Yesterday was another day that had good bits, but much of it was bland. The good bits were having a shower and washing my hair, plus going shopping in Savers and Tesco. That still left many hours when I had to find ways to amuse myself.

  After intending to wash my hair for some time, it was definitely good to actually do it. I can't really understand why I don't do it more often. In guess being lazy is easier, or maybe a lack of achievable goals at the moment dampens my enthusiasm. Once we get some brighter weather, and perhaps a little bit warmer weather (although most afternoon have not been exactly cold), I hope my confidence that I will start to do stuff I've been waiting to do, will actually happen.

  My ideal plan yesterday was to get to Tesco in time to buy some stuff for breakfast. I wanted to buy some bacon, as a for instance, but forgot that when I was actually in Tesco at about lunch time (I think it was at least 1pm). The walk to and from Tesco was not that enjoyable for one simple reason - I was wearing a pair of Adiddas "court" trainers. They are apparently aimed at those who play Tennis, but can be worn as a fashion item.

  The odd thing is that Tennis players are always rushing and leaping around - at least I think they are, but I admit I have hardly ever watched any tennis. My experience of the Adiddas "court" trainers is that they are stiff, and clumpy. Maybe with enough patience I can break them in, but I find they are not terribly comfortable for walking. Aside from my poor choice of shoes, the walk to and from Tesco felt almost like it used to before things like Angina made it uncomfortable.

  As noted above, my first bit of shopping was done in Savers - which added about 30 seconds to my walk. There was various stuff I wanted from there. It included a couple of bottles of shower gel, and a couple of vitamins, but there was one thing I wanted above all. It was a packet of Esomeprazole capsules. It was the same drug I was prescribed in hospital when my first gastric endoscopy discovered I had a stomach ulcer.  Those capsules were stronger 40mg, but the non prescription version, which is what I bought, is only 20mg - so I take two, one in the morning and one mid evening.  I must admit that since taking these capsules I have had no acid reflux and/or heartburn.

  Just for a change, I was a bit more careful about what I put in my shopping basket in Tesco, and this time I had less of a shock when presented with my bill at the checkout. I still bought some yummy stuff that is far too tempting. That includes another 500ml tub of ice cream - Oreo flavour this time. I am unsure how yummy they will be, but I also bought a few Indian curry ready meals. I can't seem to remember whether those from Tesco are better or worse than those from Aldi. That is probably because they are almost identical, and may well be made in the same factory.

  Once I was home from my short shopping trip, I had some lunch. It was a couple of "sub" type rolls - one big and one small, that I got from the sandwich shelves. The small one, and ham and cheese roll, I have had many times, and always thought it was very nice, but yesterday I was a bit underwhelmed. The same was true of the big roll which was a sourdough bread roll. It was OK, but didn't meet my imaginary expectations. Could my tastes be changing for some reason?

  After a semi active morning, I reverted to a very lazy afternoon. I snoozed after eating, and then spend time reading my book. At this point I have to remind myself that I was expecting Jodie to join me for a beer tasting session at around 3.30pm. I think it had gone 4pm and there was no sign of Jodie. I concluded that she was probably going to a gig, and so I messaged her to check. After a while she replied to say she was with Alan on a train to Brighton, and indeed was going to a gig.

  Having a quiet, and sober night suited me find. As I wrote yesterday, Jodie is not the best of company these days. Like a teenager, she is continually glued to her phone scrolling through the various "social media" web sites she subscribes to - mostly Instagram, and Untappd. (wikipedia and actual website). Despite what my cardiologist thinks, I was happy to forego a beer session, and have a quiet night of reading and some TV.

  One of the things I sometimes tend to do now is to take a laxative tablet in the evening if I have been temporarily constipated in the morning. I was not constipated yesterday morning (which made a change), and during the day I had eaten some fruit, and included some extra vegetables in my diet. I am not sure why I took a laxative last night, but I did. One reason is actually as practice for when I am supposed to go on a low fibre diet in the 4 days leading up to my colonoscopy. That low fibre diet is going to cause my some bad problems

  It was about 10pm when I turned the TV off, and went to bed. For about half an hour I read in bed. I then tried for sleep, and it came very easily. I slept OK until about 3am when I felt some stirrings from my guts. I got up and went to the toilet. It was soon obvious I was the opposite of constipated. It seemed to fully empty myself, and managed to get back to bed, and very soon back to sleep.

  At about 7am I got up, and went to the toilet for a pee, but quickly realised I would be having more than a pee ! After that lot I went back to bed, but getting comfortable was not easy, and harder still when I realised that sooner or later I would need to go to the toilet again. Since than I have made a couple more productive visits to the toilet. I think I have just had a rehearsal for when I have to take a super, hospital strength, laxative before my colonoscopy.

  Until I had some breakfast at just after 9am, I felt sure my whole digestive tract must surely be completely empty. I most certainly had a very empty feeling before I had my breakfast. I was going to have instant noodles for breakfast. I think I mentioned yesterday that I have a feeling it is those noodles that have been responsible for most of the times I have suffered constipation, and expressed a desire t wean myself off them (or at least not have them every single morning). This morning I had a "cheese triple" pack of sandwiches from Tesco - nice but a it extravagant.

  Once again I am trying to think what I am going to do today. I doubt we will see any sunshine today, but at he moment it is a sort of bright grey outside. That still doesn't tempt me to go out, but maybe I will go for a walk somewhere today. before that happens I will need to be very sure that I won't be needing the toilet (for very runny pooing) while I am out. At the moment I don't feel sure enough. I am still yearning to go on a few rail exploration trips, but I would need to be treble sure about my guts for that, and I am not ! I suspect that I will spend a lot of today being very lazy - reading and snoozing - but maybe I might try and moderate my eating today (unlikely !).
  I almost forgot - this is one of the rolls I had for breakfast yesterday. It was not that good, or at least not to my taste despite the description sounding nice. I rated it a bot stodgy. The reason for the picture is that I thought "Coco di Mama" sounds a bit rude. I think it translates to Mammas coco. What is a coco - to my corrupt brain it sound like a slang term for a part of the female anatomy. In the words of Monty Python, one of the "naughty bits".