Yesterday was one of those days. A day where I seemed to have no enthusiasm for anything except staying warm, and being totally lazy. It is why that at the top of this page I described what I saw on yesterday's weather forecast rather than trying to remember what I saw outside because I was paying little attention to the outside world.

  Rather than start off with a big list of what I might have done, but didn't, I'll start with two things I did do. I did two lots of cooking, but only one was totally successful. For my lunch I thought I ought to finish some Panninni rolls that had been in the fridge a bit longer than ideal. In fact they didn't seem too bad when I cut them in two. They seemed really good when toasted, and finally given a light coat of Branston pickle and a generous sprinkling of grated cheese. Maybe they turned out nice than cheese on pickle on ordinary toasted, sliced bread.

   My dinner did not turn out so well because I was impatient, and it could have done with maybe an extra 20 minutes of cooking - possibly more. The reason for my impatience was because I started later for a reason I'll come to next. I was roasting "rustic roasting root vegetables" and they are nice when roasted for long enough that the parsnips start to turn almost crispy. Most of the parsnips and and carrots were just about cooked enough, but one parsnip, quite a thick chunk of parsnip, was almost uncooked in the middle and tasted nasty.

   I did have a sort of starter while the vegetables were only half roasted. It was three slices of very thinly sliced cold beef that I smeared with horseradish sauce. It was quite tasty, and like the Panninni rolls, the last bits in the pack if sliced beef were possibly past their use by date. Apart from that starter, the main course of my dinner was purely vegetarian. I did ave some ice cream as a dessert.

  The reason for my very late start to cooking dinner was because of a phone call. It was from my friend Kieth, and we only talk once every few months, and so he has a lot to say - often boring stuff like cell phone towers and fibre optic broadband roll-out. I think the call lasted 5 hours, and it finished at almost 7pm ! I would normally have cooked and eaten dinner by then !

  The other thing about yesterday is that I didn't really get up....well I did, but I spent the day in a pair of smelly lounge pants that during some cold winter nights they were used as pyjama trouser bottoms. I think from the moment I got out of bed that I was not going out at all yesterday, although I may not have admitted it to myself. One plan that came and went with no action was to walk to The Jolly Farmers. The big question is did I not wash because I knew I would not be going out, or did I not go out because I didn't bother to wash yesterday.

  The other bit of going out that I didn't even consider as the time approached, was to go to Beckenham to try and squeeze in a very over crowded pub to see The Life Of Brian playing. I can't deny that I very much wanted to see (and hear) them playing, but it was the seeing that was most important, and in the Beckenham Bricklayers Arms pub, only the lucky few at the front of the crush could see them. I am sure I talked myself out of going even before I considered the weather (it was raining again), and how I should have showered and shampooed before I went out, plus I should have been getting the bus around the time that my poorly cooked dinner was (not really) ready and on a plate in front of me.

  With hindsight it could be said that I wasted all of yesterday. I guess I did, but I was probably still happy, or if not actually happy, then at least satisfied to not take any action I didn't care to take (if that actually means anything). The alternative was not terribly exciting because the TV schedules only seem to show 97% total crap at the weekend. That did leave a few episodes of The Simpsons that I had not seen for ages, or were new to me, to amuse me until a semi early night.

  After turning of the TV I read in bed for a while, and I think I was trying to fall asleep even while I was trying to read the last page or two before the end of a chapter. Things get very vague after that, I feel sure I put the book down, turned out the light, and fell asleep within minutes. It seems strange after such a lazy day that I should feel so tired, but it was reflected in my sleep too. I only woke a few times for a pee, but when I did I seem to pee gallons !

  It was shortly before I woke up this morning that I had one of those dreams that seem to only last a few seconds, and maybe that is all they do last for. The dream was set in a corridor than for some reason I thought might be in a school, but I guess it could have been anywhere. In the dream there was a tall girl, at least she must have been tall for what happened. She had this strange idea that she wanted to wrap her hands around my belly as we walked down the corridor. I said that if she did that I would have to squeeze her boobs.

  I have no idea how it could be possible unless I was double jointed or something, but as she clasped her hands around my belly, as she stood behind me, I somehow reached behind me (possibly it was over my shoulders) and gave both boobs a gentle squeeze (through her clothes and bra) in retaliation. I will admit it was a very strange dream, and the only thing that comes near to almost normalising it was that I am sure we were good friends, and so it was friendly, playful abuse. Maybe we did that sort of thing often, and possibly with full consent, but in a 15 second dream there is little time for a back story.

  This morning may also reflect that I was tired again. I think I blame the drizzly weather for wanting to make me hibernate or something. It was one of those mornings where I got up, and then went back to bed, and I may have done that twice. One thing about it was that it gave me extra time to pee a second or third time, and even pass a semi big poo, before I got on the scales. It felt good to see I had lost 500gm since yesterday morning.

  I must admit I thought I had eaten quite well yesterday, but maybe it was the contents of my diet instead of the quantity, that allowed that weight drop, and also some quite good blood glucose readings. This morning a few were in in the light green (good) area. I had readings of 7.7, 8.0, and 7.9mmol/l. That is quite a fair agreement between all three meters. The 7.7 and 7.9 were particularly good - being just a tad of my target of 7.5mmol/l. The Mounjaro is working again !

  With the temperature currently just under 14° C it feels like I could go for a walk in the park in just t-short and shorts. If it wasn't for the drizzly rain I might have even have tried it. Maybe I still might, bt as usual. once I have dotted the last i, and crossed the last T of this morning's writing, I am pretty sure I am going to have a snooze. Later today I should be having a beer tasting session with Jodie. It is possible Michael might join us, but has has said that before and never turned up. That is a shame and not a shame. A shame because Jodie ignores me for much of the session while, like some bratty teenager, she becomes immersed in stuff on her phone. Michael usually talks, but so much of what he says is so negative that it is not always interesting - particularly when it is the same old moans every time.

  The one thing I look forward to after the beer tasting session is dinner, and tonight I think I am having minted lamb shanks with some mixed vegetables (and possibly some sweet potato chips). Of course, at the last minute I might decide that BBQ spare ribs would be nicer. Time will tell.

  One last thought: My breakfast this morning was a pack of "Japanese Curry" flavoured instant noodles. I had never heard of Japanese Curry before. To me it tasted like cheap curry power as used in the old (and possibly still current) Vesta curry kits. It tasted OK. but it lacked any excitement of trying something new. Not recommended !