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  This morning's forecast sunny spells have started an hour late, but it is definitely sunny as I write this. The rest of this morning should feature sunny spells, but the afternoon should feature 3 hours of full sunshine. It will only stop once the sun has set (at 15:51). The sky will stay clear, and that means the temperature will drop a lot. It will be 8° C by midnight. The afternoon, in the full sunshine, should see 13° C. Tomorrow morning should start at 8° C, but sunny spells, and maybe a full hour of sunshine, should raise the temperature to 11° C, but after a couple of hours it will drop to 10° C, and stay that way into the night.

  Yesterday can't be described as wonderful, but it was generally pleasant, and there were a few good things about it. One positive thing was that I didn't seem to feel too bad. It seems I was over the "man 'flu", or whatever it was that ailed me. My health readings were pretty good yesterday, but the things I measure don't usually have any direct influence on how I feel.

  Yesterday was another day when I was expecting a delivery from Amazon, and that could have made it a very stressful day. Once again the best that Amazon could offer in the late morning was that my delivery had finally left the depot at 10:45am. If I had been the drivers first stop he could have been here just half an hour later, but back in the real world I realised I had at least a couple of hours when I could do stuff.

  That "stuff" was to have a shower, and go out to Tesco to get some shopping. The weather forecast said it would be drizzling, but while I did feel a bit of damp in the wind, it was only now and then. The forecast also said it would be a bit cool, although 12° C is tolerable in a t-shirt if there is strong sunshine. With the possibility of any rain it was definitely worth wearing a coat, and I zipped up the front to stay warmer and drier.

  There is not a lot to say about my shopping. One notable thing is that I found Tesco also sell what looks identical to the "boneless beef ribs" that I bought from Aldi (and very much enjoyed), but their box has a slightly different design. I was almost tempted to buy two of them, but then I was overcome with being sensible. I bought two 500ml tubs of ice cream, and one was a novelty - rhubarb crumble ice cream.

  As usual, the heaviest thing I bought was 4 x two litre bottles of Diet Coke. Those and the other stuff made for a fair weight to carry home. For some of the walk home there was quite a strong wind blowing straight at my face, and it did have a sort of wet feel to it. I didn't feel very uncomfortable from the weather, and my usual ailments were behaving them selves better than I though they would. It was still nice to get home.

  Once home I was greeted by Fluffycay meowing at me from outside the kitchen. I let him in, and gave him some food. He did eat about half of it while I was putting my shopping away, but soon he became annoyed he wasn't the centre of attention, and decided he would go out again. I then grabbed two just bought items, and retired to my PC. One item was a quite nice cheese and onion quiche. The other was a bag of thinly sliced chorizo that had been very thinly sliced, and fried until it was crispy like bacon. I can't recommend it. It was not as nearly nice as I hoped it might be.

  While I was sitting in front of my PC I did some important financial stuff - which was pretty stupid because it was putting me off my food. The first thing was to increase my standing order for my gas supply. My energy bills had come in the post while I was out. I found I was not paying enough, and was in debt to the tune of £13.30 for my gas supply. I raised my standing order from £10 to £15 per month. That should take care of it for this winter.

  I was very happy to see my big over estimate for my electricity bill resulted in £613 credit. I had already accepted the consequences of keeping myself very adequately warm by using my fan heaters, but with that much credit I can gleefully turn up the fan heater in the room to a full 2kW if needed - which mostly it isn't (although the worst of winter is yet to come).

  I also paid off both credit card bills. Neither was that terrible. While increasing my standing order for my gas I obviously saw my bank balance. It is looking healthy, and I decided to dump not one, but two beer orders on my Tesco Credit card (which earns Clubcard points even if I am using it in Aldi !). I think one beer order was for just over £100, and the other for about £86. The latter may mean I have to pay a small amount for delivery. but the first should be free delivery. It is possible that one order could be here for Jodie to inspect on Tomorrow, but it is only a slim chance.

  With my lunch eaten, and my financial stuff out of the way, I could have gone into complete relaxation mode, but there was still the waiting for my Amazon delivery. To my great surprise, and relief, it turned up at 12:39. If it had been 45 minutes earlier I would not have been back from Tesco. That was actually before I was ready to go into full relaxation mode, but I still had to open the box, and take a picture.
  Now I must admit this was not the finest photography to show my new bottles of Rum, but it does the job. Maybe I was already drunk on the thought of all the deliciousness when I clicked the shutter. On the right is the replacement for the bottle of Lambs Navy Rum that I had for quite a few years, but only finished the last of it a week ago or so. The original was a 70cl bottle, but the new bottle is a one litre bottle - that could last years based on the consumption of the old bottle.

