I would like one of these at the 57th St. stop, please.

The diabetes fairy left me a present!!

Welcome, Dexcom the Fourth

May you last way, way, way longer than your predecessors did....

Sometimes, not knowing hurts your brain

I made the mistake of wondering aloud this morning how many books we could possibly have in our house:

B:  We have approximately 852 books in our house, not counting the donation box. Please bring home 148 books.

Rassafrassin' frakkin' Dexcom

Well, kids, looks like I'm moving on to receiver #4:

I woke up Sunday morning to Dex freaking out in the bed next to me - lots of BEEEEEPING and buzzing, followed by a "System recovery check complete." After two of those messages, Dex threw the Exclamation Point of Death....and this is all roughly 3 weeks before my warranty is up. Silver lining?

D365: Day 4 - gettin' my LIP on.

My first trip to the gym with Dex didn't work out quite the way I'd expected - this is going to take some fancy math skills, I think. Any tips to stabilize BGs for a workout with temp basals, etc? I'd rather avoid a pre-gym snack, since exercising with food in my belly always makes me feel a bit ill.

Song in My Head: Ronnie and Clyde

Also: Rihanna, you're so very pretty.

Done and done

 

2011 is off to a great start, kids. I bit the bullet and joined NYSC yesterday. Dex and I will be hitting the recumbent bike tonight and doing some pretty intense graph work, lemme tell ya.

Kickoff to 2011, or my new LIPs!

I've been seeing a lot of 2010 wrap-ups out there - it's fun to see where everyone's been for the past year, but for yours truly 2010 was a bit of a struggle. I was still new to the pump, began logging and working the BGs in earnest, struggled through classes and working full-time, and slogged through the most craptastic October I can remember. Frankly, I'm thrilled to see the ass end of 2010.

So, in order to make 2011 as amazing as it can be, I've got some life-improvement projects I've been eyeing. Let's not call them "resolutions," though - using words like that with a Type-A perfectionist is a recipe for disaster.

My LIPs for the coming year (oh, how I love a good acronym!):
1) Cook more: The whole diabetic vegetarian thing makes meal-planning a little tricky - balancing my carb and protein intake has never been so complicated! By the end of the year, I want to feel confident cooking at least 20 new veggie meals (beyond my chili, quinoa, and diabetic pasta staples).

We tried this Spinach-Cheese bake recipe for Christmas - DELICIOUS.

2) Join a gym: Clichéd? Absolutely. But in the past month, I've seen my daily basal rate increase by more than 10% and that trend just can't be allowed to continue unabated. I'm hoping to keep an iron-fisted grip on my insulin efficacy...and I'm ridiculously, nerdily excited about watching Dex during and after a workout.

3) Read more: My overstuffed bookshelves will thank me. It may be a job hazard, but that doesn't mean it's okay to act like a hoarder.

And these are just two of the five we have....

4) Write more: I don't know that I'm a daily poster (you would all be bored to tears if I wrote that often), but I do need to write more consistently. Hmm. Perhaps following in Holly's footsteps with D365 would be a nice place to start!

5) Karen dates: I am never happier, calmer, or more grounded than when I'm between freelance jobs and not in a deadline crunch at work - and what makes me feel like that? Having the free time to read what I want, bake something for B to bring to work, putter around the house, gab on the phone with my mom or sister, paint my toenails, dust the living room, browse around Target...any one of a million things that seem inconsequential until you find you don't have the time to enjoy them. If I carve out time to spend futzing around and hanging out with myself, it'll pay me back with interest.

I have more LIPs on the back-burner, of course, which I'm sure you'll be hearing all about in excruciating detail. But for now, five seems like a nice solid number to start the year off right....

Welcome, 2011! I'm so very glad to meet you.