The sky is hazy this morning, and so what could be nice sunshine is a bit muted. We may lose even that in the afternoon, but the temperature may still climb to 22° C. The afternoon may be dull, and from 4pm there could be some light rain, but it may be dry after sunset. Once again, the temperature could be down to 13° C by 6am tomorrow. Tomorrow may see some sunny spells, but they will disappear by late morning. From 5pm it may start to rain, and some of the rain in the early evening could be quite heavy.

  Yesterday was not exactly a scintillating day. In fact there is very little to remember about it. The one project I started, I didn't even finish - yes, it was laundry again.

  One problem yesterday was the bad sleep I got the previous night. I described all that yesterday. I had several tries at having a long snooze, or even any snooze at all, and I am not sure that I managed to fall asleep at all while trying to snooze. On the plus side, I did manage to read a fair bit of the book I am reading at the moment, the third book of Isaac Asimov's Foundation trilogy (as was, but later expanded to five books, or is it six ?). The original three books were written in the early 1950s, and I find them quite stodgy, but I feel they have to be read because they contain the seeds of better stuff that was written later (and not all of it by Isaac Asimov).

  One thing I started yesterday was some laundry, and it was mainly underpants. As such it didn't need much effort, but I only got as far as getting them in the second rinse water before I decided to take a rest, and as so often happens, as of this morning, I have not got back to them. That means there is a big and heavy bucket of water in the bath that is stopping me having a shower until I finish that lot of laundry. I think I need a shower today !

  One thing I did that wasted, or maybe "used" a lot of time yesterday, was to randomly look through all the stuff that Aliexpress (dot com) sell. They sell far more than cheap, and sometimes dodgy, electronics. They sell shoes and clothes. I am sort of fascinated by some of the women's clothing they sell. I presume some of it is based on stuff that the Chinese have been contracted to make for "western" shops, but some of it may show the Chinese idea of erotic stuff. Now I must admit that in the film Barbarella, I was quite taken with the top with transparent breast cups. I note that Aliexpress sells a few bras with transparent cups. It is a shame I am not in any intimate relationships now or I would be tempted to order some of the erotic wear Aliexpress sell to see it modelled by someone special.

  One think I tried to do yesterday was to eat not just sensibly, but also healthily (up to a point). I think my lunch was a Tesco triple cheese sandwich pack. Later on I did indulge in some ice cream. My dinner was a Chicken Madras curry from Aldi. (Incidentally, if I did not mention it yesterday, a recent newspaper advert for Aldi showed they sell a lamb curry, but I haven't seen and lamb curries in either Tesco or Aldi for ages). For dessert I had two still slightly unripe Nectarines and an Aliza (I think) orange. So far this morning I have not seen any benefit of that fruit, or the curry.

  As usual I continued my bad habit (sort of) of watching TV in the evening. I didn't really intend to, but I don't think I turned the TV off until 10, and maybe even 11pm. I then read in bed until midnight. I am not sure how I managed than when I spent a lot of the day wishing for sleep. When I put my book down, and turned out the light, I think I fell asleep in around 10 minutes. As far as I can recall, I slept solidly until about 6am.

  The last part of my sleep included what seemed to be a long dream. I am sure there was more to the dream than the bit I can remember, and even that is getting patchy now. In the dream I seemed to be at a radio station, but it may have been TV. It was a small outfit, and the main bit I remember was being in a room with a large table in it, and around the tables were reporters and presenters.

  A man came in, and he was a toffee nosed individual from a public school who commented that few there had a good command of English (obviously by his presumed standards). I said there were a mix of people, and they all complimented each other. Some were great at presenting, but some admittedly read bulletins like machines - exactly as written, including misspellings and even the wrong words. Some were great at editing a piece on the fly as they read it, but were less good at composing the original script.

  When I finally woke up I felt like more sleep would be nice, but it didn't seem essential. One disappointment was that I seemed to have gained 200gm when I weighed myself, but that was before I had a poo. I still haven't had a poo, and I don't feel like I should have one, although I suspect that it is a temporary feeling (or lack of it). A hot curry, plus the fruit I ate, should have had me running to the toilet the moment I woke up !

  My blood glucose is is quite good this morning, but not as good as yesterday morning. The average of all three readings, none of which was what I would call "good", was 8.77mmol/l. Yesterday it was 7.63mmol/l. It is not a big increase, and the only real negative think about it is that it leave little headroom before crossing the threshold between good and bad. My blood pressure is a bit low this morning, 97/70, but could be the result of a good stuff with a double helping of two small packets of instant noodles.

  I am unsure what is happening today. I am sure Jodie said she prbably wouldn't be over for the usual Sunday beer tasting because of no trains today. She may have misunderstood that the engineering works today only stop trains calling at Lewisham, and that there is the usual half hourly service to Catford Bridge (and then trains run fast from Ladywell to London Bridge). I shall message her to let her know, and see if she will be coming over. Other than a possibly beery late afternoon, I may go shopping today. I did think I might go to Aldi, mainly because I have run out of fruit, and I want a second search to see if they have any lamb curry that I didn't notice last time. In reality I may just go to Savers and Poundstretcher. Shopping may be my only exercise today.