I can’t remember exactly the last time The Mr. and I went on a bona-fide date, but I know it was late last year some time. It was impromptu, we already had a sitter for something else and realized WE HAVE A SITTER! so we took advantage of it by going out to a nice dinner just so we could be alone.
 

Since our anniversary (12th!) fell on a Sunday this year, we got ourselves a sitter for a couple hours so we could go see a movie yesterday. As we were walking toward the theater, I stopped and looked at The Mr. “Do you realize we’re out of the house, together, with no children?” I said. “I know. It’s really cool, huh?” The Mr. said. So what if it was 1 p.m. on a Sunday afternoon; it was still a date.
 

As we sat down to watch Iron Man 2, I said: “Man it feels good to not have to shush little ones every 30 seconds.” We held hands. It was nice. *swoon*
 

Anyway, back to the real point of this post, which is to tell you a tiny detail of the movie without really giving anything away if you haven’t seen it yet. Robert Downey Jr., who is an awesome actor, plays Iron Man, who has this foreign thingy sticking out of his chest that keeps him alive. He uses this little device to periodically check the toxicity of his blood in relation to the glowing circle do-hickey in his chest. Much like a blood sugar meter. A correlation The Mr. noticed, not me.
 

When he leaned over to say “Just like diabetes, huh?” I realized this little device Iron Man was using was pretty much what I’ve been saying we need for, oh, five years. All he did was put his finger on the device, and while you didn’t see it you assume it pricks his finger because when he’s done he puts his finger in his mouth much like people do after using a lancet. So anyway, he puts his finger on this device and within seconds there’s a little computerized readout that says “Blood Toxicity: 19%.”
 

Holy crap that’s what we need, I thought! Wouldn’t it be great to put your finger on some sort of device that does all functions of a meter: pricks your finger, applies blood to a test strip and gives you an ACCURATE blood sugar reading?! Quickly?! Compactly?!
 

OK I had the idea, now someone else develop it.