This weekend I was working at a church retreat. I would not call it work since all I did was play drums and sing for 4 days. It was more like having my dream job for a short week.

As much as I love to play music and serve others, I continue to find that long days such as these are difficult for me to bounce back from. Is it diabetes or my age? I like to think I am a young 34 for the most part but not too long ago I could function on 4 hours sleep. No longer! I always schedule an extra day off even for vacations and the like because I know I am worthless the following day.

I would love to hear from anyone with diabetes about this. I wonder sometimes if needing a day to recuperate after a weekend trip is a common practice among my fellow d-lifers.

The retreat we worked was from 7PM on Thursday night until 5PM Sunday night. By the time I finally got home, unpacked, and ready for bed it was around 9:30PM. As soon as my head hit the pillow I was asleep and I did not wake up until my wife woke me at 10AM the next day! I could not remember the last time I slept for that long. It was unbelievable.

Am I that old? Is it another added bonus for having diabetes? I find that so many things are "because you have diabetes" and nothing else. I sometimes wonder if it is just a huge cop out for my doctor to blame the "D" for everything.

I know that no matter what the outcome or whatever diabetes throws my way I plan on continuing to live. If it means an extra day off to rest then so be it. One thing I refuse to do is sit back and let diabetes take my life away.

That will not happen!