This morning was forecast to start with mist, but it seemed to be completely transparent mist as far as I could see. Maybe that mist was very high in the sky, a lot like cloud because it was dull, but we now have sunny spells, and they may lest until sunset. The afternoon temperature should reach 15° C,but it will cool off as soon as the sun sets. By midnight it may have fallen to 10° C, and maybe it will be misty tonight. Tomorrow is forecast to start at 9° C, and the mist that might start at 11pm tonight, may persist until 9am tomorrow. Much of tomorrow may feature full sunshine, but the afternoon may still only see 15° C.

  There were good things about yesterday, and I guess I ought to say yesterday was a good day, but it was only good in bits. Some of yesterday was just very average - neither good nor bad.

  Once I had had my post writing lie down I went to wash my hair and have a shower. It was not a good experience. I would guess it is a legacy of the summer drought, but the water pressure is a bit low lately. It is not that noticeable unless you are my water heater. It took some experimenting to get the water flow right to give hot water, but it was teetering on the edge of the water going cold - just what you don't want when covered in soap, and need to rinse off. That has happened in the past, once or twice, but fortunately didn't happen yesterday, although the water did tend towards the tepid a few time.

  Once I was clean and dry I could finally do what I had been wanting to do for a week or two (or something like that) - going shopping in Aldi. If judged by just one thing it was a terrible experience - once again I could find nothing but chicken curries in the ready meals. Evidently the Lamb Madras they had a fortnight had all sold out, and my guess is they won't get another batch until January ! Apart from that, they had all I wanted, or at least all I expected. They didn't have any cat grooming brushes, and they didn't have any catnip infused Dreamies (although I only saw them in the store just one single time - probably a limited time special.

  I did not feel all that wonderful when I walked to Aldi, and when I got there I found there were no small shopping trolleys. I had to walk to the far end of their car park to the shelter where they keep spare trolleys to get one. That slightly extended walk took me over the edge, and I did not feel right for a minute or two. I wondered how I was going to fare walking home again with a heavy load of shopping.

  In fact the walk home was different. I did stop once or twice to get my breath back, although that is a figure of speech - I was far from breathless, but bits of me did ache as bit. None of those bits was my heart, and that was a good thing, although if I had not taken those one or two short, half a minutes, rests, it is possible my chest would have started to ache. It was not something I wanted to test.

  I think it was because I intended, and did but the ingredients to make my own sandwiches, that I did not buy the usual sandwiches, and so I could not stuff myself with sandwiches when I got home. I did have a couple of quite small pasta salad things, and a couple of very small Bakewell Tarts. I really much double check Tesco to see if they have full sized (almost 3 inches across) Bakewell Tarts. The Aldi ones were like miniature versions of a proper sized Bakewell Tart. I don't know why I feel I want Bakewell tarts recently, but I suspect I have now satisfied my curiosity, and won't buy any more for years to come.......probably.

  I am fairly sure it was just a state of mind rather than reality, but it was like my shopping trip to Aldi wore me out, and after having my lunch, a fairly late lunch (I think it was almost 3pm), I didn't feel like doing any more than laying on my bed and reading. Of course the inevitable happened - I got relaxed enough for my eyes to droop, and I had a quite long snooze. I was very surprised to find it was dark outside when I woke up. I should not have been surprised because sunset was at 16:41 last night. By mid December it will be dark before 4pm, and trigger memories of going to work in the dark, and coming home in the dark.

  I had bought some salt and chilli flavoured pork belly strips for my dinner, but at the last moment I remembered I had a Tesco Paella ready meal in the fridge (but not in the freezer section), and with seafood in it, it had a very short shelf life. That was no worry, and it was equally nice as the pork belly strips - just about.

  There was one dramatic thing that happened yesterday afternoon, but despite all the drama, or maybe because of it, I can't remember when it started (or finished, but the finish could not be pinned down to any time until it had been finished lone enough to be sure it really had finished, This all sounds a bit cryptic - so let me explain all the unpleasant details.

  Yesterday morning I barely had a poo, and I assumed that it was because my stomach upset the previous day had emptied me out, and yet I did have a sort of light constipation feeling. I ignored it, and a lot of the time I was barely aware of it, but some time in what I can only vaguely call late afternoon, I decided to go to the toilet and give it one more time. I can only describe it as like opening a Champagne bottle. Once the "cork" came out, which took some effort, it was followed by a big bubbly mass. I don't think it was the return of my diarrhoea, but more like emptying out that I did not empty out 24 hours earlier (or whenever it was). It was all rather unpleasant, but I did feel a lot better for it (apart from the typical soreness where the sun don't shine).

  Last night was the "new" typical - I watched the 6 O'clock news, and then watched some "light entertainment" before turning the TV off at 10pm. I could have watched another hour, but maybe I felt tired, or maybe I just wanted to spend a bit more time reading. I think it was probably a bit of both. It was probably around 11pm when I put the book down, and turned out the light. I think I fell asleep quite quickly. Apart from taking a quick peek out of the window to see if it looked misty at around 4am (it didn't), when I woke up to have a pee, it was an otherwise uneventful night.

  When I got up at about 7.30am it was still dark, but it was easy to see there was no mist still, and I doubt there ever was any mist around here this morning. I didn't seem to need a poo this morning after my severe emptying out yesterday, but I did hope I would have lost a useful amount of weight. In fact I weighed the same as yesterday morning - which was an OK sort of figure, but still a bit disappointing.

  My blood glucose was a little better than yesterday morning. The average of all three meters was 7.8mmol/l, which was actually rather good. Yesterday it was 8.23mmol/l, which was "satisfactory" rather than any cause for celebration. This morning was still not quite good enough for celebration, but a lot closer to it.  My blood pressure is again rather good/OK. Just now I measured it at 114/74 with a heart rate of 82bpm.

  The main event today will be a beer tasting session with Jodie and Michael, and possibly Mark and/or Alan. Prior to that I have to get a pair of shorts out of a big bucket in the bath where I am sort of halfway through washing them, and then I can have a shower. If I have time I would like to pop out to Savers, but that is not an urgent need. If I do get to savers I may cross over the path and go into Poundstretcher as well.

Breaking news ! I've just had a call from the Colonoscopy department at the hospital. They are going to try again on the 9th of November. I can feel my blood pressure heading to the stratosphere already !!!