Last night, me and the family went out for a Mexican dinner. There is a little place not too far from our house that I like to go to. Not quite a restaurant but not really fast food.
 

Anyhow, I ordered what I always have and bolused accordingly. As of late I have started using the Dual Wave option on my pump to get a percentage of my bolus immediately and the rest over time.

For this particular meal I dialed in the carbs, with 30% now and the rest over the next 30 minutes. As we sat down at the table I saw a large crowd of people enter the place.

With all those orders it seemed our order took forever to come out. I was not in a hurry, didn’t feel low but I did need to refill me drink before the food showed up!
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I love the Fourth of July. Like most kids, fireworks have always entertained me. The bigger and the louder, the better!

But living in Southern California and having fire season pretty much year round means fireworks are not legal in many cities, including my own.

So this year we will get together with my sister at her house where you can still light off fireworks and celebrate the country’s birthday.

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Last October, I totally ditched an appointment with my endo.

Why? I didn’t want to face the music. I didn’t want to hear about what I have not done right and I just did not want to see my A1C.

My last A1C was from last July and it was an 8.9%. Not good at all. I was upset about it but in the end I knew it made sense. I was not on top of things.

And this year was no different. I just kept gaining weight, snacking, and my BG was high a lot of the time. So when the time for the appointment came I wrote a post here about wanting to ditch and how I needed to face the music.

I still ditched it. (READ MORE)

Since I have started using the Continuous Glucose Monitor with my Minimed pump I have found the numbers and graphs fascinating.

Every few days I upload the info on their website and look at trends, how certain meals affect my blood glucose level, and how the insulin I take works. It is very cool stuff. (READ MORE)

When I think about a cure I get excited. There are so many people out in the world that struggle with this disease day in and day out and for them to be free from all that would be amazing.

I imagine all the candy shops would have to order more stock because I know I would be eating candy and cakes and drinking lots and lots of orange juice.

A cure would change my life, but for the better? I am not sure. Would I eat food that is bad for me? Probably. I have to be honest, I am sure I would put on a lot of weight at first. But I know at least the likelihood of going blind or losing a limb would be gone. So in that way it would be better. (READ MORE)

Last Thursday was opening night for Godspell.

Our church has never done a musical before so being a part of it was special. I auditioned back in February and was hoping to get the John the Baptist role. In fact, I had been practicing that characters parts months before auditions.

My pastor (and director) felt that I should have another part. The lead. Jesus.

I was not excited at first. In fact, I was quite nervous and thought that I should be the LAST person to play Jesus. I am definitely not worthy but my pastor saw something I didn’t. (READ MORE)