08:41 BST

  This morning has started off rather dull. This is as forecast, but there is some dispute about when we will first see the sun. The BBC forecast (above) says 1pm, and the Met Office says 10am. Both forecasts saay the afternoon will only see sunny spells, but from about 5pm we could have non stop sunshine until sunset. No rain is forecast for today, and the temperature may only rise to 24° C (or possibly 25° C for a single hour). Tomorrow may feature almost non stop sunshine, but a high of only 23° C is forecast.

  Yesterday I managed to keep this electronic diary down to 1,675 words. Considering how little I did yesterday, I ought to be able to make it even shorter. In theory it was a boring day, but it didn't seem to feel that way. Maybe I really did need the extra rest after a very poor night the previous night.

  I got off to a very late start yesterday morning because I was attempting to get a bit more sleep before getting up. I did get up almost 2 hours late, but I didn't seem to sleep much in that time. I enjoyed my breakfast of just a single packet of instant noodles - because my weight and blood glucose results were so atrocious, or seemed that way. In reality neither was that bad, and both were almost acceptable.

  The idea that they were far too high must have somehow seeped into the inner recesses of my brain, and without really trying, I ate very carefully, and this morning gave me good results. I sort of, and sort of didn't feel bored yesterday. I did do some minor things like giving the kitchen a wipe over, and washing up everything that needed washing up. That was probably my main offering to the day.

  I spent much of yesterday reading, snoozing, more reading and also reading stuff on the internet. One thing I didn't do, or couldn't be bothered to do, was to have a wash/shower. Earlier on I thought I should wash, but that was based on the idea that I might go out somewhere. It would have been nice to get some hot sun on my body, but it was also nice to stay in, out of the sun, and slightly cooler - although I think my bedroom was often warmer than the more shade parts of the back of the house where my outdoor thermometers are.

  My lunch was no more than rice crackers and cheese. I did have a late afternoon snack of a few small packets of crisps, but it was not long to wait until dinner time. My dinner was the biggest meal of the day, which is fairly usual. I had two grilled beefburgers (probably quarter pounders, although I can't remember the pack saying as such) with a few old and starting to shrivel baby plum tomatoes - also gilled - plus a very small can of sweetcorn.

  I am unsure if that dinner could be described as low anything. The burgers would/should have had a very low sugar content, but the tomatoes and sweet corn would be the opposite. I suppose, being grilled, the fat content would have been low. I have no idea of the calorie count. All I do know is that I followed it up with quite a small portion of ice cream. Unless I have forgotten something, that accounts for all I ate yesterday. Curiously it all felt quite satisfying.

  "Quite satisfying" is more than I can say of my TV entertainment last night. The BBC 6 O'clock news was neither good nor bad. Star Trek: The New Generation, and Star Trek: Deep Space Nine were not great, but good enough to watch. At 9pm it seemed like QI would be a load of twaddle, and so I went to bed. This time I left the window open, but drew the curtains. With the desk fan on low, and pointing more towards my legs than my face, I seemed to sleep well last night.

  Trying a bit harder to regulate the temperature of my bedroom would have helped, but I think/believe having a big sleep deficit helped much more. I don't really remember much until about 4am. I know I got up to pee several times before that, and I may have turned the fan off at 4am, or perhaps before. I do remember not getting back to sleep for a short while after getting up to pee at 4am.

  It was just after 6am when I got up, and I definitely needed a pee, and I thought I needed a poo. Maybe that will happen later, but it was no surprise all I managed was to pass a little wind. I was probably empty after I had another big poo after I had finished writing yesterday. That made 3 very productive poos yesterday morning. There can't have been much left inside of me. Anyway, this morning I am happy to say I seemed to be 500gm lighter, and back in the blue on my spreadsheet results code.

  My blood glucose was exceptionally good this morning. The Contour meter read a very nice 6.9mmol/l. The GlucoRX meter read even better at 6.6mmol/l. The Contour Plus meter read higher, as it is prone to do, and this morning it was 7.3mmol/l, and that is still very good. I didn't get a reading from the new GlucoFix meter because the very last test strip produced an error message. I don't think it like the blood I offered it (I was having trouble squeezing out a 4th sample of blood - it was from my right forefinger, and the skin is very thick on that finger).

  I think today is the day I really must go to Aldi, although Tesco might be an alternate possibility. There are a few things that Aldi has that draws me to Aldi every now and then. In preparation for that I definitely need to have a shower today. I may even wash my hair. The downside of it is that it actually feels chilly in the bathroom this morning. I think it is closer to 20° C than the forecast 19° C, but the breeze coming through the window feels like 18° C - or less.

  If I go shopping I won't want to go for a long walk today, and anyway this dull weather doesn't make me want to go out for anything more than essential shopping. I guess I will stay in (unless I have a brainstorm or something and go out early evening when it should be very sunny). One useful way of passing a bit of time might be to do some laundry. I have said it before, and done nothing about it, but I could hit some of my garden with the strimmer. It would be nice to get down the garden path without getting my legs stung by a proliferation of nettles !