08:15 GMT

  The current weather features a huge expanse of blue sky, and some dazzling sunshine. This is a bit earlier than the forecast predicted. This afternoon there will be more cloud, and some light rain is forecast. The temperature, which was only 8° C at 7am, should rise to 11° C this afternoon. After 2pm it will start to fall, and we could see some light rain now and then, but most hours look dry. By midnight the temperature may have fallen to 7° C. Tomorrow should be dry, and there could be some sunny spells in the afternoon. The winds should be very light, and that may mean that tomorrow's afternoon high of 10° C may not feel too bad.

  Yesterday was not a bad day, although it was only a bit good.....and a little bit bad a few times, the latter being mostly self inflicted.

  One thing I definitely wanted, or even needed to do yesterday, was to go shopping in Tesco (although it could have been Aldi, or any supermarket). That meant I really needed to have a scrub under the shower. I could not raise the enthusiasm to wash my hair - probably because it didn't seem to  look that bad. After the shower I put two more small hand towels in to soak in both detergent and some Dettol. Both seemed to be a bit smelly - one after some use, and one as soon as I got a bit of it damp.

  My walk to Tesco was not very pleasant. It was not very warm out, and to make it worse there was some occasional fine rain, and a very strong wind. That wind made it feel a lot chillier than it should have been. Top of my shopping list was bottles of Diet Coke because I had completely run out, and had to drink chilled tap water. I did not need a lot of food because I had stocked up on some ready meals to feed Patricia who I didn't see as expected on Sunday.

  I did find a lot of reduced price stuff from the sandwich shelves, and once again I bought more than was good for me. Once again I stuffed myself silly (....well sort of) at lunchtime. Among the downsides was that I felt too stuffed to get back to washing the hand towels I had left in soak. It would be evening before I got back to them. One of the good things about yesterday was that apart from shopping, I had nothing else I needed to do (except washing the two towels). In simple terms there was no rush to do anything, and I could spend a lot of the afternoon laying on my bed reading, and snoozing.

  There was one thing that did interrupt practising to take laziness to new heights. It was an idea that was rattling around in my head. It concerned gigs at Ye Olde Whyte Lyon.  Now and again they do have gigs there that I might consider seeing, but it is a very tedious double bus journey to get there. It is tedious enough on a bright warm summers day, but at this time of year it is no fun at all.

  On top of that it is quite a small venue and can get too crowded to make photography easy. However, I am sure I read somewhere that the Life Of Brian have secured a gig there at some unknown date in the future. That got me thinking if there might be an alternative way to get there, and I think there is. I did some checking, based on a hunch, and it seems I can get the train to Hayes (Kent) station. That would take 23 minutes, and from there I can get the 353 bus to the pub. The TFL web site says it is only 8 minutes on the bus (or 50 minutes walking). I think I will stick to the bus rather than walk.

  If I am lucky enough to only have to wait a minute or two for the bus I could do the entire journey in, say, 33 minutes, or almost half the time it takes using the 336 bus from Catford, or maybe something like 40 minutes using a 320 bus and changing to a 61 or 261 bus. The train and bus option, once tested to make sure it is as good as hoped, could open up that pub for more visits in the future.

  One bit of yesterday afternoon seemed like I had a very long snooze, but I think that was an illusion caused by waking up and finding it was dark outside. Of course at this time of year the sun sets really early (3.55pm yesterday). It felt like it must be terribly late, but it still seemed a long time until dinner time - not that I was looking forward to dinner that much after eating too much for lunch.

  I think I did have dinner a bit early, but mostly because there was no real preparation involved. I thought a main course of a ready made pasta and chicken salad (with a garlic flavoured dressing) might be light enough. I followed that with more chocolate and orange flavour ice cream than was wise - particularly with a chunk of Angel cake. Later on in the evening, despite probably full enough, I could not resist testing two 30gm bags of Teriyaki flavour crisps. They were nice, but not Earth shattering nice !

  I watched Star Trek: The Original series while eating, and after that it was the usual fare of the news, two more Star Treks, and QI and Have I Got News For You. During maybe 3 or 4 commercial breaks I went back to the two hand towels I was washing, and gave them multiple rinses. In the end the water seemed to be mostly clear of any detergent, and I hung them up to dry. Once again I used my current method of hanging them on the shower curtain rail, and I had the fan heater on to (mostly to stop the bathroom feeling so bloody cold through the night) and help the towels dry. They seemed bone dry this morning. I now hope that when I use them they stay smelling fresh for a while.

  I can't remember if it was 10pm or 11pm when I went to bed, but I do remember feeling tired, and it would have been a good choice to have gone to bed at the earlier time. I think I fell asleep very quickly, and I think I slept well. I am sure I got up to pee one or more times in the night, but I can't say I remember any time with any clarity. I have a very vague idea that I had a dream or two, but I retain no memory of any details.

  I know I did not eat very wisely yesterday, but I didn't think I had done that bad, but my weight measurement says it was not only unwise, but almost insane. It seems I gained a whole kilogram (1000gm) since yesterday morning. I have subsequently had a poo since then, but for some reason I didn't weigh myself again. Maybe I only put on 900gm, but even that seems incredible. Today I will be injecting my first dose of 7.5mg Mounjaro. Maybe that will help (if it doesn't just clog up my digestive system even more).

  Even my blood glucose level was disappointing this morning. The Contour meter read 7.6mmol/l. That is fairly good, maybe even better than "fairly good" but I often seem to do a bit better lately. The GlucoRX meter read 6.8mmol/l, and that is closer to what I hope for. The GlucoFix meter read 7.9mmol/l, and like the Contour meter it is good, but a bit lower would more match my hopes. This morning I took one more reading, but didn't record it.

  I thought I would give the Contour Plus meter another go. It was a meter I saw on Amazon and bought because I assumed it must be better than the ordinary Contour meter in some unknown way. I stopped using it because it seemed to do no more than my other meters, except often give a slightly higher reading. This morning it said 7.1mmol/l. That is less than the ordinary Contour meter, and less than the GlucoFix meter - so it can't be that bad after all.

  This morning, with all my health readings, including my blood pressure (123/52) being good enough, although not actually perfect, I should be feeling better than I do. I can't say there is any one thing wrong, or that I could complain about, but I complain anyway ! I definitely don't feel very dynamic, and yet the brilliant sunshine outside is tugging at my attention (or something like that).

  I have absolutely nothing planned for today, although I could do some more laundry - that might even be a good idea. One thing I might do is some train and bus spotting. I am thinking that while it is bright I could do a dry run to Ye Olde Whyte Lyon using my new train and bus method to see how it goes. If it felt good outside I could even get off at Elmers End on the way home, and do some Tram spotting, plus a walk in the South Norwood Country Park. Back in the real world, I probably won't even go beyond the wheelie bins outside my front door.








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