The sun may be a little hazy as I write this, but it has been shining non stop for a couple of hours (or so I think). 10° C was a fair start to the day, but it may only rise to 16° C again in the early afternoon, and possibly more if we get longer periods of sunshine instead of just sunny spells. By 6pm it all goes wrong ! It will start to drizzle, and then a few hours later it will turn to light rain. That light rain will continue through the night, but it should be dry by 6am tomorrow. Tomorrow could be grey until 1pm when me might get some sunny spells. That will only warm the day up to just 14° C, and like today, the breeze may be strong enough to make it feel a lot cooler.

   Yesterday left some consequences for today, but most of the day could be considered to be fairly good. The badness actually started late evening, although the foundation for it started late afternoon. On the other hand I might have it all wrong, and it was more like "just one of those things".

  I started yesterday with a desire to try and improve my health readings - which was a bit fanciful considering yesterday involved booze, and usually lots of it. I guess the quatro cheese instant noodles may not have been a great start, but they were new and had to be tried once (unless the price drops to about a quarter of the current price). I had managed to start writing quite early yesterday morning, and that, plus having less to say than some days, meant I finished writing early.

  It was almost a relief to finish writing so I could have my traditional lie down. I spent some of it reading. I can't remember if I actually had a snooze, or if it only almost happened. I can remember put the book down because my eyes were closing. I have to admit I was reading a very dry bit of the book. The doubtful bit is whether I actually fell asleep while laying there with my eyes closed.

  If I did snooze it can't have been for long because I was having a shower very soon after 11am. By 11:30am I was dressed and on my way to get some shopping in Poundstretcher. I was particularly after some bleach and some more rice crackers. I could have got both in Tesco, but that might have lead to too many temptations. There were a few other odds and sods that I bought, and mostly they were not foodstuffs (but some were).

  Once I was home again it seemed like time for some lunch. In the spirit of trying to eat a little bit healthier (for some values of "healthy") I shunned the Ciabatta rolls with beef and stuff, and opted for rice crackers with course pâté. The latter may have a bit more fats in it than may be good, but it's sugar content is very low.  The fats were actually necessary because a bit of grease to line my stomach before boozing was probably sensible.

  I had a little tidying up to do before Jodie arrived, but a lot of the time I was basically lazy until she arrived. I was expecting to be lazy for longer than I was, but this time Jodie arrived at at 2:50pm instead of the more usual, or at least was usual, time of 3:30pm. What was boringly usual was that Jodie spent ages fussing around preparing her lunch, and that included picking a bunch of dandelion flower heads that she washed and then cooked with cheese as part of her meal.

  I think I almost resisted the temptation to start drinking before her. Eventually she inspected some of the new beers that were delivered on Monday and Tuesday, but then had to check on untappd (dot com) to make sure she had never tried them before. It seems that the were quite a few of the beers that I had selected and ordered "unsupervised" that she "needed" to taste.

  Once we had started drinking I texted Michael to remind him we were drinking, and this time he replied to say he would get here as soon as he was free. He arrived about 4:30pm, or maybe it was closer to 5pm ?  Apparently he was too busy with paperwork to come last Thursday. I get the impression he agonises over each and every page. One thing we had to endure again was Michael ranting about what a terrible place Catford has become. It must be old age (he is 7 years older than me, and I am very close to 70 years old now) but he seems to see muggers with guns and machetes on every corner.

  Jodie left to get the 6.13pm train to Clockhouse. That is half an hour earlier than most weeks. Michael left soon after. Once Michael had gone I tucked into my dinner. Earlier in the afternoon I had cooked, about 15 minutes at a time,  some Tesco "Finest" Cumberland sausages (almost half price on the reduced price shelves). The last cooking session was around 6pm, and by then they were very well cooked. They were still warm when I took them out of the oven.

  I had those sausages, all 6 of them from the pack, with no more than some Guinness smoke tomato sauce. It seemed like it would be a delicious tomato sauce, but it is a little less good than usual tomato sauce. I tried not to use too much tomato sauce because that is a big source of sugar. Maybe that did not matter because I had ice cream for dessert, and I may have had as many as two scoops worth !

