Today will be hotter than yesterday. Full sunshine from sunrise will raise the afternoon temperature to 32° C ! Tomorrow will be almost the same except it may be 20° C at 6am, and 33° C by 3pm. Summer has most definitely arrived early.

  Yesterday was a bad day for a variety of reasons - some good, and some bad. Not feeling good in the morning, and not seeming to need a poo, even though I was sure I should need one, rather curtailed any outdoor activities. It was annoying to miss the hot sunshine. Maybe I should have gritted my teeth, and baked any badness out of me as I basked in the hot sunshine. Getting hot and sweaty didn't seem to have any beneficial effects at all.

  One good and bad thing was getting a phone call from Jodie late in the morning to say she felt it was too hot to stay in drinking, and that she was going to try cooler pursuits. She mentioned going into London for a wander around. To my mind that sounds very hot and sweaty....unless she had an air conditioned bar in mind.

  No late afternoon/early evening drinking suited me fine. While I am trying, although still mostly failing, to follow a traditional weight loss diet, it was one temptation less. I hate to admit it, but maybe I might have slept better being sober, although maybe that only works when it is not steaming hot during the night.

  There was just one thing I did, or almost did yesterday, and it was to start doing some laundry. It was only a medium sized load, and a lot of it was just underpants. I should have been able to do the job in one non stop process, and if I hadn't been almost sweating just from the effort of thinking, I might have done so. I can't complain about the heat because I have been waiting for it for so long, but it does make any physical effort seem harder and sweatier.

  I have little idea of what I ate yesterday. One reason is that I had some snacks instead of proper meals, and the snacks probably added up to more than a proper meal. Once again it was the heat that stopped me wanting a full hot meal. My breakfast was very bad. It was half a big bag of crisps. I had opened them a day or two ago, and had an occasional nibble, but I knew that they would soon be going stale, and scoffing the rest seemed the safest way of not wasting them.

  I think my lunch was a ready made salad type thing - not exactly what I would call a salad, but it did have some green leaves in it as well as a load of pasta and pesto. It is possible I had that for dinner instead of lunch. I just know I ate it yesterday. My dinner was supposed to be grilled chicken thighs. I grilled the whole pack, and tried to season them with some herbs and stuff, but they still just tasted of chicken. I had two of them as part of my dinner, but I had them by themselves, and not as part of a load of stuff on a plate. The worst part of dinner was eating half an angel cake. That was mostly greed, but it had also been opened for 3 or maybe even 4 days, and was starting to get a bit dry. I just scoffed the lot to put it out of it's misery.

  Between meals, and the short amount of time I spent starting, but not finishing the laundry, I mostly laid on my bed, with the fan blowing air at me, reading and I am sure I had at least 2 snoozes, and probably more. I did spend some time at my PC, but without searching, I had nothing bookmarked that provided much entertainment. I don't think I could really think of anything to search for that might have entertained me.

  It could be said that I wasted a nice sunny day, and I would agree. I actually wasted much of the day regardless of it being hot and sunny outside. Maybe it was because I was hot, and maybe I didn't feel that I could walk anywhere without some sort of pains. Despite seeming to do so little I can remember the day seeming to drag. During the evening there was some TV, but by 9pm I was feeling sleepy. I guess it was the heat because I had had almost enough snoozes to cover most of my sleep needs....or so I thought.

  I read in bed for maybe 15 minutes before I felt like it was time for sleep - even though it was not long after 9pm (if I recall correctly). After putting the book down, and turning out the light, I tried to relax in the heat. I did have the fan on, but I learned my lesson the other night, and didn't point it straight at the top half of my naked body. I think I surprised myself how quickly I fell asleep. It was also a surprise to wake up only an hour or two later, and seeing that it was still not midnight. I am unsure why I woke up then. It was probably to go for a pee, but I don't recall doing that.

  I did wake up a few times for a pee, and I also seemed to part wake up a few times. I can't really explain "part wake up", and I have a suspicion it was more a dream than reality. I definitely remember several dreams, or at least having several dreams, but I can't seem to recall what they were about now.

  When I finally got up I went to the toilet, as I always do, and I had a pee, but once again I didn't have a poo. Once again it didn't really feel like I needed one, although there were some gurgles coming from my belly. Last night I did have a couple of laxative tablets, and I rather expected some action this morning. Later on I did go, but it was quite small, and I feel sure there is a lot more to come. Those laxative tablets have certainly not worked yet !

  It would help my weight if I had a good clear out, and I am sure I need one. This morning I seem to have gained 500gm. That is rather a lot, and somehow today I have to try not to eat much at all. I still felt a driving urge for some breakfast, and I did allow myself a single, small, packet of instant noodles. Mostly I am trying to fill myself with water. My blood glucose is mildly high this morning, and that can make you feel thirsty, but I think most of my thirst at the moment was after eating those hot and spicy instant noodles. They may have been a bit salty as well. More than anything my thirst is not a true thirst - I just love guzzling ice cold water, and love it twicefold on a hot day.

  Once again I have no idea what I am doing today. Now that I have had one small poo, I may feel comfortable to go out for a walk, but I don't know how the rest of me will feel like it. Maybe it will just be a semi-boring walk to Ladywell and back. I wish I felt well enough to go to the seaside for a nice walk on the beach. Hopefully I will be able to do that after more practice walking.