Yesterday was another day that could be described as "satisfactory" - there was nothing particularly good, and nothing particularly bad about the day.

  One of the first things I did, after my usual morning routine, was to finish the laundry I had started the day before. Apart from the unpleasantness of fishing everything out of freezing cold water, it probably only took the 15 minutes I suggested it would take the day before. I hung it up to dry on the big clothes horse in the front room. I didn't think it was important enough to use a fan heater to speed up the drying. I used a desk fan instead. This morning it all felt like it was damp. but I think it was 99% dry, but cold because it was in a cold room.

  I was intending to have a shower and wash my hair after that, but somehow I didn't. My hair didn't seem that awful, and a quick spray of deodorant was enough - I hope. I had intended to wash because I was going to go out, and I was expecting Jodie around late in the afternoon for a beer tastings session. I found I couldn't raise the enthusiasm to go out for a walk - even a short one to the local shops.

  I couldn't bother to make anything exciting for my lunch. I suspect I didn't feel that hungry for some unknown reason. On the other hand I knew I should have something in my stomach before the beer drinking later on. I made two rolls. One was ham, and that finished off the pack of ham, and so the other was corned beef (and I think that finished off that pack as well). The ham roll had mustard in it, and whether it was because it was very fresh, or maybe a different recipe (it did come in a little squeezy bottle I had never seen before), but what I do know is it almost blew my head off !

  After lunch I reverted to ultra lazy mode. I lay on my bed reading, and I am pretty sure I had a snooze as well. I should have been preparing for the beer session in the afternoon. That meant washing and polishing the beer glasses, plus doing any washing up in the sink, ad wiping down the worktops. It was fortunate that Jodie warned me she was going to be late, and I actually started the preparation at about the same time as I would usually expect her.

  Generally we tend to start at about 3.30pm. I can't remember how that time was arrived at, but what I do know is that it was gone 4pm, maybe even 4.30pm when Jodie arrived. As usual we exchanged a few sentences before Jodie got her phone out and mostly ignored me except when selecting a new beer to sample. I have taken to reading stuff on my phone so I ignore Jodie for about the same amount of time that she ignores me. I guess we both have very little to say !

  One curious thing is that I didn't really enjoy any of the beers we had. They were mostly basic Pilsners/Lagers, but they all (maybe 4 or so) tasted oddly bitter. I feel sure it was just me. I wonder if the Covid I had while in hospital (and this time it was tested as positive for Covid) has modified my taste buds, although I didn't seem to lose any sense of taste or smell this time. When I had Covid in 2019 I definitely could not taste anything for several days - that was the main proof that I had Covid.

  Jodie left at just gone 6pm to get a train to Clock House station where she would get a bus up the road to meet Alan at one of those special beer bars with exotic beers for sale. Once Jodie was putting her coat on I put my dinner in the microwave. It was a Tesco chicken tikka massala ready meal for one. It was nothing like the real thing, but quite pleasant. I followed it with ice cream, and then some cake. Maybe the latter two was a bit reckless.

  I think I can simplify the next bit by saying I watched TV until bedtime. I found I was really looking forward to my bed. I did try and read for 10 minutes or so, but within minutes of putting the book down, and turning out the light, I was fast asleep. The only notable thing about my night was that I woke up several times for a pee. That was not unusual, but whatw as unusual was the size of each one. I know because I measured it, that one pee was a full half litre, and another was 400ml (not a lot less).

  Peeing so much in the night could have been a good thing. I hoped to see that I might have lost a bit of weight, or at least stayed the same. I didn't feel like I had eaten all that much yesterday, but I seemed to have put on 600gm since yesterday morning. By itself that is not a lot, but I seem to be slowly getting heavier. It is most probably because of lack of exercise rather than eating too much....although I have not tried to restrict what I eat recently. Some of it is a legacy of all the stuff I had to do for my aborted colonoscopy.

  Even my blood glucose is high this morning. All three readings are about as high as can be without actually getting near the danger level (10mmol/l). I had readings of 8.2, 8.0, and 8.2mmol/l. I think today is the day I should and intend to take my next dose of Mounjaro. That should get my blood glucose readings down again even if I do eat more ice cream and cake - which I will do !

  One curious thing is that I have just measure my blood pressure, and when I went to my blood pressure spreadsheet I found I had apparently filled in this morning's entry. I am very sure I hadn't checked my blood pressure until just now. Maybe I should have left it like it was because the reading I have just taken is marginally higher than the old reading. My "official" reading for this morning is 123/53 with a pulse rate of 60bpm. I think that is pretty good - not too low, and not too high.

  I am not certain what I am doing today. I know I ought to get out for a bit of exercise, and I think I will, but it what form it takes that is the big mystery. I would like to go out on a few trains with my Nikon 3200 camera. It is possible I might do just that, but it is feeling a bit unlikely at the moment. Maybe I'll take a walk in the park, or maybe I'll just go to the shops. It seems highly likely that today will be one of those "make it up as I go along" sort of days. I could be just laying on my bed reading and snoozing, but I hope I can bring myself to do a bit more than that.