After may we seem to have gone back to April instead of moving on to June. Today will feature many "April showers". In the forecast, every hour up until 9pm is shown as raining. It is also all shown as light rain (except 4pm). So far it seems like we have onoly had passing showers lasting maybe 10 minutes at a time. It still makes for a nasty soggy day. Today's highest temperature will be at midday and 1pm when just 16° C is forecast. We really have moved back to April instead on on to June ! Tomorrow could start with some sunny spells and even sunshine, but from 9am onwards, it may be dull, but it may be dry. The afternoon temperature may reach a slightly better than today, 19° C. What ever happened to "Flaming June" ?
 
  Yesterday was another not very exciting day. I had one thing planed and I didn't do it, and I also didn't go shopping because I thought it would bring too many food temptations.

  The whole of yesterday morning can be summed up by saying all I did was write my blog (what I wrote here yesterday), laid on my bed reading and snoozing. It was pleasant, but not good for my health, and obviously not productive. When it came to lunchtime I had a semi light lunch of rice crackers and German peppered Salami slices. Two trouble there - the rice crackers were flavoured with herbs and sour cream, and while they seemed like a good idea, they don't taste good. The salami was very greasy, and that made my lunch less healthy than was ideal.

   My afternoon was very similar except I was trying to psyche myself up to going out in the evening. I couldn't seem to raise the enthusiasm for the shower and shampoo I would have wanted to do, but that was not the reason I didn't go out. The core reason was that I seemed to be suffering from one of those sporadic times when my blood pressure was very high, and I did not want to push it higher into the danger zone.

  I lost a great opportunity to test my Canon camera with the new (secondhand) Sigma 24 to 70mm lens on it. What i don't know is if I had missed a great band. The band I was thinking of seeing were called "The Three Masons", and while they looked like they might be good in a few pictures I saw of them, I had never heard of them before, and I have a suspicion they were from out of town, and so had not been seen by many of the Bromley music appreciation society (which does not actually exist, but it could).

  I tried to have a very healthy dinner last night, and maybe it was not so bad. It was mostly a heap of "ready to roast" root vegetables to which I added two sliced tomatoes, and some cheese once it had finished roasting. It was quite nice, and probably fairly filling. At least I don't think I was tempted to have a dessert to finish the meal off - though I might have done if I had any ice cream in the freezer.

  Instead of going out to The Swan in West Wickham, for the gig, I amused myself watching the usual sort of TV programmes I watch (a very select list from all the crap that is on TV these days, and also many days past). The last thing I saw was Have I Got News For You, and I think that ended at 11pm. I went to bed straight afterwards, and like the night before I attempted to read for a while, but only managed a couple of pages.

  I find I have little to say about my sleep. I can't specifically remember getting up to pee at any time, but I am very sure I did a couple of times. I can't really remember any dreams, but I do have a sort of vague memory that I did have at least one dream - subject unknown. It was definitely one of those mornings were I felt I had woken up too early, and then proved by going back to bed, and sleeping for another two hours (although the 2 hours is really just a wild guess).

  I did try and eat carefully yesterday, but it didn't work because I seem to have gained 300gm. Since than I had passed two lots of pee, and had another pee, but I have also had enough breakfast that re-checking my weight would be pointless. My blood glucose is once again good and bad. My newest blood glucose meter, given/prescribed to me, has once again given a much higher reading than my two older meters. The Bayer Contour meter read 8.9mmol/l - OK, but slightly higher than I would prefer. The Nexus GlucoRX meter read a fairly good 8.3mmol/l. The Glucofix Sensor meter, once again, gave a much higher reading of 9.6mmol/l. I checked that meter three times, and for the third check I changed the batteries. It was extremely consistent, and all three times it said 9.6mmol/l. If that figure is true, and it seems I have to assume it must be, that figure is still the right side of the red line, but there is very little leeway left before it goes into the red. I think when I see the nurse, sometime next month, I will have to go back onto Mounjaro (or the other one whose name escapes me) because Mounjaro, and presumably the other one, do help control my blood glucose even if they don't control my weight....or maybe they do. My weight seemed to occasionally rise a little while I was on Mounjaro, but it seems very hard to control it at the moment.

  Today is another day when I have zero plans. In an ideal world I would get my last order from Aliexpress delivered by the postman. It is the order for 2 spare batteries, plus a USB powered charger for them, for my Canon 600D camera. I keep checking the Aliexpress tracking page, and every couple of days it is updated showing some sort of movement, but not exactly where it is. I think the complication is that the batteries are Lithium Ion batteries, and some carriers refuse to handle them because of the fire risk. They were reported to be at an airport, and then moved to a distribution centre. The very latest news is that they have left the distribution centre. It does not say what country they are in, or who the courier is. Maybe I should try the tracking number with every courier company I know. The annoying thing is that past orders have moved much faster, and the tracking information has been more informative. From the sound of it they may be in the hands of a courier company in this country, and in which case I could get them in a few days.

  I am also still waiting to hear from Ebay that my new Sigma 18 to 125mm lens has still not been despatched. Maybe if the man despatching it works full time he has been waiting for today, a Saturday, to get to a post office and get it heading this way. It is all a bit annoying because this seems a longer wait than the entire wait involved with getting the lens I bought from Japan !

  Just as I was writing about the delay from Aliexpress, and speculating it could be in the country, and possibly heading this way, I had qa ring at the doorbell. It was a courier, but he was only asking if I could take a parcel in for a house 3 doors away. I seem to have the reputation that I am happy to do this - I am sort of, but it is a bit of a nuisance. It is a bike and maybe an electric bike. If so then I will be more than happy to get rid of it before it burns the house down - Chinese electric bikes seem to have a bit of a reputation.

  Back to this morning, and my plans for today.....I don't really have any. I have considered going for a walk in the park. The weather forecast looks terrible, but right now it is dry, and the sun is shining. The forecast didn't predict that ! I might possibly just go for a walk to Tesco or Aldi today. It would still put a lot of temptation on me, but I might be able to (mostly) resist that, and just buy sensible food.......