While doing all of this, I plan on trying to keep my CGM connected even though it seems to fall off everytime I start sweating a lot.  Mainly when I golf.  That reminds me, I haven’t worn my CGM in a few weeks, better put it back on since my doctor asked me to where it all the time from my last visit until my next one, oooppss.

Is everybody ready to test at 4 p.m. today.  I sure am.  I had some pasta for lunch, so I’m not so sure my number is going to be one of the lowest, but it will be fun to see where everybody’s numbers are.

Well I hope you all have a fantastic day.

I feel a little better today, however I am still really stuffy and my mind is feeling a little foggy.  The part that I am the most excited about however is that my sugar levels have not gone above 150 since I’ve been sick.  I have done a better job managing my sugars while being sick, then I do sometimes when I’m not.  I guess it has to do with testing my levels more frequently.  Which reminds me, DUH, I have a CGMS, why the hell don’t I use it?

Onto other things, the Magic play again tonight.  I need to go to the grocery store since I was gone for a few days in New Orleans, but I don’t feel like going tonight, so I will go this weekend.  I will most likely be golfing this weekend also, but that has not been verified yet.  Hopefully I put the CGMS on either tonight or tomorrow morning so I can use it throughout the weekend.  I think the #1 reason why I don’t always put it back on is because I get nervous inserting it, and typically I waste one before the second one goes in correctly.

Well that seems to sum up everything that is going on in this diabetics wonderful life.

I have started exercising again and eating a little lighter, so I am excited to begin my weight loss again.  My parents are coming down for vacation later this month, so I need to make myself look somewhat skinnier.  Plus, I have a lot of trade shows coming up over the next few months, so I have to fit myself back into all those nice dress clothes that I have.  I hate eating myself out of a new pair of jeans.

Orlando Magic started their series last night with Boston and before the game started I said to my girlfriend, “I hope this series isn’t like Boston’s first round, with all the overtime games, my heart can’t take something like that”  And what do you know, they were up like 30 and the Celtics came back to about 4 with a few minutes to go.  This stuff isn’t great for a diabetic!

My A1C is scheduled for next Monday, but it is a non-fasting one, so I better eat healthy Sunday night, so I don’t wake up with a high blood sugar, because that just makes the blood work even worse, especially if my A1C level is too high.

Sorry for the randomness, but my mind is just all over the place.

Have  a great day everybody!

It should be cool, I will be meeting some good people in the diabetes community, Charlie Kimball (type 1 diabetic Indy Car driver), Mr. Diabetes, Christopher Thomas (Diabetic Rockstar), Donna Rice (former AADE president).

I am also excited to find out who the winner is, they have kept it secret the whole time.

On other news, I am excited about this weekend since the Phillies are coming to town.  I am actually only able to make it to Sunday’s game, but I haven’t even bought my tickets yet, I should probably do that soon.

Well you all have a great day.

I’m also in the process of trying to get approved for CGMS through the insurance company.  From what I’ve read, I have a long road in front of me.  But I can’t do anything other than just try and wish for the best.  I don’t know if I want to wear a whole new infusion set on my body along with the one that I already have, but if it helps me control my levels better, then I guess it is worth it.  I will do a little more research about it before I obviously go on it.  Either way, I still want to upgrade to the newer version of the pump I am on, just in case I do decide to go on the CGMS, at least I will have the right pump.

You know what, I have so much shopping and things I still have to do before Friday night.  We are having an early Christmas dinner and Christmas gift exchange since I will be flying back home this weekend.  I have no idea what to get anybody, and with time running out, who knows what I will settle on.  Maybe I should make a list, that would probably help.

Sunday is also going to be a day that I am going out for pizza for dinner for my girlfriend’s grandfather’s birthday, so that right there also always screws with my blood sugar.  So that should be a fun night filled with testing my levels constantly.  Another thing this weekend is that I think my girlfriend is going to start on her photo album of our cruise, she always makes some awesome scrapbooking things…. hmmm maybe a business idea.  Send us your pics and she will scrapbook them for you!  Any buyers?  Well, I should probably ask her first huh?

