I saw 7.8° C on one of my outside thermometers this morning. It is now 11° C as some warmer and wetter air heads our way (although the wind is from the north and so should be colder and drier !). There are some sunny spells, and they may continue, on and off, for much of the day, although some may be between outbreaks of rain. After a few showers in the early afternoon it may settle down to non stop light rain for the rest of the day. This afternoon may only 14° C again, but the rain and gloomy sky may make it feel a lot colder than it did yesterday. All the cloud may help keep the temperature a bit higher during the night. The rain may finally finish at 6am tomorrow, and the rest of the morning could be very sunny. Tomorrow afternoon may see sunny spells, and once again the temperature may be 14° C.

  I'm not sure whether to describe yesterday as good or bad. In one respect the evening was bad, or perhaps "disappointing" may be a better way of describing it. I guess another way of describing it would be a day of wasted opportunities.

  I am unsure if my reaction to the 'flu vaccine I had last Wednesday was still affecting me, but it did seem like I was lacking in energy, but that is not a unique thing most days now. I had thought I would go shopping in Tesco, but I had the rest of my my Chinese takeaway from the day before ready for my dinner after heating it up. That lessened my desire to go shopping a lot, and in fact too much - I never did go shopping.

  I had grand intentions to do some laundry, but like too many times before, I put it all into soak after I had a shower, and washed my hair (at least that was one thing I did yesterday !!), and then left it soaking all night. It is one of the first things I really have to do today.

  I had a few rolls for lunch. I was pleased that my last tiger roll was unblemished by any mould after the packet had been open for a couple of days. The other rolls were the heavily sealed, long life rolls I bought from Poundland. After lunch I fell into a very lazy state. I probably pretended I was saving my energy for going out in the evening. I did do a few things like check and charge the batteries for the camera I intended to use in the evening, but mostly I laid on my bed reading and snoozing.

  It was hard trying to convince myself that I was going out in the evening. I have completely lost the knack of going out in the evening. It was not helped by my intended journey being quite long, and needing a change of buses along the way. On top of that it was to a pub I have never been to before.

  Another problem was the lure of the Chinese takeaway meal I was looking forward to. I tried to convince myself how great it would be to eat it after spending some happy time at a Life Of Brian gig, but it was not the greatest lure. The gig started at 8pm, which is earlier than many gigs, and I very much liked the idea. I allowed as much as an hour travelling time to get there.

  I would leave home at about 7pm, and walk to the 320 bus stop behind Tesco. The 320 would take me beyond Bromley where I would change to a 358 bus. It was still just about light at about 6pm, and that was when I noticed rain on the front windows. I most definitely did not want to go out in the rain. I have it 20 minutes to stop, but it persisted. I knew I was staying in, but on the plus side I could have my dinner.

  As noted, my dinner was to be left over Chinese takeaway. What I didn't realise was how much I had to eat. There were two main dishes plus a rather large container of rice.  It was a far bigger meal than I imagined. I enjoyed stuffing it all in, but of course it had consequences this morning, but not during the night. I did not feel uncomfortable eating that much before going to bed, but I did have a few hours for it to settle down before bedtime.

  My evening was totally non productive. I just watched the usual TV......well, maybe it was not usual because it was a Saturday, but it did include quite a few old episodes of The Simpsons, and I think there was either an episode of QI, or Have I Got News For You. I think I ended up going to bed earlier than many nights because the entertainment seemed to run out earlier than a weekday night.

 I read in bed for maybe half an hour, maybe a bit longer, then I put the book down, turned out the light, and I think I fell asleep very quickly. I probably got up to pee once, or maybe even twice, before the first real interruption to my sleep at 4.30am. I think that was when I had quite a big pee, and also passed some wind. It felt like I needed a poo, but that would not happen for a few hours. I feel sure I was awake for some time, but I can't actually remember that being so.

  This morning I think it was about 7am when I got up. I went to the toilet and had a big pee, but a much smaller poo than I expected. When I got on the scales the outcome of my big dinner was revealed - I seemed to have gained 600gm compared to yesterday morning.

  The day before yesterday I also ate Chinese takeaway, and yesterday morning my blood glucose was rather good. This morning it was rather bad (but not terrible). The average of all three readings (which were all very similar) was 9.77mmol/l. At least is still scraped under the red line at 10.0mmol/l. I need to do something to get that down tomorrow morning, but it is a tricky day for that as I will soon explain.

  At least my big Chinese meal last night has had no effect on my blood pressure, or at least no negative effect. Just now it was 119/77 with a heart rate of 81bpm. Even a doctor might say that is very good, but then again, that is just my imagination possibly working overtime.

  Today the trains are running normally, and so in theory Jodie should be over for a beer tasting session this afternoon. That can be a bit challenging for my blood glucose readings and weight the next morning. The only good thing is that I will have tomorrow to get over it. On Tuesday I have to give some blood samples, and it would be better if they were not 50% alcohol !! On Wednesday I have another appointment at the Ambulatory Care Centre. By then I should have had an echo cardiogram of my heart, but no appointment for that has come through. That may be good or bad. If the echo cardiogram finds some anomaly it could mean more days or weeks in a hospital bed again. I would not mind so much if it was in preparation for a "procedure" but just being under observation is so bloody boring !