09:10 BST

  There is a 14 to 20% chance of a shower between 11am and 1pm, but the rest of today should be dry even if the grey sky makes it look like it is about to rain. Strangely, it is at 11am, when there is a 14% chance of rain, when it seems it may brighten up from dark grey to mid, or perhaps even light grey. It is even possible there could be some sunny spells this evening, but right now it looks awful outside. It is possible the afternoon should see 21° C. Update: 11am now shown as dark grey, and 6pm may see 22° C. Tomorrow is now looking like it could be very nice. Lots of sunny spells, and from 4pm there could be non stop strong sunshine. 23° C is currently expected.

  Yesterday started with fill vim and vigour, or almost that, but it seemed to burn out by the afternoon. The rest of the day was a bit boring, and rather depressing. I blame it on the weather, but it could also be some underlying medical problem. Time will tell.

  I started writing a little bit late yesterday, but not as late as today. It seemed I had a fair bit to say, but I somehow seemed to finished writing at about my usual time (let's call it 11am, plus of minus half an hour). I allowed myself a short rest, although if I had let myself I might have had a snooze. I then had a shower before putting on shoes and clothes to go out. It was quite dull, and not very warm, but I just wore shorts and t-shirt.

  My first port of call was the surgery where I handed over my pee sample (while hoping it hadn't changed in any important way in the approx 2 days since I saved in it's little plastic sample bottle). I also asked about making an appointment to discuss my recent blood test results. I said it was non urgent, and got a time and date of 9.30am on 25th June. I asked if it was with the nurse or doctor. The receptionist said doctor, and I replied " sounds serious", but the receptionist said it wasn't. I suspect it is about how my blood glucose is slowly getting higher.

  It was handy to then pop around the corner to do some shopping in Aldi. I was mostly extremely careful about what I bought in there. I was aiming for, ideally, low calorie and low sugar foods, but low sugar was the real deciding factor. I don't think there was anything particularly bad that I bought except for a 4 pack of Sharon fruit. I put those in my shopping trolley before I realised that they are soft and sweet fruits, and probably a potent source of sugar.

  I didn't buy any ready meals this time, except for ready made basic salads. I also bought a packet of loose salad leaves. The two tubs of coleslaw were possibly chancing it a bit, but the strange thing is that the three cheese coleslaw seemed to be healthier than the "creamy" coleslaw. I also bought some assorted cooked meats. One small pack of corned beef said it had zero sugar. One handy thing was that Aldi sell packs of ready roasted chicken breasts - the same as Tesco, but a more convenient size - just two chicken breasts in the pack instead of 4.

  I was carrying quite a weight of shopping home, and that did slow me a little bit, but I was happy to make good progress, and not seem to suffer doing it. It was after I got home, put my shopping away, and then made up my lunch that my energy seemed to leak away. Lunch was a ready made salad with added balsamic dressing instead of the sachet of salad cream, and added corned beef and three cheese coleslaw. It seemed very satisfying.

   After lunch I had a lie down, and read for a while. It was then that my final energy seemed to drain away. I felt like I needed, and did have a snooze. Originally I thought I might feel OK to go for a walk - probably from home to Ladywell and back. When it came to it I found I had less than zero enthusiasm for it, and wondered if I even had the energy to make it to the end of the road. I certainly didn't have the enthusiasm for it.

  The rest of my day can be summed up very simply. I think it was near 4pm when I couldn't resist having a snack. In theory it should have been safe because it was just rice crackers and some cream cheese. Just before 6pm I made up my dinner. It was a big bowl of salad leaves with one single plum tomato, some more coleslaw, and some sliced smaller slice chicken breast. I ate that while watching the 6 O'clock news, and followed it was some no sugar vanilla wafers.

  I watched Star Trek: Voyager, and Star Trek: Deep Space Nine. The latter finished at 9pm, and I went to bed to read for a while. I didn't seem to have any aches or pains that might keep me awake, and I think I may have been fast asleep very soon after 9:30pm. One "novelty" is that I didn't feel I needed the heater on to get to sleep. My bedroom was only about a degree less than I like, and for the first time in absolute ages, I fell asleep as it was.

  I can't remember when it was, but either after the first or second time I woke for a pee, I went back to sleep under the duvet. At 3am I think I had kicked the duvet aside. It was cool in the bathroom, and when I got back to bed I was feeling cool/cold. I pulled the duvet over myself, but seemed to warm up very unevenly. Bits of me still felt cold, while other bits felt too warm. I thrashed around like that for maybe 20 minutes before giving in and turning the heater on low. I don't think I actually waited for the room to warm up before I was asleep again - completely uncovered !

  I wish I could remember on dream that I know I had. I have a lingering impression that it was something interesting. All I seem to actually remember was that it was probably another dream about going home from work, and possibly from some unusual place where I was unsure of the route to take. The only trouble is that sounds a lot like another dream I had that I can almost, but not quite recall now.

  One thing I do remember is that this morning was another morning when I felt like I had woken a bit too early, and went back to sleep again after having a pee. Before I went for that pee I refreshed the weather forecast on my PC, and they show a 6am start, but it was almost 2 hours after that when I actually got up. I didn't have a poo, which surprised me after all the fibrous salad I ate yesterday, but I did manage to lose 600gm, and I am now almost back on track for my weight loss.

  This morning there was more evidence that I am slowly losing the fight to control my blood sugar. It is possible it is a bit high because I am fighting some sort of infection. My tendency to get a tickly throat, and cough, and also an occasional runny nose, could suggest I am fighting a cold, but it has been going on some time, and could be something more serious....or less serious like some sort of hay fever action.

  The grand annyonance when it comes to my blood glucose measurements is the Sinocare meter. It is persistently giving dangerously high readings. However, looking back at past readings, it only starts to agree with the other two meters when they are giving lower readings than current. This morning the Contour meter read 8.1mmol/l, and I would regard that as good. The GlucoRX meter read 8.5mmol/l, and that is good enough. The Sinocare meter went off on it's fantasy world with a terrible reading of 9.6mmol/l. It is some comfort that the average of all three readings is actually less than yesterday, and the day before average.

  My fantasy for today is to go out and do some photography, and maybe tram and train spotting. If the day brightens up a bit, and it is already light enough to read a book now, the best I can hope for is a walk to Ladywell and back. That will only happen if I feel a bit more enthusiastic for it, and if I finally manage a morning poo. I fear that today could end up as a very boring and depressing day.