Like yesterday, this morning seems fairly cloudy, but the sun still keeps finding gaps in the cloud to shine through now and then. It is possible that between 10 and 11am the clouds will be thick enough to completely block the sun. By 7pm we may get a few hours of full sunshine before the sun sets. It will be cooler than yesterday by a single degree - today's high, at 4pm may be  27° C. No rain is forecast for today. Tomorrow could feature full sunshine throughout the daylight hours. It could raise the temperature to a sizzling 30° C by 3pm. By Wednesday we could see afternoon temperatures of just over 30° C for several days. The Met Office predict some days could see 33° C, and yet maybe it is because it is now July, no weather warnings or extreme heat have been issued (yet).

  Yesterday was, in some respects, quite a good day. Yesterday I finished by saying I would definitely not be going out at all. It was supposed to be reverse psychology, and it worked. In previous days I said I would probably be going out, but didn't. Yesterday I did go out, although it was only shopping trip, but I did go in two shops !

  After I had a quick shower I got dressed, and then headed for Tesco. I had specific intentions not to buy too much, but much of what I bought was not good for me, but I did get everything in my rucksack. The main weight was two bottles of Diet Coke. Added to that was two 500ml tubs of ice cream, several packs of ready made sandwiches, several packs of ready prepared fruit salad, and a few other oddments.

  With everything in my rucksack I had both hands free to go shopping in Poundstretcher. I bought more Diet Coke in there. For some silly, or maybe it shouldn't have been so silly, I assumed it might be cheaper than Diet Coke from Tesco, and maybe it was. It might have been £1.49 a bottle (but it could have been £1.50). If you buy two bottles from Tesco is is discounted to £3 for the two (equivalent to £1.50 each). To my surprise the best before date was still a good few months away. I expected it to be very close or even beyond it's sell by date.

  I bought some stuff like spare tea-towels, and they are perfectly OK, but I also bought some flap-jacks, and that was despite knowing I hardly dare not eat any yesterday, and I didn't. This morning I am trying not to even think about them (my blood glucose was dangerously high yesterday morning, and this morning it is even worse !

  Walking to and from the shops felt mostly OK, although I was quite happy to get home and put down the bag that had two bottles of Diet Coke (both 2l bottles) in it. The same, plus more weight in my rucksack was very little bother, but the single, rather big, shopping bag was feeling very heavy as I got home.

  Once home it seemed like it must be lunch time. I had a couple of wraps that were tasty, but I worry they may not be very good for more. The one thing that was definitely not healthy was the the tub of vanilla ice cream. I ended up scoffing the whole lot, and while I seemed to be able to tolerate it in smaller quantities, eating the whole tub in one day must have been most significant for my terrible blood glucose this morning (more of which later).

  I spent the rest of the afternoon doing a few things that needed almost no effort. One was reading and snoozing, but I also did one of my routine things. Every now and then I top up my camera batteries. I have to admit that they don't discharge much when left for weeks and months, but it is always good to be able to rely on one or more fully charged batteries when there is some photography to be done.

  It was just before 7pm when more batteries arrived with a charger. It was my long awaited spare batteries for my high definition camcorder. They were delivered by Evri - whose couriers don't use vans, but stuff all their deliveries in the back of a car. Luckily I saw the courier, and was waiting at the front door for her. She was very obese, and seemed to be struggling in the high humidity. I have a feeling if I was not there to take the package from her hands, she would have just chucked it behind the wheelie bins without even bothering to ring my doorbell, and and wait a minute or two for an answer.

  The batteries were the high power/large capacity version for the camcorder. I have very rarely used that camcorder for a variety of reasons. Maybe one important reason is that I have concluded that still photography is my forte. One other reason is that with only one battery it was less tempting to do any shooting knowing if the single battery went flat there was no back up. Obviously there is now, but I have no idea if that means I will be shooting loads of video now....probably not, but then again I ought to make those batteries earn their keep.

  Incidently, I thought I had waited weeks for those batteries to arrive, but upon checking I found it was just two weeks, and maybe that is not so bad. On the other hand, I am still waiting for spare batteries for my Nikon 3200D DSLR camera - a camera I do use now and then. It is a fairly light camera, and very good for things like expeditions to take pictures of trains - something I have not done for too long now. First it was too cold and wet, and then suddenly it was too hot !

  My dinner consisted mainly of ice cream, and a lot of ready prepared fruits. The fruit was supposed to be an essential part of my diet to keep me "regular". I doesn't seem to have done that yet this morning, but all the sugar in the fruit, which included a small punnet of blueberries, and a small punnet of strawberries, has done me no good at all - quite the opposite!!

  It was surprising for a Saturday night, but there was enough TV on to amuse me for most of the evening, although I had to quickly take evasive action when those bloody Bet Fred Casino adverts came on during every commercial break on the U+Dave channel. I still find it impossible to believe that anyone watching a bunch of spivs wanting you to give them your money, could attract any but those heavily addicted to gambling.

  I think it was about 11pm when I went to bed. I tried to read for a bit, but it was obvious I was very ready for sleep. I turned the light out, and the next thing I remember was getting up for a pee just after 4am. I may well have got up for a pee earlier than that, but at 4:20am I noticed just how light it was outside. I think I first noticed that it was almost as is a small lamp had been left burning in the spare bedroom. I went in there and saw the sky glowing a sort of yellow with a hint of green. Later, when I checked, I saw that sunrise was at 4:50am this morning.

  I have no idea what time it was when I woke up next. I had other things distracting me, but it almost seemed late enough that I could have got up if I had wanted to - I didn't. I did go for a pee, and try for a poo, but nothing happened in the latter department. That was a shame as it might have improved my weight. It turned out to be exactly the same as yesterday - which is sort of good, or at least better than some weight gain.

  While my weigh remained stable (and without having a large poo as I assume I should have had) my blood glucose dived to deeper depths. Yesterday morning it was terrible, and this morning it was terrible plus !! I got readings of 10.5, 10.5 and worst of all, 11.0mmol/l. I can't remember the last time I saw it so high. It is lucky I have an appointment with the diabetes nurse next Wednesday. I need to get back on Mounjaro, or one of the others, or maybe even insulin as soon as possible. I think I would accept Mounjaro because now it is very obvious that it's positive effects outweigh the negative effects of it.

  Today I dare not have any breakfast, and I would skip lunch as well, and I may even do that despite needing to "line my stomach" in preparation to a beer tastings session with Jodie. That is almost certainly going to be bad for my blood glucose, and I may try and drink tiny tasters of beer with a lot of chilled water. It is unfortunate that today is a Sunday, and beer tasting day. I probably ought to cancel it, but I don't want to spoil a well worn routine, and upset Jodie (although she doesn't give it a second thought if she wants to go to a gig in Finland !!