Today should have started with rain, and it certainly looks like it could rain, but for the moment it is still dry. If it rains, and with a 100% chance of rain forecast for 11am, it seems it will, that rain could be very heavy this afternoon. It is currently 16° C, and the forecast says it will get colder. This afternoon could see just 14° C, and it will get even cooler. By 2am it could be down to just 9° C. Tomorrow could start at just 8° C (at 6am), but it may be a very sunny day. The afternoon may still only reach 15° C.

  When I think back to yesterday I feel that it was actually a fair day. I may not have done anything that dramatic, but the day seemed to pass smoothly, and I two good things come to mind. One was a more definite thing - I hand washed two pairs of lounge pants, and I did the whole job so I was able to hang them up to dry. The other thing is more vague. It seems like I must have eaten quite carefully when I checked my weight and blood glucose this morning.

  As usual, I had at least one lie down and a snooze. I definitely did that after I finished writing yesterday's diary, and I suspect I did it again later in the day. I may have done a few of those little jobs I've been doing lately, but I am not sure what. I did all the computer backups three days ago, and I topped up some rechargeable batteries two days ago. I can't think what similar sort of routine things I might have done yesterday.

  I know I definitely did more reading, and I know I checked on the progress of a few recent orders from Aliexpress. One could be arriving tomorrow or the day after. I have to say I have never known me cultivate such patience as when expecting deliveries from China. At best they can take a week, and sometime two weeks.

  One thing I found myself suffering from yesterday had actually started in a more minor way a day or two previously. It was vertigo, or dizziness. I was very sure it was the old problem of an inner ear problem, and it turns out it was probably hard wax. It made the next thing I did a bit precarious - it was to have a shower, and I washed and conditioned my hair.  I did this because I still had fantasies about going out - maybe for a walk for exercise, or maybe for shopping. In the end I did neither, but it did feel good to be clean and fragrant.

  I can't quite remember if I administered the cure for the wobbliness before or after I had a shower. I do remember taking extra care, particularly when I had my eyes closed when showering. Having a dizzy spell when standing in the bathtub is not a good idea. I think it was actually after my shower that I poured oil into my right ear to soften and wax. As usual, it worked well, but I did still feel reluctant to go outside until I was very sure I would not fall over - although I seem to have a very high resilience to falling over when my head is spinning round !

  I am trying to thing what I ate for lunch. I may have just made a couple of cheese, and possibly ham, rolls. Dinner was a ready made king prawn bhuna ready meal.  I also had a couple of plums and some ice cream for dessert. Later on I had a naughty, but maybe not naughty, Caramel bar for supper. I can remember wanting, but denying myself other snacks. I don't know why I gave in to that one.

  I think I can sum up my evening as TV until about 11pm, and then bed. One thing about last night was that I went to bed without taking my prescribed diuretic (I have run out of them). In theory it meant that I woke up less to have a pee, and in theory I should have slept better, but I don't think I had a great sleep last night. I do remember I had what seemed a long dream, and I was just about to describe it, but suddenly I find I can't remember it. That is annoying because I am sure it was interesting.

  One thing about not taking a diuretic last night, was that I probably would have peed less and that would mean my weight would seem higher. In reality it seems I still peed enough during the night, and I also passed quite an hard poo the first time I went to the toilet. The net result is that this morning I have lost 200gm. It is not much, but it all adds us. Lots of small losses seems to be adding up to another full kilogram gone since the start of the month....although it may be just the up and down cycles I go through because of external causes - things like a week in hospital.

  The other thing I have not mentioned about yesterday is that I injected my weekly Ozempic dose. It was the last from the current injector, and I should hopefully get the next one next week. It had a positive effect on my blood glucose level. This morning the average of my three blood glucose readings was 7.77mmol/l. That is a bit less than yesterday, but slightly above the day before yesterday. All but one average so far this month has been very good, and the one that wasn't was still quite good.

  My blood pressure is slightly higher this morning, but 127/71 is probably about what it should be. My heart rate is 82 bpm, and while I once thought that was a bit high, I now know that to be about perfect.

  As I write this I am doing something silly. I am topping up the batteries in my two Fuji waterproof cameras. I often do this with the idea I might take a walk in the rain. It has never happened yet, but maybe today might be the day !!! One thing I did either yesterday, or the day before, was to spray my camouflage pattern shorts with waterproof spray. I last used those shorts at least 10 years ago, and they suddenly seemed to be too small and tight for me, but now they seem to be fine. I could wear them for a walk today, and because they are now supposed to be waterproof, I could sit on a wet park bench without getting my bottom wet. The chances are still that I won't go out, but I am obviously thinking that maybe I might dare some time.