09:58 BST

  A lot of yesterday seemed bright and sunny, but it was not very warm. The afternoon temperature only reached 10° C.The start and finish of the day was just 5° C. Some light rain was forecast for theafternoon, but I don't recall seeing any, and I don't think it even got that dull.
  There was some sunshine first thing this morning, but it didn't seem to last long. At 8am it was forecast to be just 4° C, and maybe a few hours earlier there may have been some frost. While the morning has been bright, it is already getting dull, and from 1pm the sky could be very grey and cloudy. Drizzle is forecast to fall from 4pm, and it may not finish until 10pm. This afternoon the temperature will only rise to 10° C again. Tomorrow may start with some cold sunshine, and it may be just 6° C. The afternoon will be cloudy, but maybe still bright. The afternoon temperature may reach 12° C.

   My attempt at keeping yesterday's writing fairly short was near to successful. Maybe I can make today even shorter because little happened yesterday. I've probably got more to write about my meals than anything else, but there is "else" to write something about.

  I was in another, too often repeated, very lazy, very unmotivated mood again yesterday. Once I had finished writing I didn't have a shower and wash my hair like I thought I might have done, but I did have a lie down instead. I guess that was far more predictable based on recent experience. I laid on my bed snoozing, or reading, and sometimes just listening to the lyrics of music playing on my PC. Some lyrics seemed amazing, but it seems I didn't retain the name of any of the songs, and who played them.

  One thing I thought would be a good idea was to not eat so much yesterday. I still had a single, but medium sized helping of instant noodles for breakfast, and I did stop resting to have some lunch. I was trying not to feel hungry, but of course the more I tried the more I just reminded myself I was hungry. I think I had a fairly moderate lunch. All I can remember is having a Tesco "Finest" (but reduced price) quiche. Once upon a time I must have had some quiche that I thought was really tasty. I have yet to discover what it might have been because even yesterday's Tesco Finest quiche was nice, but dull. I'm sure I had something after it, but all I can think of that I would probably have had was some ice cream, but I can't be sure.

  Before I had lunch I was still thinking I might get to Tesco for a bit of shopping. I thought I could get away with some fresh clothes, and some deodorant, but I did even do that. It seemed so dull outside, and the threat of rain seemed to be getting so close, that I just resumed laying on my bed reading and snoozing. Maybe I didn't actually sleep because there is only so much sleep you can have in a 24 hour period, on the other hand some extra sleep, as a snooze or two, would have been useful for last night - but that comes later.

  I was not lazy all afternoon. It may not have have been the height of activity, but I can remember looking up something on Wikipedia. I think it was about a plant of flower, but to be honest it could have been anything. Once I get a query going around in my head I usually have to satisfy it with some simple research, and Wikipedia is a pretty good starting point. Incidently, many will say that Wikipedia can be inaccurate. I think that is mostly only true about entries for some people who have friends and enemies. I dread to think what it might say about Donald Trump (for the benefit of anyone reading this in the future, he is the current, rather deranged, possibly suffering from dementia, and completely self centred, president of the United States of America (although he is doing his best to make then the no long united states of America).

  Once again, as 6pm approached, I stirred myself, and set about getting my dinner prepared. It was somewhat unusual. Over half of it was a heap of "Mediterranean style roasting vegetables" with a little bit of cheese on top, served with a pack of Teriyaki flavoured burnt pork ends. The latter was less exotic than it seems - as I found out. It was just diced pork belly that was cooked until it was tender, and then packed in a sealed pouch, together with a pouch of Teriyaki sauce. Both halves of the dinner were nice, but not exciting. The useful thing is that the big heap of vegetables (I was getting close to finishing a bag, and so just used the whole lot) were an excellent source of dietary fibre (or something that made me poo a lot this morning).

  Last night might have been the usual TV and bed, but I think it was around 9pm that I got a rather rare WhatsApp message from friend Kevin. After exchanging a few messages it seemed easier to go to voice communication. Just as I was going to initiate a WhatsApp voice call, Kevin did a normal voice call. It started off with a question about my cancelled at the last second colonoscopy, but it didn't stop there.

  It is rare we speak on the phone, and usually chat over a pint or three in a pub, but we have not been doing much of that for weeks or months. The problem is that we both have our health issues, and while we can each have good, and even excellent days, it seems rare that we have them at the same time. We had a lot of talking to do, and didn't stop chatting until after GMT turned to BST with 1am turning to 2am.

  It was a long call, but we agreed that there was stuff we should do together - mostly exploring railway related stuff - but that it is impossible to make plans when neither of us knows if we are in a good condition to go out for half or a full day. I was explaining to Kevin how after I was discharged from Kings College Hospital, with my new heart valve, I had made good progress getting my self fit for long distance walking, or just long periods of being on my feet, but how all the fuss and bother of my Colonoscopy messed it all up. I have still not got back into the swing of the mostly light exercise I need to strengthen my legs. I think one thing we agreed on was that little would happen until we had got April Showers out of the way.

  Going to bed just after 2am made me think there could be complications. One might have been "too tired to go to sleep" - which seems a contradiction but I know to be quite common. I actually found it easy to get ton sleep, and I think I was fast asleep minutes after my head hitting the pillow. I seemed to sleep well, although I did have to get up for a few very big pees. I expected some confusion over the time this morning, but I knew it didn't really matter what time I got up, and just slept, or when back to sleep again, until it felt a good time to get up. I think it was around 8am BST (or 7am GMT - which is a reasonable time to get up for me).

  As mentioned above, the big heap of vegetables for dinner last night did act like a mild laxative. Although initially I thought I was going to be constipated, but on my second visit I had no problem doing a fair sized poo. At that point my weight seemed annoyingly high, but maybe an hour later, and before I had any breakfast, I needed another visit to the toilet, and this one was even more productive. When I weighed myself again I had lost an additional 300gm, and with the drop of 100gm I saw initially, made for a 400gm drop in weight. If I could do that every day I would be very happy,

  My blood glucose was rather good this morning. It was a still a little short of excellent, but not by much. The average of all three readings (7.2, 6.6 and 7.4) was 7.07mmol/l, and it hasn't been lower since the 21st March, 6.73mmol/l, and was is on the tail end of my (wasted - or maybe not so wasted)   Colonoscopy diet and fasting, plus the mega intestinal clear out "thanks" to the Plenvue super laxative. It seems that in America is is written as Plenvu (with no e on the end).

  This morning I can predict what I will be up to late in the afternoon, but I am unsure about before then. Ideally I will be washing my hair, and having a shower. I will be seeing Jodie for a late afternoon beer tasting session, and so it would be polite to be clean and fragrant. If I manage that then I will probably do the Tesco shopping I was going to do yesterday - if it is not too late (as it seems it might be - it is almost midday as I write these words - maybe I have written more that I thought I would).
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