08:37 BST

  I'm still waiting for the first sunny spells as promised in the forecast. At the moment the clouds look streaky, and maybe a gap will open up to let a bit of sun through. If we do start to get sunny spells, and if we get the promised full sunshine from 2pm, we could see the temperature rise to 17° C. It seems to be about 12° C as I type this at 08:56. Tomorrow could start at just 10° C, but full sunshine is predicted for most of tomorrow, and that should get the temperature up to 17° C again.

    Yesterday was not the sort of day I expected. I thought I might be able to convince myself to go out for another walk, but that never happened because of a 6 hour long phone call from a friend. It was not the usual gas bag friend, but another who can also talk forever.

  I had finished writing, and was just finishing my post writing rest when I planned to have a shower, and brave the dodgy looking sky to go for a walk - probably just a short one to Ladywell and back. At 11:54 my phone rang, and the 6 hours conversation started. Some of it was interesting, and a lot of it was boring. I guess my friend must be autistic because he seems to know where every mobile phone mast is.

  He is also a fanatic for fibre optic connections for the internet. I can't imagine why a single man needs the connection capacity of a family of 5 with 3 teenagers glues to the internet all day. I find my 100mb/s connection exceeds my needs. My friend rants on about needing, or maybe just wanting, a 1 gb/s connection. It would make downloading a pirated movie very quick, but it would make little difference if you were patient. Start in the afternoon and watch the film in the evening at about 100mb/s.

  By the time the call was over I had missed my lunch, and it was just about time for dinner. I had been planning cheese on toast for dinner, but that would take too long, and I had a small ready meal that could be "cooked" in the microwave in 4 minutes. The silly thing is that I can't remember what it was. I know I had some ice cream for dessert, but I was a bit more careful about how much I ate this time.

  I spent the evening mostly watching TV - the usual Star Treks and Have I Got News For You, and this time also QI (although I can't remember whether Have I Got News For You was on before or after QI). It meant it was 11pm when I went to bed. I had got the thermostat on my heater set about right while watch TV, and my bedroom was neither too cool, or too warm when I tried for sleep.

   I think I probably fell asleep very quickly. As far as I can recall, I slept very well last night. I didn't seem to have to get up and pee more than once or twice - which seems like a record these days. It might have indicated my blood glucose level was not very high. Before I checked that I had to have my usual first-thing-in-the-morning pee, and I think I managed a little poo as well. For all that I only seemed to have lost 100gm since yesterday morning.

  My blood glucose was fairly good, but couldn't be described as low. The Contour Meter read 7.4mmol/l. That is good, but I supposed I hoped for an even lower reading. The GlucoRX meter read 8.2mmol/l, and I guess that is a little bit good. The new GlucoFix meter read 7.5mmol/l. That is spot on my current, self decided, target, and so has to be described as good. Maybe these figures are low enough that I didn't need to pee much in the night.

  The important thing this morning is that I was due to see the nurse at the group practice at 9:40am this morning. It was to get put on Mounjaro the wonder slimming drug. It still feels like a cop out, but at the same time I thought I shouldn't look at a gift horse in the mouth. I was 2 minutes late getting to my appointment, but that didn't matter because the nurse was running about 15 minutes late herself. The extra time gave me time to get my breath back after rushing to the surgery (possibly faster than I thought I could manage).

  The nurse gave a demonstration on how the injector pen is used after checking a few details - including looking at the spreadsheets I had printed off for her. She noted that I had lost almost 2kg since I last saw her in June or July. I pointed out that my blood pressure had gone up to 141/54 at the thought of what I was about to submit to. She thought it was actually not too unreasonable. At the end she sent off a prescription to the pharmacy next door. It was for the prefilled injector pen, needles for it, and a "sharps" box for the used needles.

  I then went next door to the pharmacy. There was no one else in there, and I was seen almost instantly. About 10 minutes of searching later that said they had one item missing, and I have to go back there tomorrow when they should have it for me. Tomorrow I will be giving myself my first injection ! From then on it will be the same time every week, but only once a week. I see the nurse next month to see how it is all going. I trust they will send me a reminder of the date and time. I think it on the 20th of next month, but I am unsure of the time even if I correctly remembered the date.

  Since getting home I have had one single pack of instant noodles for a late breakfast. I added chilli sauce to what was already a spicy flavour. Five minutes later I blossomed with sweat. I have cooled off now, and that is just as well because the next thing I have to do (or want to do - I don't have to) is to walk through the park, via the hospital to pick up a copy of The Metro, and then on to the Jolly Farmers and a couple of pints of Guinness.