No mist was forecast for this morning, and none was seen. At 6am the temperature was 9° C, and it was still falling. At 7am and 8am it dipped to 8° C, but it should rise again to 12° C this afternoon. It may be helped by a scattering of sunny spells. There is a tiny chance of rain today, just 18% at worst, and it will almost certainly be a dry day. Tomorrow may see a few sunny spells, and there is a very low chance of a few showers during the day - possibly too small a chance except for 3pm when there is a 49% chance of rain (but even that is low enough that rain is unlikely). Tomorrow afternoon may see a high of 12° C, but it will probably be quite dull.

  Yesterday was not a good day, but it was not a bad day either. In fact some bits could be called slightly good, and most of the day is better described as dull.

  Yesterday morning was another morning where I seemed to take a long time to write about the previous day, but then again I did seem to write 2,347 words - one of my longest pieces for some time. It meant I didn't seem to have the time to have a proper shower, and wash my hair as I would have liked to have done. In fact I probably could have found the time if I had been a bit more dynamic about it. Maybe it was just the sludgy result of it being a Sunday.

  As well as no shower, I also didn't get to go out shopping. I had to spend some of the time doing my usual clean up in the kitchen and dining room in preparation for a beer tasting session with Jodie. I did find time to have a couple of rolls with the rest of the ready cooked and sliced, spicy chicken that I had started the day before.

  Since Jodie has moved back to her late mum's house (with Alan), she has to get a mini bus, that only runs every half an hour, to get to the station - where on a Sunday, the trains only run every half an hour. The big problem is the bus gets to Elmers End station 3 or 4 minutes after the train has departed. She didn't fancy the 27 minute wait, and opted for a 54 bus to Catford. It takes at least twice as long as the train. After arriving late in Catford, Jodie also popped into Aldi to buy some reduced price Halloween food.

  When Jodie arrived we cracked open some of the Ukraine Varvar brewed beers, and some from another Ukraine brewery. That sounds like we had a lot of beers, but it was only about 5 or 6 cans, and each was shared - half a can each. One or two was not quite to my taste, but still OK, and one was very much to my taste !

  Jodie left to get the 7pm train, and I had my dinner. It was ready to oven cook chicken wings. I think I had had them before, and once again they were good, but not as wonderful as those bought from some takeaways with a charcoal grill. After the wings I had some fruit (and a little chunk of cheese). It did not feel like I had had a feast, and the beers did not seem to be too awful for my blood glucose and weight, but......

  I think I had eaten, watched some TV, done some reading, and had turned out the lights before 11pm. I think I was even fast asleep before 11pm, but if not it couldn't have been many minutes later. I woke up at least once, and probably twice for a pee. Before waking up this morning I had a dream, and while all dreams tend to be weird, this one was weirder in so much as I don't think I could think of anything in real life that could have inspired it.

  I only remember a few minutes of the dream, and it probably didn't last much longer than that in total. The bit I remember was being in a taxi with (I think) Jodie. I don't think it was a black cab, but it was very big and spacious inside - enough that we seemed to have a very lightweight wheelchair with us, and a kitchen chair as well. I got those items out and walked up to my front door. It had been decorated by having bunches of flowers sellotaped all over it, and there was even a chunk of birthday cake on the door as well.

  I knew who was responsible for it, and it was someone I have not seen for many, many years. In fact I think she dies quite a few years ago. It might have been a nice birthday gift apart from the fact it took ages to get everything off the door, including some paint, and my last birthday was back in June,

  After getting up it was on my second visit to the toilet that I did a rather big poo (or one single, long, poo). I then weighed myself again. It was still not good ! Somehow, and I can't even imagine how it could be possible, but I seem to have gained 1.9kg since yesterday morning. The fact I must have eaten something I can't remember that was terrible for me yesterday, is also shown in my blood glucose readings. The average of all three readings was 9.33mmol/l. At least it is on the safe side of the red danger line, but there is still nothing good to say about it.

  Semi good news: I've just been to the toilet again, and now it seems I only gained 1.4kg since yesterday. I am wondering if I recorded yesterday's weight correctly, but it seems to approximately agree with the day before yesterday, and I guess I really have gained 1.4kg since yesterday. I have skipped breakfast today, and I may just have fruit for lunch - unless I can skip lunch as well.

  My next attempt at having a Colonoscopy (which makes it sound like I want to have one, which I don't) is now a week away on the 9th November. It is already showing up in my blood pressure. This morning it is 134/72 with a pulse rate of 74bpm. My pulse rate is slightly lower than usual, and the 134/72 is what the nurse expects to see, but it is higher than usual. It is also indirectly influenced by the forthcoming Colonoscopy attempt* because one thing on my mind right now is the need for a shower, and then a walk through the park to collect my PlenVu (all purpose laxative, bowel washer, and nuclear reactor fuel) ready to start my 4 days of miserable eating, and finally some of the most explosive poos known to science. That walk should start before to much of the afternoon has passed. It looks pretty miserable out at the moment, and I can't say I am looking forward to this walk (and even less to when I will be collecting from the Enterology department reception). I was going to go shopping as well, but I think that can wait until tomorrow.