This morning felt quite chilly, or at least the cold wind blowing through my bedroom window onto my unclothed body chilled me. It was 17° C at 6am, but initially hazy, but growing stronger very fast, sunshine is warming things up, and this afternoon may see 29° C. From 3pm the sunshine will give way to sunny spells, and there is a tiny chance of rain at 8pm, and also 9pm, but 10% and 18% is a negligible risk of rain. It should be another fresher feeling night, and tomorrow may be a cooler day. The afternoon may reach 24° C, but there will only be sunny spells in the morning and late afternoon. From 1pm to 4pm the sun may be hidden behind clouds.
 
  After reporting on my walk the day before yesterday, I thought I would be going out again, but for some reason I didn't. I had a mostly lazy day, but I did do a few useful things.

  One useful thing was to finish washing the towel I had left in soak overnight (because it was too hot to finish the job the on the same day). Getting the big buckets out of the bath meant I could have a shower, and wash my hair. Both were important if I was to go out. After some sweaty days I was probably stinking, and in great need of a shower. My hair (or what is left of it these days - still more than Bill Bailey currently has, and I am 10 years older than him !) was nasty and greasy because of all the sweat in it.

  My original plan was to have a shower, and go out shopping to Tesco, but not until I had had my usual lie down after writing (2,174 words yesterday - which takes a fair bit of typing fo an amateur like me). Once I relaxed on my bed, reading for a while, and having a short snooze, I wondered what all the fuss was about. I could always go to Tesco today, and so I went into advanced lazy mode - until lunchtime.

  I made a special effort to eat something light, and modestly low calorie for my lunch. It was a tried and tested recipe of corned beef on plain rice crackers, with a couple of slices of pickled chillies on top. This morning I had some sort of confirmation that it had been a good choice. I am not sure why, but it gives the feeling that I have had a fair sized meal after I have eaten it. That is a rare sort of feeling for me.

  One thing I did in the afternoon was to go to Aliexpress's web site to see if there were any updates about my recent (9 days ago) order for spare batteries, and a USB powered charger for my Canon 600D camera. The information seems slightly vague, but it shows some slow movement. A few days ago the order had reached a local airport - I assume local in China. Previous orders have shown the flight number of the plane carrying my order to the UK, but no flight number has been give yet. Apart from my desire to fondle my new stuff, it is lucky I am not in any great hurry for those batteries. I do have two batteries, and I think both are in good condition, for the camera. It is not as if I am going to to a big festival type of gig and will be using the camera all day, and so in that respect there is no rush, plus if I was going to a festival type gig, with half a dozen or more bands playing, I would be taking my big Nikon camera.

  The afternoon passed fairly smoothly, and soon dinner time was approaching. Before I had dinner I decided it would be useful to wash my hair to save time this morning. The water from the shower was only a rather nice luke warm, and that felt quite refreshing.

  Back to dinner, and I wanted something "nice" for dinner, and it was to be the rack of spare ribs that I already had in the fridge (not freezer), and had been meaning to eat for the previous 4 or 5 days. The ribs are tightly sealed in a thick plastic envelope, and I think they are safe for a long time when chilled. I cooked them up, and tried a small diversion from the way you are supposed to cook them (actually it is more like deep heating them because they are already cooked). The instructions say to pour on the supplied marinade 5 minutes before the end of cooking. I forgot, and poured it on after I had put the rib on a plate ready to eat them. The marinade seemed just as good like that.

  Now I must admit that if I had some ice cream in the fridge I would have had ice cream as a dessert, but I have no ice cream at the moment. Instead I had a small packet of sugar free vanilla wafers. It seems it was a wise decision even if it was the only thing possible.

  The one thing different about last night was that the temperature was dropping outside, and there was a light breeze blowing in a little bit of cooler air into my bedroom. By the time I had watched the usual TV, and read for a bit, I realised I didn't need a fan to help me stay cool. I seemed comfortable enough just laying there uncovered. Later on in the night, maybe it was around 4am, I actually felt worse than cold - a bit chilled - and pulled the duvet over myself.

  As I type this the window is open, and the odd bit of breeze I feel, feels chilly. Of course, a month or two ago, I would consider the current temperature mild enough for shorts and no coat, but the recent hot sunshine has spoiled me. My care in eating did little for my weight, but this is one of those morning where I can only fart instead of having a proper poo. Nevertheless, I am a whole 100gm lighter than yesterday, and if I did have a good poo that might be 200gm, but I have eaten breakfast now, and so I can't weigh myself again until tomorrow.

 That careful eating did have a very good effect on my blood glucose. Two of the readings were 7.6 and 7.9mmol/l. It is just over a week since I had two sevens on the same day, and so I am rather pleased with those readings. The third reading was quite different for some reason I can only blame on the meter itself. Maybe I might try fresh batteries, although I think it does have a low battery indicator. That anomalous reading was  8.8mmol/l - quite different to the other two readings. It is why I don't rely on a single meter.

  I have a vague plan for today. Once I have uploaded today's electronic diary I will have my usual lie down, and that often ends as a short snooze. I'll then have a shower before going shopping in Tesco. I will be looking for more low sugar/calorie foods, but there will be a few things that will not be, and could be described as unhealthy, but.....sometimes....you just have to.

  Once the shopping is done, and I probably have some sort of lunch, I have a lot of washing up in the kitchen sink, and it includes the beer glasses for this afternoon's beer tasting session. So those glasses are very important. I expect the beer tasting session will be with Jodie and Michael, but we could get a visit from Alan or Mark. I hope I have bought some suitably safe food to eat when I hit the post drinking frenzy !!!