Today should hopefully be a much nicer day than the previous couple of days. Quite a few sunny spells are forecast, and the temperature should peak at 20° C for a few hours from mid afternoon. However, at midday, and 1pm, there is a 28 and 29% chance of rain. No rain is actually shown for those hours, but it doesn't seem to be a low enough chance to completely ignore it. Tomorrow may start at just 14° C, and although probably dry, it is shown as very dull and murky until the afternoon. From 5pm there could be some sunny spells.

  Yesterday was a funny old day. On the face of it, it should have been a terribly dull and boring day, but it seemed to be almost pleasant.....well, some of the time. I think I only did two significant things, and one of those was doing another order from Amazon.

  Before I start on yesterday I need to go back to Monday. As I wrote yesterday, I made a half hearted attempt to go to the station for some train photography, but turned back half way. What I forgot to write is that when I was home again I went into the kitchen. I was not intending to eat anything, and didn't, but I just thought I would check everything was all OK having not been in the kitchen since about 7pm the day before.

  What I found in the kitchen was an upside down mouse trap with a dead mouse in it. I knew there was still a mouse in my kitchen because I had spotted it on my trail camera, but I seemed had made all my food mouse proof, and it was probably not eating enough to leave any droppings. The trail camera showed it was very wary of the mousetrap, but it must have got so hungry it took a chance on the bit of walnut that I had baited the trap with. That was it's downfall. The trap worked as intended, and came down right on the neck, and probably severed the spinal chord. It was probably a painless death.

  Yesterday started off well when I found that my fasting for most of Monday had reset my blood glucose and weight to roughly where before it all went tits up after my beer festival delights, and fried chicken and chips. That was a reason to be happy, the very grim looking weather forecast was a reason to be anything but happy. My writing took a little longer than usual because I had written 2,203 words, and I didn't seem to be writing very quickly.

  After writing I had my usual lie down, and with the cold grey sky outside I felt no desire to do anything else, but that does get boring after a while. I think it was then that I went online to Amazon's web site to see if they had the other three Red Dwarf novels available. It is the second of the four books that I have been reading, and it has been strangely enjoyable. I get the feeling that writers, Grant and Naylor, were writing stuff that was too long or detailed to shrink down to a TV episode.

  I found the other three books available, but unfortunately the first book only seemed to be available as part of a double book with the second story - which I am just about to finish. It is a shame to have to, in effect, buy two copies of the same book, but there seemed to be no alternative without taking chances on the second hand market - a couple I did check seemed to still be the double book edition.

  While I was on Amazon I thought I would check to see if the Adidas trainers I bought a couple of weeks ago were cheaper or more expensive. I eventually found them, and they were more expensive - but with free delivery, and that evened it up. I also spotted a similar pair that had the word "Wide" in the name. It did not specifically say wide fitting, but I assumed that is what it was. They also had them in size 11.5, and sometimes, possibly depending on the manufacturer, that point 5 often means wider.

  They were no more than a quid or two more than the other pair, and so I took a chance and ordered them. If my current pair are almost comfortable, then these new ones should be even more comfortable - hopefully. I should get them on Saturday - which often means Friday ! I particularly hope they are comfortable for the longer walks I really hope I will be able to do in the hotter summer weather.

  There was one other thing I had to do yesterday, and it was to finish the laundry I had started the day before. It just needed one more rinse and then conditioner before I could hang it up to dry. The start of the job was not nice - having to wring out the second rinse water which was, or seemed, freezing cold. There were two t-shirts and 6 pairs of underpants to hang up to dry on the big clotheshorse in the front room. There was no point in even thinking of putting them on the washing line if it was going to, and did rain.

  I just managed to wring out the clothes after the fabric conditioner, but needed a pee. I took off my Marigolds for that. Instead of putting them straight on I had a strange urge for some ice cream. It was intended to be my lunch. I intended to have just a small portion but I realised I was getting near the bottom of the 500ml tub, and ended up eating the lot. I then went back to hanging up the clothes to dry.

  I think I then came to the conclusion that I had nothing else to do (which doesn't include stuff like other housework like hoovering), and that made me feel a bit low as I watch raindrops running down the windows. I added to my lunch by eating four small packets of crisps. Two were Hula Hoops, and they are fairly low in calories and sugar. The other two were square crisps, and like the Hula Hoops, they individually, were close to healthy-ish.

  My now combined lunch meant that I had to restrain myself to eating a very light dinner. Once again I turned to slices of cheese on rice crackers. This time I put chilli Kimchi on each cracker with cheese. The chilli version of the Kimchi was much nicer than the turmeric, ginger and garlic. So much nicer that after the cheese and crackers ran out I ate the rest of the jar with no accompaniment. If I see more jar of it in Aldi, where I bought the last two, I will definitely get another jar of the chilli version. It is possible that Tesco may have something similar, although the last jars I tried in tesco I didn't really care for.

  Last night was almost a typical night of watching TV. I watched the news and the usual Star Treks, but when it came to 9pm, and I would usually watch have I Got News For You, or QIXL, depending on which was on first, I turned the TV off. There was an edition of QIXL on, but I don't think I care for all three of the guests. I headed to my bed to do some reading. I almost finished the Red Dwarf book last night, but I began to feel sleepy. I put the book down at the end of a chapter, and now there can't be more than a dozen pages to read until I have finished it.

  It is hard to say when I fell asleep. I am fairly sure I was not waiting for very long for sleep to overtake me, but I was not watching the time. I guess it was probably not long after 10pm. I seemed to sleep quite well last night. It seemed to be another night of maybe 3 hours between waking to go for a pee, and doing bigger pees in compensation. I know I had some dreams, and I feel like at least one was very enjoyable, but I can't seem to remember a thing about any of them.

  I was slightly disappointed when I got up this morning. I went for a pee, but didn't poo, and then weighed myself. As I got on the scales it seemed to take them a long time decide what weight to shower. The display flittered between two figures 100gm apart. Sadly it settled on the higher one, and that was 100gm higher than yesterday. I had hoped my eating restraint might have gone towards a slight weight loss.

  I was also a bit disappointed when I checked my blood glucose. Yesterday I described as rather typical - which is OK, but higher than I strive for. This morning the average of all three was fractionally lower (or 0.03 lower - really just a trivial amount). The Contour meter read 8.5mmol/l - spot on my old target. The GlucoRX meter read 8.1mmol/l, which is clser to what I hope for. The Sinocare meter read the highest at 8.7mmol/l, but that seems tame for that meter.

  My blood pressure is still in the "Optimum" area, but a little bit higher than average at 113/45. I am not going to worry about that ! Today I will get a bit of exercise. It is Jolly Farmers day, and I will be going for (probably) my usual two pints of Guinness, and trying to do the quick, and cryptic crosswords in The Metro newspaper. There are several variables for this outing.

  If it seems nice and bright In may walk to the pub without getting the train. I probably will get the train home so I can buy some fruit, and other stuff in the little supermarket on Catford Bridge. The other unknown is whether Kevin will join me. He has said it is possible, but with a backup plan for another drink in Hayes (Kent) tomorrow. If he turns up today it is unlikely I will have just 2 pints of Guinness, but I hope it won't be a lot more.