We start the month of June with weather which would have been more appropriate to May. This morning featured a chilly wind blowing in my window even if the thermometer said it was 14° C outside. A few sunny spells may help to warm things up this morning, but they finished around 8am. Until 5pm it will be dull, but the afternoon may still see 20° C. After 5pm it is forecast that we will get wet. Mostly light rain is expected from then on, and into the night. A few hours may feature heavy rain, but I should be safely tucked up in bed when that happens. The BBC are having that fantasy about thunderstorms again. There could be a thunderstorm as early as 4am tomorrow morning, and more in the morning and afternoon. The afternoon temperature tomorrow may only reach 19° C. It could be dry after 9pm tomorrow.
 
  Yesterday was, in some respects a good day, but it wasn't good all the time. On the plus side I did some shopping, and I did some laundry. I must admit that still left quite a few hours to be bored in. Despite few attractions I thought I managed to control my eating quite well, but I did make one tragic mistake.

  Once I had had my post writing rest I had a shower, and prepared to go out to get some shopping from Savers. I did contemplate going in Poundstretcher as well (it's entrance is only 6 paces from the entrance to Savers) but I bought enough in Savers, and didn't want to carry any more. I'm glad I had taken my rucksack because 2 bottles of toilet gel, and a big bottle of laundry detergent adds up to a fair bit of weight even without the other stuff I got. That other stuff were a few tablets, vitamins and anti-stomach acid capsules, plus some deodorant and two scented candles (Savers is by far the cheapest place to get fair quality scented candles branded with well known household names).

  My walk to and from Savers was not comfortable, but that was down to my choice of shoe. I thought I would give a pair of Jack & Jones trainers another try. They are a wide fitting, and that should be a good thing, but they just continue to feel uncomfortable. I think one trouble is that the sole is as stiff as a board. Maybe that is supposed to be a good thing, but it just magnified the strain being put on my "only too ready to complain", ankles.

  When I got home I stripped off my damp t-shirt (it was a bit humid outside) and took off my shoes and shorts. I replaced them with more comfortable attire. I then had some lunch. Now I must admit that it was not as healthy as I intended. It was a pack of sandwiches from Aldi, made with thick bread, and I am not sure the filling of smoky bacon was all that healthy. I followed that by a Gingsters Corning Pasty.

  The Corning pasty was one of a pair found on the reduced price shelf, and was probably past it's "best before" date. I still have one more in the fridge that I had better eat today. Later on, but I can't remember how much later, I could not resist a big taste of a tube of strawberries and cream flavour ice cream. I have to confess it was rather nice, and it took some will power to put the lid back on before I got too carried away.

  One of the things I had bought from Savers was a big (1.5 litre ?) bottle of Surf laundry detergent. I decided I would test it yesterday. I had about 10 pairs of underpants, plus a t-shirt in the laundry basket. I started the process by just leaving everything soaking in the detergent. It was dangerous, but I thought I had better let my lunch go down before I started doing that laundry by hand. It was dangerous because I could easily have ignored it, and had a big bucket full of cold detergent and clothes clogging up the bathtub this morning. Fortunately I was slightly more disciplined this time.

  I spent a lot of the afternoon reading, but I am very sure I also had a snooze or two. Dinner time was rapidly approaching when I thought I could at least do another one or two stages of the laundry. I wrung out the detergent, and did the first rinse before giving up to cook dinner, and to start trying to find something on TV to watch while I ate.
  My dinner was grilled salmon with "Italian style" salad. I was sure I had picked up a bag of watercress to go with that salad, but the mixed green leaves I had were quite good enough. Ignoring the generous squirt of Mayonnaise, it should have been a super healthy dinner. I didn't actually check, but I assumed it was very low sugar, and very low in calories.
  It is probable that my dessert was less healthy in some directions.  The grapes I knew contained lots of sugar, and maybe the pineapple did two. In theory (or according to the label) it was only 44 calories (I assume that was for the whole pack). The fibre would have been a good plus point even if the sugar content was not so good for me.

  There was not a lot of TV to watch last night, at least not until later in the evening. It was a Sunday, and so I should not have expected more on the most boring day of the week. (I hated it even when I was in full time work, and couldn't wait to go to work on Monday morning for something to do). Some of the time I was watching the BBC news channel, and that only provided brief bit of entertainment.

