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  Yesterday was yet another wet day, but it was not as wet as the forecast predicted. There were dry spells dotted through the day. It was definitely a cold day with tyhe afternoon temperature only reaching about 8° C.   Last night ended on about 4° C, and this morning started at just 2° C. Oddly enough there didn't seem to be a frost this morning. The sky should stay mostly clear today, and so there should be plenty of sunny spells through all the daylight hours today. The afternoon high may only be 6° C, and so today is going to be perishing cold. By 7pm the temperature may have fallen to just 4° C, and by 1am tomorrow morning there could be some sleet. Tomorrow could start at just 3° C, and while I would expected sleet or snow, there will be light rain, and that rain could continue through the whole day. The afternoon high could be just 5° C, but there will be a mid evening peak of 8° C.

  Yesterday was quite a good day for a few reasons. Being able to be ultra lazy all day was a good reason, but unfortunately I couldn't be as lazy as can be because I had to do two things that were not lazy at all. All these, and other things will be explained somewhere down the page.

  I claimed to feel OK when I got up yesterday, and who am I to argue with myself. Actually I was probably right because I did seem to feel mostly OK yesterday, and even when I had to stress myself I didn't feel too bad. One thing I didn't do (thanks to the very dull wet weather) was to go for a walk in the park to help free up my stiff legs. Had it been dry, and ideally a bit bright, I think I would have gone out willingly. I could take a proper camera for a few snaps along the way, and with no particular aim in mind, I could have turned around and gone home any time I fancied it.

  I didn't expect to go anywhere where there would be people, and I was not expecting any visitors. That gave me a free hand to not bother with showering yesterday, and that meant I could start some laundry soaking soon after getting up. It would be a while before I finished it, but I did get the whole lot finished, and hanging up to dry sometime in the afternoon - I think it may have been early afternoon.

  I did have a better excuse for not going out yesterday. I was waiting in for a parcel delivery by DPD. It was all the weird instant noodles (weird as in many new, untried flavours from some makers I had never heard of) I had ordered from an Asian food wholesaler. My best guess was that it would arrive very late morning. It was actually about 4.30pm - not terribly late, but earlier would have been better. There was one big problem I'll describe soon.

  One thing about that Asian food order was that it included some cakes I knew I would want to sample. They would have probably had (and did have) quite a high sugar content, and so I tried to limit my sugar intake to make room for samples of those cakes. That didn't really happen as intended, and while I can't remember what I had for lunch, I am fairly sure it was not innocent.

  It may have been before lunch, but mostly after (and after a short snooze) that I got back to my laundry. There was quite a lot of it - two t-shorts, a pair of pyjama bottoms, and the usual pile of underpants. Nothing really stretched my wringing out muscles (so to speak), but the quantity meant I didn't care to do the whole lot in one sitting.  I would do two or three rinses and wringing outs before taking a break. That was a bit more frequent than I intended, and I am not sure why. I should have been able to do the whole job non stop, but maybe I am still weak after all the time I spent in hospital, or maybe I am feeling my age. Probably a bit of both.

  During the afternoon I did what I was strongly intending not to do - eating a snack of ice cream. It was a bit more than was ideal even if the intention was zero, but it was delicious. I can't wait to see the nurse this coming Monday, and getting back on Mounjaro. Even if it does nothing for my weight, it does wonders controlling my blood glucose, and makes eating cakes safe again (ignoring the negative health aspects of eating too much of the wrong sort of things).

  At least I made some effort to make my dinner a bit healthier. It was grilled "Mediterranean style vegetables" with three grilled pork sausages. I had just got it in the oven when there was a knock at my door. I thought it was going to be my delivery by DPD. It wasn't ! It was the owner of a house, and his wife, with the same number as mine, in a nearby road with a sort of similar name. He said that my parcel had been dropped off at his house, and it was too heavy for him to bring to me.

  I had to drop everything to get dressed to go out (fortunately it was not raining at the time) and fetch it for myself. I was told his daughter was home and would let me pick the parcel (actually it was a box) to take home. I knocked on their door, and the daughter asked me to come into the hall to pick the box up because she had been told it was heavy. After so recently out of hospital with a new heart valve, that did not inspire me with confidence. Fortunately I didn't think it was that heavy, although I did stop once to balance the box on a road sign while I had a breather.

  It was probably little more than a 2 minute walk home carrying that box, and I guess it was feeling a bit heavy, or maybe cumbersome is a better description, by the time I got home. Once home I had to check the contents straight away. The odd thing is that I expected some instant noodles to come from the "Doll" brand, but I didn't see any with Doll on them. What I did see was loads of instant noodles I had never seen before. Some were in packs of 4 or 5, and I usually bought any sold single in quantities of 3 or 4.

  I didn't try and of those noodles last night, but I did sample the cakes. One was described as a pineapple sponge cake. It reminded me a lot of a fig roll, bit with some pineapple flavoured goo instead of figs in the middle. The Choco Banana flavour cakes were made to look like a burger, which was weird. They didn't seem very bananary, and not all that chocolately, but they dis seem to taste ok. The cakes, in the style of a mini swiss roll, with a chestnut paste filling were a disappointment, but were still quite eatable.

  Eating those sweet cakes almost spoiled my dinner - which was just about cooked at that time. My ultra simple recipe of ready prepared vegetables, and sausages, was rather nice, and maybe it's healthiness may have offset the negative aspects of the cakes, but not of the ice cream I had for a dessert. After dinner I watched some TV (as usual) and I think it was around 9pm when I went to bed.

  9pm was possibly a bit early, and I thought I would never get to sleep. I tied laying on my back, on my left, and on my right, and no position seemed to allow me to relax....or so I thought. I was think of getting miserable about not being able to sleep when I realised I had just woken up a few hours later. Some of what I though was real life must have been a dream. I can't say I have any memory of even dreaming last night. I expect I did dream, but maybe it was too boring to remember of something.

  I did no take my diuretic tablets last night,and so I woke less in the night to pee. That was sort of intentional, but it did mean I weighed an extra 600gm when I got up this morning. By itself that is not much, but it is small amounts like this that add up to a very unwanted weight gain. I really most try and behave ! The ice cream and cakes had a really devastating effect on my blood glucose this morning.

  Like on the 5th February, when I was celebrating being discharged from hospital, I had two readings over the red line, and one almost as high. This is another reason....no, actually it is the ongoing reason why I need to get back on Mounjaro so it can regulate some of these high peaks. Oh well, at least my blood pressure is good this morning - unless 102/46 is considered a bit too low.

  This morning I have tried one of the new instant noodles for breakfast. It was made in Korea, and had a black bean sauce flavour. I am not sure what I should have expected, but it was quite nice even if slightly underwhelming. I may try another new flavour for lunch, but I probably should eat a pack of sandwiches I bought from Aldi before they start to go off.

  My plan, assuming I carry it out - I have a few doubts - is to go for a walk in the park before lunch. On the plus side it is nice and sunny at the moment. On the minus side it is between 2 and 3° C. My intention would be to walk to The Jolly Farmers where I think Ayse, my favourite bar maid, should be working. I have still not explained my absence to her, and she must think I no longer love her. If I don't make it today, assuming she is there, I will have to wait until next Wednesday.

  One other thing I am sure I won't do, but I am thinking about it, is go out to see The Life Of Brian tonight. They are playing in The Lord Herbert pub in Woolwich. It is a double bus ride to get there, and that puts me off. I think that if I do go it will be the result of a split second decision at the right time, and not the result of any forward planning (except for checking a map and bus routes).

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