Sadly, I’ve been watching a lot of TV lately. The whole no school and no job thing leaves me with a lot of free time. This morning I was watching the Today show. A segment on infertility came on as soon as I switched the TV on.  Read More →

On my mom and I’s Italian vacation back in May, I discovered a new love: risotto. A delicious Italian rice dish that’s full of flavor and tailored to my own tastebuds. On the cruise, I had two types of risotto. My favorite was mushroom and spinach risotto which combines two of my favorite ingredients anyway.  Read More →

Today,  at the grocery store, I spotted a pump.  Read More →

I’ve been nursing a lot of highs lately. I’m not talking about the mediocre 200s, but full blown 400s and 300s. Both Saturday and today, I’ve been stuck well above a comfortable range.  Read More →

OK, so I haven’t raised a dime yet, but there are a couple things in the works. I contacted our local coffeehouse in town to see if they’d be interested in hosting a small benefit show. It will need to be small. The coffeehouse is about the size of my kitchen.  Read More →

I’m sitting here in the waiting room while Charlie is in with the therapist talking about his obsessive compulsive behavior. I’m wondering if it’s a requirement for waiting rooms in doctors offices to have bad art on the walls and bad music playing.  Read More →

So much has happened this week that I can’t even begin to express what is going through both my head and my heart in any logical form. I feel like life suddenly did a 180 degree turn. The kind of turn that you KNOW is there but still gets you EVERY time. I mean, I knew that life had to fall into place for me at some point. But when it actually happened, I was nearly dumbstruck.  Read More →

– If the computer support guys at work can remote into my PC and take control of my cursor from 100 miles away, why can’t I remote into Charlie’s pump while he’s in school? That would be a handy upgrade to pump technology, wouldn’t it? While we’re at it, why not allow for webcam functionality so that when Charlie looks down at his pump, my big heads pops up on …  Read More →

Four years. Is that too long to live with the same pump? Is it long enough? I find myself asking that a lot lately.  Read More →

As people with diabetes, we are told time and again to make sure we schedule regular oral care visits, as diabetes makes us both more susceptible to oral disease (cavities, periodontal issues, etc.) and makes it more difficult for us to recover from the procedures needed to treat that disease. “Why,” you may then ask, “have you never sought out dental care as an adult, even when preventative care was made available to you, free... 

The thing swooped into the living room like a pterodactyl while I watched TV and Susanne worked on the laptop.  Read More →

I admit to being a little sensitive.  My feelings get hurt pretty easily and I cry at things that aren’t that sad sometimes.  Read More →

Recently, I was talking with a good friend who has a daughter with a serious medical issue that has significant impacts on her speech and learning. We were discussing the frustration it causes when the world insists on defining the life of a child by way of the things they can’t or won’t do – outright ignoring the possibility and potential a child has.  Read More →

Today has been an amazing day. First, I got a job interview from one of the resumes that I mailed out to businesses in my new town. Second, I finalized my apartment and moving situation (although I did sadly find out that I have no microwave in my new apartment). And finally, I received my graduate school acceptance!  Read More →

Yet another question that I often hear is this: has diabetes shaped you into the person that you are today?  Read More →