   It meant I didn't have to worry about taking some trips to the bathroom to finish my laundry. That is how it is supposed to work when I leave stuff soaking. Last night was one of those rare occasions when I actually finished the job, and had everything hanging up to dry before some better TV appeared. I watched QI and Have I Got News For You (which for some reason I didn't think were usually shown on a Sunday night).

  One thing I nearly forgot to mention was that there was no Sunday afternoon beer tasting yesterday. I had something at the back of my mind that I had heard Jodie say she would not be available this Sunday because she was off to a gig. I waited until about 4.30pm to make sure she wouldn't suddenly turn up late. She didn't and I had a fairly quiet night. I didn't even bother to have anything to drink last night - my cardiologist would hardly believe it, but it is true.

  It seemed to be getting rather cool outside last night, and the breeze we usually et around sunset was blowing the cool air into my bedroom. I closed the window before going to bed. I had been watching TV until 10.30pm and I read in bed for about half an hour before trying for sleep - and with the duvet pulled completely over me except for my head. I was very comfortable like that, although I'll admit that with the window closed it didn't get all that cool in my bedroom last night.

  As far as I can remember, I fell asleep easily last night, and seemed to sleep quite well for most of the night. I have a couple of dream like memories of getting up for a pee, and I have a memory of some of an actual dream. The dream was about being back at work....or maybe not. The setting was a bit wrong for work. I think I may have been visiting someone, presumably a friend, who wanted help repairing some thing. His facilities were a bit poor compared to what I was used to, but with the aid of an eyeglass, instead of a microscope, I was able to see some poor soldering, and a missing component on the circuit board. I know I attended to the poor soldering with a crappy soldering iron, but I think I woke up before I could replace the missing component, and test the circuit board. I am not even sure what the circuit board did, although it might have been and audio amplifier. I have to admit I almost enjoyed practicing my work skills again.

  This morning I seemed to have gained weight, and that was after thinking I had eaten carefully (except for the small portion of ice cream - which could have been the culprit). I seem to have put back on 900gm of the 1kg I had lost the day before. Sometimes life is unfair.

  The effect of the ice cream, and the fruit salad I had for dessert, was enough to spoil my blood glucose readings, although all three were would could be called acceptable - just on the high side of OK. I got readings of 8.4, 8.1, and 8.3mmol/l. A couple of years ago I set myself a target of a maximum of 8.5mmol/l, and by that metric I had done quite well. Then, maybe with the aid of Mounjaro injections (but possibly before) I set my target at 7.5mmol/l. By that metric I have failed. However, the nurse seems to think that readings starting with an 8 are "acceptable".

  This morning I did have an unpleasant think to wake up to. I should have predicted it when I ordered a lens from a private seller in Japan, via Ebay. This morning I got an email and a text message from DHL, to say that there was import duty to be paid on the order. I guess I forgot about it because Aliexpress settle any import tax themselves. It is included in the price. This import tax is annoying, but looking on the bright side, it is proof that my lens is on it's way, and DHL. the couriers in this case, predict it will be delivered here late on June 4th (now that I have paid the £47 import duty). Incidently, it did look like a scam, but I checked the links carefully, and as far as I can see it is legitimate.

  On the subjects of imports, there is still no news about my new camera batteries from Aliexpress. I still suspect that they are now in the hands of Royal Mail, but I have not been provided with any tracking number that Royal Mail (or a couple of other possible carriers) recognise. One annoyance with Royal Mail tracked parcels is that the only information they provide is when the item is actually delivered. Oh well, I guess I have to be patient. Everything else I have even ordered from Aliexpress has arrived eventually.

  I have no definite plans for today. I am definitely waiting until as late as 1pm in case the postman has a package for me,. After that maybe I might go for a nice healthy walk in the park. If I do I might head towards the River Pool Linear Park to see if there is any progress on repairing, or maybe even replacing, the bridge over the river in there. If it is still closed, and I feel in the right mood (unlikely) I might do what I did last time, a few years ago, using a different entrance to the park, and try and see what is happening to the bridge from the other side. Last time I bypassed the barriers by walking along the riverside path - but that only runs on the far side of the bridge (with respect to the middle of Catford).