This morning started at 10° C, and the road outside looked very wet from overnight rain, but it didn't seem to take long before we saw the first sunny spell. As I type this it seems quite sunny outside, and the sky looks clear enough for it to be actual sunshine instead of a sunny spell. There should be sunshine or sunny spells until sunset. They will only raise the temperature to 14° C by 3pm. That is not that warm, but probably about right for the time of year. Rain may return at 9pm, and it could get heavy during the night. The BBC even predicts some thunder and lightning at 4am tomorrow (but the Met Office shows just heavy rain). Most of tomorrow is forecast to be rainy. Much of tomorrow will be 12° C, and that is probably not that bad, but from 2pm gale force winds are predicted, and they may well make it feel a fair bit cooler.

  I didn't finish writing until 9pm yesterday, and so I have already described nearly everything that happened yesterday, and so I just have to say a few words about the night, and this morning to get today's diary done.

  After I finished writing last night I watched a bit more TV before heading to bed. I guess I felt I had relaxed and snoozed enough during the day to stay up reading until almost midnight (or was it 11pm ? I can't seem to remember). Once I put my book down, and turned out the light, I think I fell asleep very quickly.

  My night was uneventful. I don't recall having any dreams, and I only have a couple of hazy, dream like (possibly they were dreams) of getting up to go for a pee in the night. I think it was gone 7am when I woke up, and although I tried for a while, I didn't get back to sleep. I guess I felt reasonably good yesterday. That seems an odd idea, and I have no why I should feel OK this morning - particularly after getting soaked yesterday afternoon !

  However......after going down to the cold kitchen to make up my breakfast - instant noodles with flavouring powder that is so fine and dry that it can get up your nose with zero effort, I came back up to my PC with a tickly cough. A drink and some food were an instant, and lasting cure.

  This morning I have had a couple of pees, but as yet, no poos. That is a shame because this this morning I seem to have gained 300gm. A decent poo would have knocked maybe 100gm off that. The rest of the gain was the combined result of going out before breakfast, and coming home in the rain. I think it made me feel extra hungry, and although I did try and exercise some control, it was not enough to reduce my eating to sensible limits.

  My blood glucose was also not good, but it was actually very slightly less than yesterday morning. The average of all three readings was 9.47mmol/l, which is only a fraction over being acceptable by the skin of it's teeth, compared to 9.5mmol/l yesterday - and yesterday I was actually worried that I eaten too much of the wrong stuff.

  My blood pressure is one thing that is OK, maybe even good, this morning. It is (or was, 15 minutes ago) 128/76 with a heart rate of 89bpm. The heart rate is still OK (less than 100), but it is a fraction higher than most mornings.

  My plans for today include having a shower and washing my hair. After that I could go out in the sunshine with my Nikon D3200 camera with my new camera lens to take some test shots, but I think I will be going to Tesco rather than the park, and I won't be taking the camera to Tesco. I'll have quite enough stuff to carry home - including 8 litres of Diet Coke (yes, I've already drunk the last lot). Later this afternoon I am expecting Jodie, and usually Michael as well for some beer tasting. If I don't buy too much food in Tesco (unlikely) I may seek out a few beers from Tesco - maybe some ales instead of possibly nasty sour fruit beers.