Sleepless in Sheffield.

Am having a can't sleep night again. Had a really busy day.

Started with a visit to the nurse for my annual heart check up. BP good, pulse good. Weight, have put 4lbs on since I was weighed last year but remain overweight. Urine fine, blood sugar fine, Cholesterol 8 which is high. Nurse said with a score like that I most likely had the hereditary type? Other than arthritis in my hands and a dodgy knee which is slowly improving I am in good health??????

So, it has to be a regime of eating less and exercising more, that is the only way to do it. I just need a day when I get up and say 'right that is it, I am going to lose weight'. It will come, but I know not when.

After the nurse I did bits around the house then picked S up from the physio and we went to town to sample the new patisserie that has just opened near Cole Brothers, yes I know, but it had to be done. Delicious but overpriced.

Bought a pair of flat shoes ( for comfort) with a voucher I got for Xmas from Coles. a spare piece of curtain fabric for £3 to make some drip covers and a kitchen implement from TJ Max then it was home as S was meeting a friend in town. Arrived home about 4-30pm and wrote two cards to friends, four emails, packed and sent a jacket back to Lands End that I bought last November, it was down filled and the feathers kept coming out. They said that they had problems with the item and that others had sent them back. I opted for a full refund and will look for a replacement.

Did two loads of washing and forgot a load in the dryer so they were still damp and creased.

Oh! in between had some pasta with Michael and finished the crossword off.

By this time it was 9-30pm and I was past it but only had one more thing on my 'to do list' that will be carried over for tomorrow.

Had worn my new shoes from 4-30pm to bed them in, they are very comfy and a bit stylish so I was pleased on that front.

In bed for 10-30, watched Graham Norton, absolutely tired out. Lights out, tele off and bingo I am wide awake. Pondered the problems of the world then decided to get up and write it all down. They say you should empty your mind then try to sleep again. Well here goes. it is now 2-30am.

Night all.