four houses that I know of (assuming he actually spends much time in the house where he is fed).

  One new observation is that he had a collar on yesterday. At first I thought it was a flea collar, and maybe it is that as well, but a name tag hangs from it, and a couple of other unidentified things. The light was too bad, and there was a lot of long fur in the way, and I have not yet managed to read what is on the name tag. I am wondering if the other things may be an RF ID tag to open a cat flap, but once again I have been unable to see them in detail. Maybe that might happen today with the help from Jodie.

  While he was squirming around in the cardboard box he left his belly exposed as if he was inviting me to stroke it. I was acutely aware of the dangers of trying, but did it anyway. He gripped my hand in his paws, and gently bit me. It is a reflex action because it is how they often kill their pray. Although he was sort of gentle, I still came away with a couple of scratches, but I expected it, and I only have myself to blame.

  After a while I left the cat alone, but I did leave the back window partly open in case he felt trapped or something. I don't think he actually felt trapped, but with nobody to fuss over him, I think he got bored. When I checked 20 or so minutes later he had gone out. When I looked out of the upstairs back window I soon spotted him.
  I used my small Nikon DSLR camera with 200mm zoom lens to get this picture of the cat snoozing on a garden seat under the overhang of their wet room, or whatever it at the bottom of their garden. He briefly looked up as I opened the window for a clearer shot, and as can be seen, he kept one eye open to see what I might do.

  I thought it was after, but instead I now think it was before I took these pictures that I stopped for some lunch. Now the main problem I have is trying to remember what I had for lunch. Suddenly my mind switches from blank to a complete memory - literally after typing the full stop at the end of the previous sentence.  Somehow checking my weight and blood glucose for yesterday brought it all back for me.

  Both my weight and blood glucose were OK, but not great. I thought I ought to have a lunch that was similar - OK, but not great (in terms of nutrition). I decided on cheese on sliced tomatoes and sliced red chillies, on toast would somehow fit the bill. Most importantly it was rather nice, and there was the added plus point that cheese on toast is a fairly rare treat for me. I possibly had something like a small packet of crisps as a sort of "dessert" after the cheese on toast.

  After dinner I had my usual lie down, and the only thing of concern was to keep an ear out for the doorbell. I didn't realistically think that Amazon would arrive until much later in the afternoon. In fact it would not have mattered if I had gone to The Jolly Farmers at lunchtime because I think it was just after 5pm when my parcel arrived. As mentioned nearer the top of the page, I was happy with everything in that parcel except that the key chains I had ordered were shorter than expected.

  I think I knew by then that a further parcel, being delivered by Royal Mail would be delivered today, probably by my regular postman. He typically arrived around midday. Back to yesterday, and I felt safe to have a long lie down, read some of my book, and if I felt the need, which I am sure I did, have as long a snooze as I could.  I was awake and alert again well before Amazon arrived.

  I was thinking about dinner when my parcel was delivered. It was still a bit early to prepare dinner, and once I had inspected everything that I had bought I could put my feet up again, although I didn't actually do that. I know it was not long until 6pm and dinner time, and I think I passed the time looking at stuff on the internet. One such think was looking to see what other books I could buy by the same author of the book I am currently reading - "Eclipse" by John Shirley.

  The book I have is actually the first part of a trilogy. I saw that Amazon were selling all three books as one big book, but I seem to recall it was rather expensive. I also saw that there were maybe half a dozen other books by the same author. I still can't make up my mind about his writing. It seems to alternate between some excitement and some tedium as he explains the background to the next exciting bit. It is a standard way of writing, but other authors seem to do it is a less tedious manner.

  I am well over half way through the book, and one thing I am sure about is that it feels like I have never read it before despite taking it from my own bookshelves. I wonder if I started reading it, and then got bored too quickly. This time I seemed to have persevered through the boring bits, and I am quite enjoying the non boring bits. I just grit my teeth through the boring pages, knowing that if I can remember some of them for just long enough, it does make the non boring bits make more sense.

  My dinner was a spicy pulled pork and rice ready meal - the same as one I had a week or so ago, and thought it to be oddly nice. I followed that with rather a lot of ice cream, but I seem to be less worried about eating ice cream now - maybe more so since I discovered that my wild theory about the additive Sodium Alginate turned out to have some truth to it. Sodium Alginate, made from seaweed, does reduce sugar absorption in the gut. The catch in this theory is that not all ice cream has a lot of Sodium Alginate in it. Many use Carrageen, or Irish Moss. That is also made from seaweed, but while it is used for the same reason, to make the ice cream more creamy, and more stable, it does not seem to be noted for reducing sugar uptake in the gut.

  I spent most of my evening watching TV. By the time I was watching QI (or was it Have I Got News For You ?) I was definitely feeling rather tired. I didn't stay up to watch whichever of the two shows was on second. I went straight to bed, and I don't think I read before trying for sleep. I think I got the thermostat on my heater about right last night because I was definitely feeling very comfortable, rather than too hot or cold as I laid in bed, and fell asleep in about 10 minutes flat.

  I had one period of insomnia last night. I think it was around 2 or 3am when I woke up, had a pee, and didn't seem to be able to fall asleep again for a couple of hours. That is how I seem to remember it, but I have a feeling that I may not have realised I dozed off now and then during the time I thought I was awake. The clue was that there seemed to be lost time involved - suddenly the clock would jump forward by half an hour or so. I was probably asleep for that half an hour.

  I didn't seem to miss the sleep I may not have got - assuming that some of that insomnia wasn't actually a dream. I am only aware of having one dream, and apart from he vaguest of vague memories I can't say anything about it apart from a sort of feeling it involved being at work.  This morning was another morning when I woke up ready to do my usual ritual of health readings and a visit to the toilet. I also refreshed the weather forecasts ready to take screen shots later.

  After that I laid down again, and probably slept for at least another half hour. It was perhaps fortunate that after that half hour sleep, and other time passed while doing stuff, I felt ready to visit the toilet again. This time it was a poo as well as a pee. When I weighed myself again I found I had lost weight instead of putting it on as originally thought. The differences are small, and the loss was not an overall loss, it was the loss of some of a gain. My "official" record shows I actually put on 100gm yesterday, and that was 400gm less than my original reading - so both good and bad.

  My blood glucose was down slightly. The Contour meter read 7.5mmol/l, or spot on my current self invented target. The GlucoRX meter read the same at the GlucoFix meter, at 7.9mmol/l. Yesterday my average of all three was 8.07mmol/l. I think that is best described as "adequate" or "good enough". Today the average was 7.77mol/l, and that could be described as good, but still short of excellent.

  Today I have a possible plan. Once I have finished writing this I will have my usual lie down, but it may last a bit longer because I will be waiting for the postman. Once he has been, and dropped off my parcel with a pair of shorts - with belt loops - I can take the time out to have a shower, and wash my hair. After that, assuming there is still plenty of time left, I want to go out shopping to Aldi.

  Top of my shopping list will be some cat food. I am sure that he is well enough fed by his true owners, but the odd treat is usually rewarded with extra (probably false) affection. I also could do with more Diet Coke, and some ready meals and other edibles, but I must try and not go too mad and end up carrying a huge weight home.

  A bit later, but maybe not too much later, Jodie should be over for some beer tasting. I would not be surprised if we are are not joined by Michael a bit later. It would be nice if we were also joined by fluffy cat, and if we are, I hope that between me and Jodie, we can read, and possibly photograph his name tag and the other stuff on his collar. It would be nice to be able to call him by his real name instead of just "Fluffy Cat".