This morning started off misty, or even foggy according to the Met  Office forecast, but I have seen nothing more than a hint of haze in the air. On the other hand, it is quite grey outside, and that gives a similar feel to it being misty. If the forecast was accurate the grey sky would be completely clear in about 15 minutes (as I write this) and we would be treated to full, glorious sunshine. That seems unlikely at the moment, but maybe it will happen a bit later. A high of 24° C is forecast for this afternoon, and that should feel very nice. Tomorrow morning may start (6am) at 13° C, but a day of full sunshine will raise the afternoon to 20° C.

  Yesterday had enough in it to have been a good day, but somehow, much of it was not that good, although I suppose none of it was bad except for the end results I saw this morning. More of that later.

  As noted yesterday, I woke up yesterday feeling a bit constipated. That didn't last, although I still felt that I could have passed more. Even after that I didn't feel generally all that good. I cannot put my finger on any particular problem. It was just "creeping malaise" (now what song or book did that description come from ?). Having a nice shower perked me up a little bit.

  I realised I had enough time to go shopping in Tesco. Walking to Tesco felt a bit odd, but once again it is a very vague description - odd, but nothing that is easy to describe. It was more a feeling that I don't want to do this, but forced myself to do it anyway.

  There was nothing I needed desperately from Tesco, and in some ways it was just topping up stuff I usually have here, but I did make a definite point of getting some fruit. Fruit is probably the best way to keep constipation at bay. I should add at this point that I believe that constipation is one side effect of Ozempic - one of the wonder weight loss drugs that help my blood glucose control, but doesn't seem to help me lose weight.

  One thing that increased the weight of my shopping basket was buying two 4 packs of beer. Both were IPAs, and I regretted buying both because I don't seem to like "modern" IPA. I also found some reduced price sandwiches, and of course they had to go in my basket as well.

  Once I had gone through the checkout, and loaded the drinks into my rucksack, it was a bit easier to carry everything home. It was annoying that I had to take a short breather on the way home. It is not a new thing, but I had hoped that after various treatments and prescribed tablets, I might one day get back to lugging a load of shopping home non stop, and at a fair walking speed. Maybe I need to remember I am 71 years old, and that when I stop to think of it, I couldn't foresee being able to do this when I was 10 or 20 years younger.

  When I got home I tucked into some sandwiches as a combined breakfast and lunch. I also sent a text message to Jodie to confirm that we were beer tasting later in the afternoon. it took a while, but she confirmed she would be over. I then texted Michael to say "beer as usual today". Ideally I would have like a snooze then, but I had glasses to clean and polish. I also wanted to give a baking/roasting tray a good clean before lining it with foil to cook some spare ribs that I would have for my dinner.

  I got all my intended chores done, and at least I did have a sit down for maybe as much as an hour before Jodie arrived.  Michael, as usual, arrived a couple of hours later because he has stuff to do first. I was quite looking forward to having a few beers, but I have to confess that I don't think there was a single beer we had that I liked. Some were brewed with hops that should never be used in civilised brewing, and some were fruit flavoured, and like drinking battery acid. Come to think of it, the Guinness I had after my hospital visit was not that enjoyable. I seem to have lost my love of beer !

  After Jodie and Michael left I had my dinner. As mentioned a couple of paragraphs up the page, it was BBQ flavoured spare ribs with a pot of "steam in the pot" mixed green vegetables - which included kale. Kale is usually pretty horrible, but in small quantities, diluted with meat, it is acceptable. I hoped that all that green veg would not only have some useful vitamins and minerals, but lots of fibre in it too. I was going to follow it with some ice cream, but I can't actually remember doing that.

  It was too late to see the 6pm news, but I was in time to see half an episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation. I watched a bit more TV after than. I had visions of going to bed before 9pm, but I ended up also watching Have I Got News For You, and QI. It was 11pm (I think) when I went to bed. I did try to read in bed, but after five minutes I put the book down, and I think I fell asleep soon after.

  I must have slept well because I don't think I remember anything until about 7am when I woke up. It seemed both late (I am often up by then), and it seemed early (because I would have liked to have gone back to sleep). One good thing is that this morning, all the fruit and other sources of fibre, had worked well, and I was not suffering any constipation this morning. On the other hand, I still did not seem to feel fully empty.

  One possible consequence of not feeling empty, although I doubt another poo would have made any significant difference, was that I seemed to have put on a lot of weight again. Some of it can be blamed on the beer, but I don't feel like I ate anything that bad yesterday. I would appear to have gained 1.2kg since yesterday morning (which also saw a similar rise).

  On the (almost) plus side, my blood glucose readings were fairly good, although it didn't start that way. The first reading was a bad 9.1mmol/l, but the second was a very good 7.8mmol/l, and the third a good enough 8.4mmol/l. After those two lower readings I checked the first again, and this time it was a good 8.1mmol/l. It is handy having three meters so I can see if one is very different it is probably a false reading and it should be re-checked.

  The other health reading is my blood pressure. This morning it is a pleasing 118/65 with a heart rate of 70. All in all, I am fit and healthy - except I don't feel like that. As I write this I am looking forward to a snooze, and that is exactly what I will probably do once I have uploaded this to my server. I did have thoughts about going out to do some rail photography today, maybe to see if I get some snaps of the new Docklands Light Railway trains that are being introduced. Right now I don't feel I have the right enthusiasm for anything more than a quick walk in the park later, and I feel very unsure I will do even that. I'll have to see how I feel later.