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Three of my last four blood sugars have been under 100. Two of those blood sugars have been under 50. I haven't increased my insulin or even eaten much less. I actually decreased my basal overnight because I was 99. By this morning, I was 47.

Because my blood sugars have been so out of control in the last few months, lows are few and far between (for me, at least). Usually, three lows in a twelve-hour period wouldn't be that confusing. Yet I'm perplexed. I haven't started getting back in control consciously so there is no excuse for these lows. Actually, I should be running a little high considering that I'm fighting off a cold.

With these kinds of lows, I feel like I should change my basals. But I also know that sometimes diabetes is random. Sometimes you keep things the same and they return to normal. Sometimes you change it and it works out okay. Unfortunately, there is no way to tell which of those scenarios fits my current situation.

I figured that the coming week would probably call for a decrease in basals. I'll be back to walking around campus, running errands, and erratic eating schedules. Maybe my body is jumping ahead of itself before anything changes. Psychic blood sugars...or just psycho blood sugars?

I think I'll wait to make any changes with my basals. I don't want to decrease them and start my week out with a series of high blood sugars. However, I don't want to end up low in every class.

So for today, things stay the same. But I will decrease my basals starting about three hours before I head to campus tomorrow and going until about an hour after I get home. Hopefully, I won't end up low. And hopefully, I won't end up high.

My schedule is a little more conducive to eating schedules this semester at least. Last semester, I had a lot of trouble with my Tuesday/Thursday classes because they ran over a three-hour block of prime lunchtime. This semester, I moved that block of classes back by an hour and a half so I can eat lunch at a better time.

I am starting an internship on Wednesday, which is a little scary in the diabetes department. It's going to run over my lunch (I'm hoping they have a microwave that I can use). Plus, it's a matter of going through the diabetes motions with everyone there. I doubt they will ask a lot of questions considering the project I'm working on allows me to keep to myself. But there is always the risk of something happening and questions inevitably following the episode.

It's also time to tell a completely new set of professors that I'm diabetic. In high school, every teacher knew. But in college, professors don't have time to talk to every diabetic (nor will they remember). So I usually tell the professors that fall over the risky hours (like afternoon or lunchtime classes). I also tell professors of smaller classes or classrooms that are far from vending machines.

I need to get my low supplies together. I'm out of glucose tabs, little juice boxes, and quick, lasting carbs (i.e. granola bars). I have to get quarters as well. I'm also starting out in new buildings in several of my classes, which means figuring out where the vending machines are within the first week.

I don't foresee any major issues for the semester. I haven't had any major problems since I started in 2007 (except for the one day I didn't have any money for a soda). Since I only have one more year, I have a feeling that college will go by without any diabetes glitches. Only time will tell...