It was definitely looking wet at 6am, and I feel sure it was still raining. 8am saw the start of some sunny spells. They seemed a bit wishy washy at first, but they look quite strong now, and a lot of the sky is blue. After a 9° C start, the temperature should rise to 13 at midday, and then 14° C by 2pm, but the sunny spells may have stopped by then as more and more cloud gathers above. By 9pm the forecast says the cloud will be quite thick, and rain will soon follow. By midnight the rain will still be falling, but it will be warming up a bit. By 1am the temperature may have risen to 13° C. Most of tomorrow will feature rain, although it currently looks like it will be light rain. Most of tomorrow will be 12° C, but from 3pm it may rise to 13° C.

  There were bits of yesterday that were good, but overall it was a dull day. I had intended to go shopping in Tesco, but that never happened because I didn't seem to have the time spare for that.

  One thing I did do was to finish the washing I had left soaking for much of the day before, and then over night. Once I got dug into it it didn't seem to take a lot of effort to finish the job. It makes it sound like I could have finished it the day before when I first started it, and I don't really know why. I guess I was possibly still suffering the after effects of the 'flu jab, but it could have been something else - even just all in my head - but the end result is that I didn't feel I had the energy, or the patience, or whatever it would have taken to get the job done without leaving it to yesterday morning.

  With that washing completed, and the 10 or more pairs of underpants, plus a t-shirt, hanging up to dry, I went straight on to having a shower. If I had stopped I may have put off having that shower until it was too late. Once clean and (hopefully) pleasantly fragrant I could have gone shopping in Tesco, but I didn't seem to have time for that. I would have done if I had not decided I needed a lie down to "get my breath back" (so to speak).

  It felt like I had only the bare minimum time to prepare for the Sunday afternoon beer tasting with Jodie. In reality, I didn't seem to have time to do all I intended - like washing some of the stuff in the kitchen sink. That included all the containers my Chinese Takeaway came in on Friday. It is job I still have to do sometime today, and I can't decided to just rinse them a bit more before throwing them in the recycling bin, or to wash them properly with washing up liquid so they can be stored and reused for something.

  Jodie still has her flat in Elmers End, but she and Alan have moved into her Late Mum's old house. That has the disadvantage of only being served by a minor bus route and it is not frequent or reliable. Once again it didn't arrive in tome to connect with the train at Elmers End station. It did connect with the 54 bus, and having missed a train, which on a Sunday means a half hour wait for the next, she decided to get the 54 bus. She arrived about an hour late. Had I known, I might have done the washing up in the kitchen sink.

  Once Jodie had arrived, and we had spoken for about 3 minutes, we started on a beer, and Jodie ignored me in favour of her phone and possibly Instagram. That can be annoying, but yesterday I had an unread, albeit 4 days old copy of The Metro to read as a distraction. The other good thing is that I think every beer we tried, which only added up to about 6 cans (drinking half a can each) was at least acceptable, and even nice.

  Another distraction was a visit from Cous Cous who came in meowing a lot because he had been caught in the rain. He was very happy to come into the warm and dry, and showed his thanks by sitting on MY chair ! A few Dreamies lured him onto his own chair.

  I think it was the 7:17 train that Jodie was aiming for. By then it had stopped raining, and that was handy for Jodie, for when she walked to the station, and also handy because Cous Cous came to look out the front door when Jodie left. He thought it seemed dry enough to go out without being thrown out.

  I then had to get some dinner together. My fridge was looking a bit thin, and there was not a lot in the freezer section either. I eventually had a two part dinner. Part one was an Aldi pot of "Ramen". It sounded delightful, but it was a bit bland. It was half noodles, and half liquid with a few tiny bits of meat in it, plus a lot more vegetables. It was quite small, and I could have easily poured it into a half pint glass, with room to spare.

  Part two came from Tesco (although not branded as Tesco). It was a "street style", "snack box". Inside the big box was a small box with a sort of mild chicken curry in it, and that sat on a layer of rice. The whole thing needed microwaving, but with a few extra minutes for the curry bit on it's own. Apart from the preparation being ever so mildly annoying, it was quite tasty, and I think I may buy another or two for future use.

  Those two parts of dinner seemed to be little more than snack, and I must have topped up on something else, but I can't remember what. Whatever it was left me feeling just about satisfied with room for me if the opportunity arose (it didn't). As usual I ate in front of the TV (actually displayed on my PC). Sunday can sometimes be a barren dessert for entertainment on a Sunday, but I seemed to find enough to amuse me until 11pm (or was it 10pm ?).

  On reflection it may well have been 10pm, and I think I fell asleep almost instantly once I turned the lights off. I don't really remember anything until I woke up at about 4.30am. It almost felt like I could have got up then, but it was still completely dark outside (Sunrise was at 7.30am this morning). I had a pee, and then went back to bed again. It did take a short while before I managed to fall asleep again.

  I think it was just about light when I woke up again, and this time I did start to get up - but very slowly ! I went to the toilet again, but only had a pee. It would be another hour before I had a poo (and another pee). I then weighed myself and it did not look good. I didn't think I had eaten much yesterday, but the scales said I had gained 800gm - which is a lot, and I don't think I can even blame it on the beer I drank because that didn't seem to amount to more than a couple of pints in total.

  Even worse was my blood glucose. It was very high, and once again I could not account for it. The average of the three readings was 9.9mmol/l - just under the red line at 10mmol/l by the skin of it's teeth. In fact two of the readings were over the red line at 10.3 and 10.0mmol/l (I guess that the last reading was on, rather than over the line). In view of those high readings I brought forward my Ozempic injection to today instead of waiting for tomorrow. Hopefully I will see lower blood glucose readings tomorrow morning.

  Top of the list of things to do today is to go shopping in Tesco. I am halfway through my last bottle of Diet Coke so it is now an urgent desire. Before that I'll have a quick shower. The sun is out at the moment, and I think t-shirt and shorts should be enough. Next on the list has to be the washing up in the kitchen sink. Before all this I think I have time for a quick lie down, and if it happens, it happens - a snooze !