Thursday 23^rd January, 2020 1620

Jody let me down badly last night. She had a late lunch, always the wrong thing to do when coming to me for dinner. Not only did she not eat much of the lasagne but hardly any of the strawberry cream fool. Funny that I should have mentioned veggie stuff last time because it transpires she tends that way. And yet she knows full well I am an omnivore.

So we did have an evening of watching films and she ended up staying the night. And boy, did she stay! We must have gone to bed just before midnight, I was up just before dawn and then proceeded to creep around my home like a mouse because she was still comatose.

Around the time I was wondering if she had actually died in the night and whether I should go and check for a pulse at almost 1300, she surfaced! My cats slept less than that!

Before she left to go home this afternoon it came up in conversation that I was making stuffed peppers for my dinner. No, I never made them two nights ago as I couldn't be bothered, instead I used Annie's American packet macaroni cheese which she left me. It was utterly vile as expected but it was quick to prepare. To be honest, a tin of that stuff you can get in the UK seems gourmet in comparison.

Anyway. I had to show her internet pictures of stuffed peppers. Suddenly she decided she would return tonight for dinner! But get this – no meat in hers! And probably I will need to be as quiet as the proverbial mouse tomorrow morning.

Fine, I'm doing rice anyway and when I go out I will get some cherry tomatoes otherwise just rice and mushrooms will be a bit bland and she doesn't like garlic. I swear she's not Chinese.

Currently I have a madeira cake baking, hopefully she will find that more to her taste than fool. If not it will last me until Sunday at least.

Oh and iPlayer isn't playing ball today, nothing will download so I guess it's one of those episodes where they have a crackdown. Hopefully it won't last more than a day or so. I still have no problem with ITV, 4 and 5.

Do you know when you watch things on TV or online and you have preferences? I personally love documentaries and real-life medical, police shows etc but my guilty secret is soaps. Well, and I don't know if I should admit this, I've been following Celebrity Coach Trip. Celebrities? The only one I know is Mr Motivator! The entire show seems to be “gay” and yet it is oddly compelling. I wouldn't touch Big Brother unless you paid me but I reckon they could also do a coach trip with ordinary people.

Ok I have some peppers to stuff. Until next time folks.