All morning it has looked damp outside, but I haven't seen any rain falling. If the forecast is correct it could start any minute now ! By 1pm the thick and heavy clouds will have left to leave full on sunshine (hopefully). This afternoon may reach 20° C, and that is pretty warm for mid October. The temperature will start to slowly fall at 4pm, and by 4am tomorrow morning it will have fallen to just 12° C. Tomorrow may start (6am) at just 10° C, but the clear sky that let the temperature drop so much, also means lots of sunshine once the sun is a bit higher in the sky. Tomorrow afternoon may only see sunny spells, but it should reach 18° C.

  Yesterday started with the sort of excitement I could do without, but once that was out of the way it was a fairly good start to the day. The afternoon was a bit dull, and the evening was not so nice. My night was even worse, and as for this morning... I'll come to that later !

  Even the threat of rain couldn't seem to put me off going out to get some shopping yesterday. I could have held out a few more days, and in the extreme, at least a week or more, but I wanted a bit more variety.

Live update: It is now 11:20am, and the heavy rain has started !!

  Prior to going out, and mingling with the great unwashed public, I felt I definitely needed a shower, and it seemed the "great unwashed public" had also had showers, or most of them had. I ran the water for a minute or two to get the water temperature up to warm enough, and got into the bath (which is my shower cubicle). I pulled the shower curtains closed, and what did I find ??? I found a spider staring me in the face. It was not huge, but it was not small either. All I could do, as I stood there naked just a 3 or 4 inches away, was to use the shower to wash it off the curtain, and down the plughole. I could enjoy the rest of my shower.

  It did not seem that warm, and there was the threat of rain, but I went to Tesco in just shorts and t-shirt. Maybe I would not have liked to have stood still out there too long, but I felt perfectly comfortable as I walked to the store, and back again. It may have been a different story if it had rained, but despite the forecast, and how grey the sky looked, I didn't feel a single drop.

   I didn't have a shopping list for Tesco because I wanted a bit of everything.....sort of. Actually, tell a lie, I did have a single line of a shopping list - hot pepper sauce. I thought I had bought 2 bottles of one kind and 2 bottles of another kind. They got me into a friendly conversation with the large black woman at the checkout who was lauding one of my choices, but not the other. She said it was not "Caribbean" enough.

  I found there was quite a good selection of sandwiches in the reduced price cabinet. (It used to be "shelves" but now most shelves are boxed in by glass/perspex doors - which is annoying. It is allegedly to stop all the chilled air escaping, and so reduce power consumption, but I suspect it is better at deterring casual thieves). I bought a small selection of sandwiches and/or wraps. I never did check the best before date on them, and none of them tasted "funny", but it is possible one gave me an upset stomach later.

  I walled to and from Tesco in my newest, wide toed, Chinese trainers, and it does seem they are comfortable, and getting more comfortable as they mould themselves to my feet, and my feet mould themselves to the trainers. I think I will be ordering a spare pair, or two of them, in the near future before that batch runs out.

  When I got home I put most of the shopping away, but I kept out two wraps - one was chicken and salad, and the other was bean and cheese. I scoffed them, plus a Tuna crunch roll for my lunch.  All were rather delicious - particularly with some added hot pepper sauce. After my lunch I laid on my bed and read, and as I read my eyes started to close. This was not unusual. I put the book down, and let my eyes close. I Have no idea how long I slept for. It may have been anything from 10 minutes to an hour, but it set the pattern for the rest of the afternoon, and in a less way, the evening too.

  I did have one burst of frantic action at about 5.40pm when I put my dinner in the oven. It was some ready prepared pork belly strips with a cherry based pour on sauce. I had them with a small can of low sugar baked beans. It was a nice meal, but I expected/hoped to be super wonderful - it was not.

  My evening started out as normal, watching TV, but I started to be feeling tired, and also uncomfortable by about 8pm. I went to bed intending to read, but I seemed to be suffering from trapped wind or something. I was too distracted to read, and I tried for sleep instead. I did manage to get to sleep, and I even had a dream, but every time I woke up I had to go to the toilet - although most times nothing happened.

  The dream was set in an electronic workshop, and I seemed to be assembling a kit for a little portable radio. I noticed that there were different ways it could be assembled, and I assumed the circuit board had been made to fit into several different styles of cases. I can remember considering if any of the alternatives would be a better radio because I had the parts available to fit in the optional places.  I woke up before I had finished considering the options.

  When I woke up, and I think it was around 5am, I definitely did not feel good. My belly was rumbling, and gurgling. I was pretty sure that I was not going to be constipated this morning - quite the opposite in fact ! It was around 7am when I first passed some wind, and then for the next two 2 hours I was back and forth between my bed and the toilet - and I barely spent more than 5 minutes at a time in my bedroom.

  I have no real idea what caused it, but I most definitely was suffering from diarrhoea this morning !  I was still getting an occasional gurgle from my belly, but I seemed to be empty enough to be able to relax in bed, and get back to sleep. I think I got about an hour of sleep before waking up. When I weighed myself I found I had lost 700gm. I suspect that without the stomach upset I may have put on as much as 500gm based up upon what I had eaten yesterday.....or maybe that was a bit pessimistic.

  My blood glucose was good, and may have been even better if all that diarrhoea hadn't left me a bit dehydrated. I got readings of 8.0, 7.8 and 7.2mmol/l - all of which were quite decent readings, and all averaged to 7.67mmol/l, or the second lowest so far this month - which is sort of surprising, particularly after a day when I had been shopping, and all the temptations that brings.

  I was going to have ice cream for breakfast. I thought it might be more gentle on my distressed guts, but I had instant noodles as usual. Maybe my guts do feel a bit "odd" now, and I think one of my plans for this morning is to not go to far from the toilet. At the moment I am awaiting a delivery from Amazon that is coming by Royal Mail. It is fairly small and light and will be delivered by the usual postman. It could be very soon. It is the dandelion root capsules that act as a "natural" diuretic for when I have run out of prescribed Furosemide tablets (or if the doctors decide I no longer need them).

  Once those capsules have been delivered I will be free to go out... They have just arrived ! I ordered two lots, each of 240 capsules. The dosage says take 2 capsules a day, and so I guess I have 240 days worth. I shall take the first two with my other prescribed tablets with my dinner tonight. I wonder if I will spend the evening, night, or tomorrow morning peeing ?

  As usual, once I have finished today's diary I will have a lie down, and after losing a fair few hours of sleep last night, I will be very surprised if I don't have an hours snooze - or more. Maybe I'll take a walk in the sunshine this afternoon. The sun has already come out, and we evidently didn't get the forecast rain because it looks bone dry outside.