08:46 BST

  I think it was still 20° C at 7am this morning, rather than the 19° C shown in the forecast. The good news is that it definitely feels cooler today, although it may well still reach 24° C this afternoon. A lot of light rain is forecast for the morning, and maybe the start of the afternoon. So far I have seen one light shower that didn't seem to last more than 20 minutes. It was enough to make the garden look wet, but if that is the pattern for this morning I might be able to walk through the park in the dry. Update: The BBC have added a lightning bolt for 2pm today ! They like their forecasts of lightning,but they very rarely happen. Tomorrow sees a return to sunshine and then sunny spells, but the temperature may only peak at 24° C.

  I hate to admit it, but yesterday's heat did not invigorate me, but did quite the opposite. Maybe it was the humidity, or the times when the sun was hidden behind cloud, or just my general state of health, but unlike in the hot summer of 2020, I felt no urge to go for a very long walk, or even a medium walk.

  It only took 3 days, but after I had finished writing yesterday, and before I had my usual rest, I finally finished some laundry that it had started 2 days ago. When originally started I expected to finish the same day, but neglected it after a couple of rinses (it included a small towel, and towels always need lots of rinsing). The day before yesterday it just felt too hot for plunging my hands, even protected by rubber gloves, in hot water.

  My hand were feeling extra sweaty in those runner gloves, and it didn't help that they were just a little too tight. I managed to get a little pimple come up on the back of my hand where I had sweated too much in those tight rubber gloves. Yesterday I did the final rinses in just lukewarm water, and I did it all bare handed. It was probably around 11am when I hung the hand towel, a single t-shirt and a pair of underpants hanging on the washing like to dry in the sun.

  With that job done I had my usual post writing rest, and I laid on my bed reading with a desk fan blowing over me. I was probably approaching midday when I decided to have a shower. Although I still didn't fancy a walk with no purpose, otherwise known as exercise, I did fancy stretching my leg, and going for a walk to Poundstretcher. There were a few things I wanted, although none were urgent needs.

  It was actually rather nice walking in the midday sun, or what should have been sun. I think it was one of the several times when a cloud came along and blocked out the sun for 10 or 20 minutes. It still felt very hot, and I had to mop my brow a couple of times along the way (and also in the shop). It must be some built in masochism, but it felt good to overcome the heat, and do something useful.

  On top of my (mental) shopping list was big kitchen towel. I was hoping to get a three pack of the biggest they do, but they only had single rolls. However, I think the big rolls were bigger than the rolls in the 3 packs, and so I bought three single rolls. I had hoped they might have had some sugar free fizzy drinks - they did, but only two types, and neither of them were as great as I hoped. I bought two of each of what they did have. I also bought a 6 pack of Quavers.

  I also bought some food. It was the usual 5 pack of instant noodles, a couple of packets of sugar free biscuits, and a most definitely not sugar free "Aero" chocolate bar. I have become incredibly good at eating similar stuff sparingly, and although technically impossible, it seems a bit of chocolate actually reduces my blood sugar level. I have been too scared to see if that still happens recently, but yesterday I had 3 or 4 little blocks of that chocolate. I very much enjoyed it, and the magic seemed to work again.

  It was a sweaty walk home, despite not carrying any heavy shopping like I usually do. It was getting sweat in my eyes, and that can be quite painful. It was possibly only 5 ℃ cooler indoors, but only downstairs, but it felt nice getting out of the sun. Back up in my bedroom it was still roasting. Once I had put the shopping away I had some lunch. It was rice crackers, sliced cheese and Korean kimchi. It was the first time I had opened the jar I had bought from Tesco as much as a week or more ago. It was a different make to the last kimchi I found in Tesco, and definitely superior. Even so, I still can't make up my mind if I really like it or not.

  After lunch I don't think I did any more than mostly laying on my bed reading and dozing. As 6pm approached I went down into the kitchen to prepare my dinner. It was basically a chicken salad, but the salad itself was a bit sparse. I had a few tomatoes, and a few mini peppers. The only green stuff was watercress. That is nice, but mainly only in small amounts, and it was only a small amount I had.

  A little later I had two small bags of Quavers. They are so light and fluffy that they only have a very small amount of sugar in them, and I think they hardly have any calories. I probably ate them towards the end of the news - the London news segment. The whole lot seemed doom and gloom, and once again I wonder why I have started watching it again - probably because there is nothing else on at the time.

  The news was followed by Star Trek: The New Generation (replacing Voyager that has now finished), and Star Trek: Deep Space Nine. Neither were essential viewing, but better than nothing. The last finished at 9pm, and as usual I took my book to read on my bed. Before I relaxed I weighed myself. I hadn't eaten a lot during the day, but I had drunk a lot - mostly chilled water. My weight seemed a fair bit higher than the previous couple of nights.

  I was hoping I would be peeing a lot in the night to rid myself of the excess water. There were a few times when it seemed rather slow to get back to sleep, but once asleep I seemed to sleep OK. I don't recall getting up to pee very often, and it seemed like I was peeing smaller quantities than usual. maybe a fair bit of water loss was as sweat, but even that was not enough, and this morning it seemed like my weight had gone up by about 600gm. I was very sure it was not from eating too much, or the wrong stuff.

  I know I dreamed a lot last night, but I can remember nothing of any dreams except for one which another dream of being at work. I think I was in that dream when I woke up, and got up. I went for a pee, as usual, and maybe it was a little bigger than some in the night, but not the "gallons and gallons" expected. I didn't even have a poo, and so, as mentioned above, my weight had jumped a full 600gm.

  The proof that I did not each much yesterday was my blood glucose readings. They were the lowest for probably years. The Contour meter read an amazing 6.9mmol/l. The GloucoRX meter read even lower at 6.7mmol/l. The new Contour plus meter let me down, but only a little bit. It read 7.1mmol/l - only a little bit higher than the other two, but still a fantastic figure. That made for an average of 6.9mmol/l, and that is my lowest average all year, although prior to the start of this month the average has been messed up by the persistent higher readings of that bloody Sinocare meter.

  The main thing for today is my usual Wednesday lunchtime drink in The Jolly Farmers. I doubt that I will be joined by Kevin today, but it is not impossible. The main thing on this occasion is that it will be a cooler walk through the park, and possibly a wet walk too. Although cooler, it still feels like it will be too warm for a coat, and I may just let myself get soaked - and hopefully drying quite quickly once out of the rain.




  I almost forgot this photo taken at 15:42 yesterday.
It shows the temperature in my bedroom. It was 32.6 ℃. That was pretty hot and sweaty !
The outdoor temperature shows 34.3 ℃. I thought that was not accurate because the outdoor sensor may have had a bit of sun of it (although it didn't seem so at the time). On the weather section of the 6 O'clock news they said the peak in London was 34.7 ℃. Maybe my measurement of 34.3 ℃ was not that wrong after all.
The other thing show is the forecast for rain, and today it is dull, and we have had 2 or maybe 3 fairly short light showers, and there may well be many more to come.