This morning has started at 11° C, which is pretty good. There sky is very cloudy, but it still seems fairly bright, and despite the forecast not showing it, we have had a couple of short sunny spells. The forecast sunny spells should start at 11am, and from 3pm we should/might get full sunshine until sunset. After the almost warm start, and the full sunshine, the highest temperature today, for one hour at 3pm, may only be 15° C. I suspect the modestly strong wind today is blowing in cold air, and generally making it feel cold. The headline features for tomorrow are currently shown as light rain and and gentle breeze, but light rain and drizzle is only shown for 8am to 10am. The rest of the day may be dry, but it will still be dull until some possible sunny spells from 6pm to sunset. The highest temperature will be just 14° C,

   Yesterday was one of those days when I didn't feel like doing much. In fact I hardly did anything. Most of me was probably OK, but all the lost sleep the night before left it's mark - a mark that might have been ignored if it was an exciting day, but it wasn't.

  I started writing quite late yesterday, and despite only writing 2,072 words, it seemed to take a long time to write. It didn't help that I made frequent trip to the toilet because I was uncomfortable. I seemed to be, and on a temporary basis, I was constipated. I did eventually go at about 1pm if I recall correctly. It was a fair amount, but still didn't seem like it was enough. Fortunately it was enough for me to feel comfortable.

  After I finished writing I had my now traditional lie down. I read for a bit, and I am pretty sure I had a snooze. One trouble with yesterday is that so little happened that there were no "hooks" to make me remember stuff in any detail - or at all ! I think I remember most of what I ate yesterday, but maybe there is stuff I forget because what I think I ate should have produced different results this morning.

  I think it was probably a little later than my usual target of midday, but I had some lunch yesterday. It could have been very healthy, or at least low sugar (best not to think of the fat content), and it was cheese of rice crackers. I spoiled it by using very syrupy mustard pickle on each cracker and cheese. I must admit I thought that extra sugar would have been processed and gone long before this morning.

  I spent all of yesterday afternoon either reading from a book, or reading stuff on the internet. That only changed at 5pm when it was time for another episode from Star Trek: The Original Series. It was one of those episodes that was sort of good, and yet sort of bad. I think it was just before it started that I got myself a snack from the freezer - the last of a 2 litre (I think) tub of ice cream that I had managed to make last several weeks by eating it quite sparingly. I probably ate a bit more than ideal yesterday because I thought I may as well finish it. Maybe it was two scoops worth.

  At 6pm I watched the BBC News, and while doing so I had a rather nice dinner that should have been a mildly healthy meal, but probably wasn't. It was two grilled Aberdeen Angus beef burgers in two Ciabatta rolls with cheese and tomato sauce plus a sprinkle of crispy fried onions. They were rather nice, but may have been a bit better if the cheese had been melted on to of the burgers while cooking.

  In one respect they were healthy enough because they did not seem to cause any acid indigestion last night (or indeed any sort of indigestion). That may also be because I had some fruit, a single big orange, and a red delicious apple for dessert. Neither was noticeably sweet. I guess the orange probably was, but my main memory of that is that it seemed to taste a bit watery.

  I am not sure why I didn't go to bed a lot earlier last night. I stayed up watching TV until fairly late. After Star Trek: Voyager - which I am not sure if I bothered to watch to the end (it was a fairly tedious episode) - I watched several back to back (if you can ignore the adverts between them) repeats of The Simpsons. The last of those ended 5 minutes before the end of a Christmas special edition of QI, and so I watched that last 5 minutes.

  QI was followed by Have I Got News For You - a repeat from 2021. That finished at 11pm. I had really stayed up late on a night when I really should have had an early night. I had brushed my teeth during a commercial break, and so once it finished I was straight into bed. It seems stupid, but I then read for 15 to 20 minutes to get relaxed. Then I put the book down, turned out the light, and was possibly fast asleep in just a few minutes.

  I seemed to sleep really well last night, but it was evident I really needed that sleep. I think I slept for 4 hours before getting up, busting for a pee. It felt like I peed half a gallon ! I am sure I woke up from a dream, but all I can remember is  making a mental note that "I must remember that dream" - which was not a lot of help. I am sure I probably had loads of dreams, but I can't seem to remember a think about a single one.

  I woke ip just as it was getting light, and was serenaded as I sat on the toilet by a host of birds singing in nearby gardens. I decied I needed at least another hour of sleep, and although I seemed to be half awake a lot of the last hour, it was about two hours later before I got up. This time I only seemed to do a small pee, and not a hint of poo despite feeling a bit uncomfortable.

  I was rather disappointed, or was it amazed, that I would seem to have put on 600gm since yesterday (and that was after another pee and a poo). I was not sure if all I ate would put weight on, or just make my blood glucose level higher. It seems like it was both. The paradox here is that if my blood glucose was high, I should have done more peeing, and that should have reduced my weight.

  My blood glucose was up a fair bit on yesterday's excellent readings. Fortunately it had only gone up to a rather typical amount - enough to be mildly annoyed, but not enough to need drastic action. The Contour meter read 8.2mmol/l, and on any day except after getting a really excellent reading it could be called very good. The GlucoRX meter read a bit higher at 8.5mmol/l - my old target until I started doing better sometimes. The Sinocare meter was higher still without being off in la la land as it is a bit prone to. It read 8.7mmol/l. I just noticed that the average of these readings is almost identical to the average of the day before yesterday.

  This morning is another one of those occasional mornings when my blood pressure is unusually low. This morning it was just 96/4. That is the fifth reading with the systolic pressure being below 100mmHg this month. My average tends to be around between 103mmHg and 108mmHg for every month so far this year.

  No much is due to happen on this Saturday sandwiched between Good Friday and Easter Sunday.  This dull morning does no inspire me to do anything at all, although I do need some shopping, and that overrides all in this case. I am intending to get some shopping in Aldi. I am hoping it will not be too busy in there, but I feel sure it will be busy enough that all the Ciabatta rolls will all have been bought. They are not, in strict terms, the healthiest thing on several levels, but I also want to get some nice and meaty ready meals. After shopping I will do my best to find enough to do to prevent me eating everything I buy today !