  It was not long after eating that I had a few sausage flavoured burps. I think it was a bot before 9pm when I tried to go to sleep, and found I had bad indigestion. At least this time it didn't seem to be acid indigestion with it's associated chest pains. It was more like being on the edge of vomiting. There were actually only a couple of times when it seemed I was just a fraction away of getting that sudden burst of saliva just before you heeeaaavvve !

  I could not get to sleep like that, and even more so because I seemed to feel bloated as well. My lower gut seemed full of gas, and at times it felt like I wanted to poo. The latter never happened, but I did fart a lot. It all seems a muddle now, but I did get to sleep around 10pm for between 30 and 90 minutes, but then woke up feeling worse. That was one of the time when I though I was very close to throwing up.

  Like every time when I feel like this in the night I did not stay in bed, but sat at my PC reading a few news items. I think I did that twice, and I may have managed a short bit of sleep between each time. It was not until gone 2am before I started any regular sleep - and some dreams. One that I did remember enough to describe the important bits, was possibly gone 4am, and it was a sexy dream, although it was almost innocent.

  I dreamed I was at a station fairly late at night, and as usual I wanted to try and get the second to last train in case the very last train was cancelled. That second to last train was starting to pull out the station and I was determined to catch it, and so was a young woman. She came sprinting up behind me, and I signalled her to go first because I thought she had a better chance of catching the train.

  One very peculiar thing was that these trains had a sorted of carpeted, unrailed, balcony on the back. The young woman dived for the balcony and landed on it face down. Using the very last of my energy I leapt as hard as I could and tried to land beside her, but actually landed on top of her - or maybe above her might be a better description. Part from touching arms (and maybe legs) we were not otherwise in contact.

  She said, in a quite cheerful, and maybe Dutch or German accented English "and we haven't even been introduced yet !". Before I could move she tried to get up, and came fully in contact with me, with her bottom pressing into my groinal area. Before I could move or say anything she quipped "that feels nice", and I was forced to reply in a sort of I like it but don't want to make a big thing of it at this time, "yes, very pleasant".

  The dream ended very quickly after that, but it was on a sort of warm and optimistic note. I don't know if it was actually part of dream, or just the idea rolling around in my head, but I formed the impression that when the train was moving faster, and there was some possibility of falling off the balcony like thing, we lay side by side, tightly holding hands. It seemed to be at least equally because it was nice as for reasons of safety.

  I woke up some time after 5am, and it half felt like it was time to get, and half felt like I had so little sleep that I could sleep on for several hours. I think it was just a few minutes to 7pm, just in time to get a screenshot of the weather forecast starting at 7am, when I actually got up. I still did not feel all that good. As well as still sleepy, I also felt like I was suffering from constipation. A lot of it turned out to be a lot more fart gas !

  I didn't seem to pee all that much during the night, and I didn't pee much when I got up. I had a theory, that proved to be right. Part of that theory was that water retention would mean my weight would have gone up a lot. It had. Even after a small, but not insignificant poo, my weight had risen by 700gm in 24 hours. That was rather a lot considering I had somehow managed to eat rather sparingly - doubly so considering I was not exactly sober at the end of the beer session.

  The other bit of the theory was that the lack of peeing might suggest that my blood glucose would be lower than usual - and it was ! The Contour meter read 7.6mmol/l. The GlucoRX meter read 7.5mmol/l, and even the grumpy Sinocare meter read 7.7mmol/l. All these readings are not far off my current, but rarely achieved target of 7.5mmol/l. It was 16 days ago when I last got three readings all in the light green on my spreadsheet. The time before was actually a small run of "all in the light green" back in February.

   With my health, except for my weight gain, and how I actually feel, supposedly good (even my blood pressure was just 101/40 5 minutes ago) I should be doing something good today, but I just don't feel like it at the moment. For one thing the sky is too cloudy for even sunny spells right now, and it feels like today will be duller than forecast. In fact the latest revision to the forecast shows the last sunny spell at midday, and the rest of the day rather dull and miserable. In such circumstances I find no urge to go out. On top of that, my guts still feel a bit "funny". No, I think staying in and doing my best to be very lazy is my best option today.