  The other two bottles I bought out of curiosity. I have had more than one spiced rum in the past, but in the last few years that was only a couple of pub measures of Kraken - which is quite tasty. I managed to wait until early evening before I tested the (golden) spiced rum and the Black Spiced Rum. Both were good, and maybe the golden spiced rum was the better, but neither was as good as Kraken.

  I intended to have a snooze in the afternoon, but I am not sure if I did, but I can't seem to remember yes of no. I certainly laid on my bed and did some reading. During the long afternoon I had a perfect example of how Mounjaro does not work the way it is supposed to work. It is supposed to make you feel full, but the way it does it just seemed to be a constant reminder to count down the minutes until dinner time.

  Finally 6pm approached, and I went to the kitchen to cook my dinner so it would be ready to eat while watching the 6 O'clock news. On reflection, maybe the effects of Mounjaro were working as intended - I don't think I was tempted to have an afternoon snack. That might have meant I didn't have to hold back on dinner, but I sort of did.

  My dinner was a Tesco curry ready meal. I had several possibilities in the fridge, and I can't remember what it was a chose, but I remember it being better than the last I tried - a rather unsatisfactory Lamb Rogan Ghosh. One thing I had never tried before was a Tesco brand Onion Bahji. I grilled the whole pack of about 5, as recommended on the pack, but I only ate one of them. It was rather nice.

  For a dessert I tried the Rhubarb Crumble ice cream I had bought earlier in the day. It was nice, but maybe a bit disappointing. On a scale of 1 to 100 I could only give it 70. I was hoping for at least 90 ! After dinner I tried the golden and the black spiced rums. As mentioned above, I think the Golden Spiced Rum was the nicer, but the Black Spiced Rum was only slightly poor when compared to my memory of Kraken rum. I think that from time to time, maybe over several or more years, I am going to enjoy very slowly emptying these three bottles of rum.

  After yet another night of TV watching, I headed to bed feeling quite tired and sleepy at about 10pm. For some reason I think I might have had some difficulty getting to sleep, but I have no idea what it might have been. Maybe it was a dream that I was delayed getting to sleep. The chances are that if I can't remember any thing, I probably fell asleep very quickly. My sleep was interrupted a few times by getting up for a pee.

  I have a vague recollection of a few details of a dream I had. It seemed to be set in a lighthouse, but the only reason to think that was that the two rooms I saw were both circular. I was with someone, and I think it was Ayse (my favourite bar maid). For some unknown reason I had to block access to the next floor above us. For some unknown reason it had to be done using a giant chocolate "Wagon Wheel" (many times bigger than even the huge ones we remember from our childhood).

  One very curious thing is that the dream featured a very strong smell of chocolate. I can't recall any dream that involved any smells before. Maybe it is just one of those odd things about dreams like usually being unable to read any writing in a dream. It seems only fair that our sense of smell should work in a dream. After all I definitely have dreams that are in full colour (some say we only dream in black and white), and I feel sure I hear stereophonic sounds in dreams - but I can't recall a single example to describe.

  I woke up early enough this morning to take early morning screen shots of the BBC and Met Office weather forecasts. I very nearly went back to bed, but I was curious about my weigh and blood glucose. Both were rather good this morning. I did not, and still have not had a poo this morning, but my weight has dropped 100gm, or just enough to use the next colour down in my spreadsheet recording my weight using my own colour code to make the changes easier to see. This morning it was light blue, and I haven't used that colour since the 26th of October.

  It is almost as if the 7.5mg injections of Mounjaro I have been taking are working the miracle it is cited for. I can't say I took any special precautions of what I ate yesterday, and I feel sure it was not less than usual, and yet for the second day running I have lost some useful amounts of weight.

  My blood glucose measurements seem to defy logic, but maybe only in so far as they don't reflect the very sweet ice cream I had last night. The Contour meter read 7.2mmol/l, and that is good. the GlucoRX meter read 5.6mmol/l, and that is one of the lowest readings I have seen since 26th November (and that was a rare one off). The GlucoFix meter read 6.9mmol/l, and that is a very good reading. I have the Mounjaro to thank for all these low readings, and that is not it's main selling point (although the leaflet said it was originally devised as a substitute for Insulin).

  There are two main things to happen today. The first is to go to The Jolly Farmers for my Wednesday lunchtime Guinness. I think Ayse may be back from her holiday, and behind the bar again. It is possible I may be joined by Kevin. he has said in a message that he intends to try and make it today (but it comes with no guarantees). He also says he does not intend it to be a marathon session if he does make it. I can't stay too long/get too drunk this time because the second thing I have to do is to call in at the pharmacy on my way home to collect (or hopefully collect) my repeat prescription.








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