Maybe the light rain I thought I saw mentioned in one or another forecast was actually in today's forecast ! We had a bright and sunny start that lasted all of 5 minutes, but it has been grey since then. From 10am until 3pm we could see light rain. After that there may be a few random sunny spells until sunset. The afternoon temperature will only reach 10° C, but  it should rise to 12° C by 4pm. There will be a strong breeze today, and it will be coming from the north. That will make it feel much colder. By 3am tomorrow morning it will be really cold - just 3° C ! By 6am tomorrow it may have risen to 4° C, and by 3pm the temperature should peak to 16° C. Tomorrow morning could be sunny, but the afternoon probably grey and miserable.

  Yesterday was both good and bad - otherwise known as bland, but not unpleasant. I had just finishing washing the beer glasses, ready for the mid afternoon beer tasting, when my phone rang. It was Jodie, and from the sound of her first hello I could tell something was wrong. I even correctly guessed what was wrong - she had another dose of the runs, and didn't dare leave the vicinity of her toilet. She thinks she has an allergy to the type of bread used in the pizza she had the previous night. Of course it could be the pizza shop has terrible hygiene because I think she said the last time she got the runs it was after pizza, and presumably from the same shop.

  I managed to get myself into the right mood to have a shower and wash my hair yesterday morning - earlier than I might have done so, and possibly not even done at all. I felt wonderfully clean and fresh until I put on the same t-shirt I had worn for several hours the previous day. It smelled ok when cold and dry. By the time I had been wearing it, and warmed it up, it didn't seem to be smelly, but I had doubts, but not big enough doubts to change into a fresh t-shirt.

  Having the beer tasting session cancelled was actually a blessing. For quite some time I have found them to be less exciting. I am not a fan of the "new modern beers", and prefer more traditional style beers, and would prefer the company of those who also prefer the more traditional beer style. On top of that there is my long running moan about Jodie ignoring me for 90% of the time in favour of reading stuff one her phone. Typically we would exchange a few comments while selecting the next beer, and add a few more comments about the initial taste, but with that done Jodie goes into her private world.

  I could and perhaps should have altered my whole day after hearing there would be no beer tasting. I could have gone out for a walk, or gone shopping, but the grey sky outside put me off leaving my house for any reason. The result was that I had a very lazy day, and maybe my only achievement was the washing up, kitchen cleaning, and glass polishing I did in the morning.

  I felt in quite an edgy mood because I knew I would have to work hard to stop myself eating improperly. Of course that idea failed fairly early when I started chomping on some Liquorice Allsorts. I feel I had too many, and that was despite being very conscious of the idea to limit myself. At least I did stop myself eating any more of the Walls (super sugar) ice cream in the freezer.

  I thought I did fairly good in controlling my food intake, and apart from the limited amount of the Liquorice Allsorts, I thought I would be OK. The scales told a different story this morning ! With, at the time, boozing expected in the afternoon I had breakfast. It was a single, medium sized packet of instant noodles. I could have skipped lunch because I didn't need to "line my stomach", but I did eat, and I think it was one, but maybe two, corned beef filled soft deli rolls.

  My dinner was going to be sweet potato mash with low sugar baked beans and grated cheese. I did actually make this dinner, but maybe I was thinking it might be perfect after some beer, but without any beer I had second thoughts about eating it. I ended up having two small savoury dishes. Both came in a small oven safe container about the size of a medium sized ashtray - so not very big. I think they were meant as "starters" or hors d'oeuvre. One was half a dozen small beef kebabs with some peculiar gloopy sauce. The other was a few bits of chicken in a sort of thick gravy that was made thicker when the cheese balls in it melted. Both were cooked in a normal oven, and both were nice-ish - OK for an experiment, but neither worth buying again. I had a cake and chocolate bar type of dessert, but no ice cream (even though I could have had some usually safe Aldi own brand ice cream).

  Last night was different in so much as I had a phone call from my friend Kieth. It was just a catch up call because we hadn't spoken in months. I don't have a clue how we had so much to say that the call lasted for just under 4 hours. I watched no TV last night, and when the call ended I went straight to bed, via the bathroom to brush my teeth and have one more pee. It felt far too late to do any reading (I think it was around, or even after midnight).

  I can't recall any period of insomnia before I got to sleep. I assume I must have fallen asleep within minutes of turning out the lights. I know I had to get up a couple of times to go for a pee, but it felt like it was less than many nights. That might mean my blood glucose was not too high, but equating the amount of time I wake up to pee to my blood glucose always seems to be a very variable equation, if indeed the two bear any relation to each other these days.

  Apart from feeling very sure that I had one of more dreams last night, not a single fragment has lodged in my memory. The only thing that seemed dreamlike was when I woke up and realised it was light outside. That was mainly due to the clear sky that was already rapidly vanishing as the sun rose at about 4.30am this morning. I was surprised how light it seemed to be at 4.30am. Of course I went for a pee, and then straight back to bed, and straight to sleep again.

  It was a couple of hours later, although I can't remember the exact time, when I got up again. I went straight to the toilet, had a pee, and farted a few times, but didn't even seem to have any sensation at all that I might need a poo. Even as I type this there is only a feeling that I should need a morning poo rather than a feeling that I do need a poo. It is a shame I did not have a gigantic poo, and a humungous pee because both would have made for a kinder reading on my scales. My weight is still stupidly high, and despite thinking I had not eaten anything that bad I seemed to have gained 1.2kg since yesterday morning.

  My blood glucose does slightly reflect some of the care I took yesterday. The average of all three meters was 8.9mmol/l. That is high by just about acceptable. It was all the fault of the newest, GlucoFix sensor meter. I tried two test strips in it, and blood from two different fingers, but it stubbornly said my blood glucose was a very, but not disastrously high 9.5mmol/l. The other two meters read 8.9 and 8.3mmol/l. That average of 8.8mmol/l was better than yesterday's 9.47 and the day before 9.43mmol/l. I guess I was doing something right yesterday - maybe just not eating Walls ice cream (of which I still have about half a tub to carefully get through in the future).

  I do feel a bit odd this morning, and it is feeling that I am having quite often now. It feels a bit like a heart problem, and maybe it is, but the only diagnostic tool I have is a blood pressure meter. Just before I started this paragraph I checked my blood pressure. It was 109/62 with a pule rate of 68 bpm. Not only are these figures very typical for me when I am relaxed, and not rushing through the park, or being prodded by doctors and/or nurses. The blood pressure meters own diagnostic describes it as "ideal". My pulse Oximeter says my blood oxygen saturation is 98% - and that is, as far as I know, rather excellent, and far better than expected for a man who was smoking up to 50 cigarettes prior to my heart bypass operation in September 2013.

  Despite what my meters tell me, I still feel like I want to catch up with some sleep I didn't know I had missed. I don't feel like going out on such a dull day, and with both the met Office and BBC saying it will soon be raining. Nevertheless, I might possibly go out shopping, even in the rain if it is light enough. If I had the energy and enthusiasm there are four shops I would like to buy at least one item from. Fortunately none of those items will be needed for several days or even a week and a bit, but it is nice to have some items without having to panic about running out. Other than that, I predict a typical lazy day......unless I dare get the hoover out. It will happen one day, but maybe not today :-)