This morning started fairly chilly again. Some sunshine is helping to warm things up now, but we will lose it at 11am, and much of the afternoon may be a bit dull. The afternoon temperature should reach 24° C. A few degrees less and it might be time to dig out my long trousers again ! Most hours of tomorrow will feature sunny spells, and the afternoon should reach 25° C. Today and tomorrow should be completely dry, and it seems we may not see any rain until the end of the month - maybe !

  Yesterday was one of those days where there is little to say about the day. I think I only did one significant thing, and that was to go out shopping.

   After I had my usual lie down after I finished writing (yesterday's diary) I would have like a nice shower, but the bath was blocked by one of my big buckets with a towel soaking in it, and had been since I started the job the day before. I still wanted to go out to Tesco, and so I did something I very rarely do - I put on a fresh application of deodorant, and hoped that, together with fresh clothes, would make be smell clean enough to mingle with the great unwashed public !

  I wore my cheap Chinese trainers to go to Tesco, and while they were uncomfortable for a longer walk, they do seem adequate for quick trips to Tesco. I was mostly careful about what I bought in Tesco, but there were a couple of things that could have a small negative impact on my health readings, and almost nothing was particularly low calorie - but I am not really following a low calorie diet, but a low sugar diet. The main error I seem to have made was not to put a packet of spicy corn puffs in my basket. I was sure I had bought some (I just realised I could check the receipt), but they were not in my cupboard when I checked later in the day. Maybe I should check I did not put them in the freezer - if I did then that is the first definite sign of brain rot.

  After getting home, and having some lunch, I slipped into lazy mode, and there is really nothing worth adding about the rest of the afternoon - apart from saying I did read a chapter or two of the current book I am reading. As 6pm approached I put my dinner in the microwave. It was another Paella ready meal - the same as I had a few days ago, and this time I did read the nutrition panel. One serving, and I assume it is just one serving, had only 6.4gm of sugar in it (from memory). That is not too bad, and explains the lower blood glucose reading I got after the last one I ate.

  I watched the news while I ate, and I continued to watch TV for several more hours. Now I don't know if it was the three double Ouzos I drank, but the end of the evening seemed very hazy. Incidentally, I only had those Ouzos because my eyes alighted on the bottle by accident, and I thought "why not ?". The last time I had some Ouzo was a few weeks ago, an I had it with water. I didn't enjoy like that nearly as much as last night when I was drinking it neat, and then washing it down with water.

  I think I headed for bed at 11pm, but it may have been an hour earlier. I didn't really try to read in bed, and tried for sleep almost straight after getting into bed. This is where it got really hazy. Like the other night, I was often confused about whether I was dreaming about being awake, or awake and imagining being asleep. It seemed like I was awake a lot during the night, but I seemed to have little trouble getting up this morning.

  Assessing my health on the basis of readings of anything I can measure all went wrong this morning. I did weigh myself, and it seemed I hadn't lost or gained a single ounce. That is good in one sense, but I would prefer my weight going downwards.  It was after I had eaten a single portion of instant noodles that I passed a fair sized poo. That may have helped my weight drop a tiny bit, but it was pointless trying to measure that after eating breakfast.

  It was while sitting on the toilet that I suddenly remembered I had not checked my blood glucose. That must be another indicator of brain rot because making that measurement soon after getting up is part of my usual routine. Trying to measure it after eating was bound to show high a high reading, but I took my three measurements on my three blood glucose meters anyway.

  To my surprise, my blood glucose was not super high. The average of all three meters was 9.57mmol/l, and I have had plenty of readings higher than that so far this month. With 10mmol/l being the red line when bad things can happen (particularly if over 10 for a period of time, maybe my 9/57mmol/l was not too bad.

  My plans for today start with a short lie down, and maybe a very short snooze. Then I will wash my hair and have a shower. After that I intend to go for a walk in the park. I hope I will bump into Margaret, and it is possible we could coordinate in advance to make that happen. What happens later, regardless of whether I see, or don't see Margaret, is a complete unknown at the moment.