Well you all have a great, safe weekend, and come back Monday to see how my sugars were throughout the game…. if you care…….later!

On another note, I get a phone call from my soon to be 8 year old niece telling me about this person she colored and his name is flat Stanley and she has to send it to me and I have to take pictures with it and keep a journal and it is all being graded for her.  Yes, I was just as lost as  you all were right now.  She was explaining to me that a chalkboard fell on top of him, that is why he is flat.  Well, I guess it is a book that they are reading in their 3rd grade class and this is their class project.  So, Flat Stanley went from cold Pennsylvania winter to going to the beach with me this weekend.

I thought this whole chalkboard thing was my niece’s imagination, and it scared me a little that her imagination was that vivid!  But come to find out that it was the author’s.  So the point of this is, Stanley is getting to go on a trip to Florida, however, he will also learn about Diabetes, and what he needs to do in case of an emergency, and I think this will be a great opportunity to teach the kids in the classroom a little about Diabetes also!

First, let me start with a good story.  This past Friday night I was out wit my girlfriend, her brother and his girlfriend and we were at a local bar in south Florida and we saw this guy sitting at the bar and I said, “Man, he looks just like that Adam guy who won Big Brother.”  Next thing you know, he turns around, and guess who, it was him!  She wanted a picture with him so bad, but I didnt want to be a groupie so I didnt ask, but her brother talked to him for a while, and he was really cool and he comes out to that bar all the time, so we will see him again.

Then on Saturday we went to the Marlins and Phillies game.  We were right at the right-center fence, literally, the first row.  We  caught about 4-5 balls during batting practice and then throughout the game, got a couple of balls from the players.  Finally today I have nothing to do after work, I can go home and relax.

I have everything completed that I need to do for my new apartment, I just have to wait on the HOA and get things rolling with that.  I can’t wait to get out of the place that I am in now.  Crime central is what the complex should be called.  Well, now that I just started to remember what blogging is all about, I have to end this post.  Catch  you all tomorrow!

I am taking her to Orlando to go to Cirque du Soleil and then to Pleasure Island afterwords for when she turns 21 at midnight.  The next day we will be going to Magic Kingdom and spend the day with the Princesses, since that is what she is.

Well, I must finish up some things before I head out of the office.  Have a great day everybody!

I also want to see the new Strangers movie, but I don’t know if I will be able to sleep after seeing something like that.  The way the world is now, that could happen any day of the week.  What does all this have to do about diabetes?  Absolutely nothing.  I decided today, I don’t even want to talk about diabetes.  Well, I am right now, but this is the end of it, no more.  Let’s talk about some of the fun things in life, like the Indiana Jones movie, or Call of Duty 4, or hell even chinese food.

You know what really bugs me?  Since I started dieting, Taco Bell (my weakness) started the whole .79 , .89 , .99 campaign and I can’t eat it.  I have cut fast food out completly and now they decide to do this.  That irritates me.  Why does a rain cloud come by and then it clears up and then it starts raining again?  Why are there so many dragonflies flying around right now, do they really love the heat that much?  Who will win, Celtics or Pistons?  I hate Kobe Bryant, but I love watching him play, so I would love to see a Kobe- Richard Hamilton match up, that should be interesting.  What’s for dinner tonight, I usually go out to eat on Friday’s, but I don’t know where I want to go.

So, if you all wondered what goes through my head in about a 5 minute span, there you go!  Good news everybody, bowling league starts back up this upcoming Monday.  You know what the best part of it is, it is a Miller Lite league.  If I have never expressed this before, I ONLY drink Miller Lite.  My whole apartment is designed in Miller Lite and Eagles stuff.  $1 Miller Lite drafts throughout the night also, compared to their usualy $3.50.  I am excited!

So, these have been my random thoughts of the Life of a Diabetic