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Decided to bring it to school and let it sit for a few minutes here, since they have the temperature constant at 72 degrees.

The test showed an A1C of 6.7 which is awesome!  My last real one was 8.1 so if it is any where close to actual I’m doing better.

I got a coupon in the mail for 1 A1C test.  I had a box of 2 tests, neither of which worked.  I expected coupons for two tests.  However, I will run over to Walgreen’s and get a test, get on the phone and see if I can get the test to work.

Will probably have to pay for one kit, since I think they only come in twos.

Walgreen’s DID give me the kit for free!  I am going to wait until we get home from dog agility as temperature of the kit should be under 77 degrees.  It might be that when we get home tonight.

When we are in public, especially at a workshop or meeting, Dulce is usually in a small cage. This is mostly for her protection. She is very small and it easy for her to get stepped on.

She just alerted while in the cage. I was pretty sure had at night a few weeks ago, as I woke up with a wicked high, but wasn't sure she had woke me.

Basically she pulls on the cage door, just as she pulls on the leash.

Smart girl!

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I found yesterday that Microsoft has decided not to have a High School Liaison any more.

That makes me sad.

I don’t need him everyday.  And I don’t need him for JUST computer science.  In fact, I got an email from the acting specialist in charge of Instructional Technology asking about software for Digital Art and Design.

I can help some, the Microsoft High School Liaison could help more.

I am also going to need him as my Game Programming class progresses.

Apparently the average temperature of a house in Texas is too hot for their A1c Test.  They are supposed be sending me a coupon in the mail for a new set of Tests since both failed.

I wanted to see how working with Dulce had affected my A1c, and I won’t be able to find out until I get the coupon for the new tests, if they do arrive.

I won’t be doing business with them again.

The worst part was the customer service rep – she kept asking a question and then kept reading her script without waiting for the answer.  I might as well have been talking with a recording.

I had an excellent blood sugar day at school today. 

Guess what Dulce did?

She slept.  She woke up about 5 minutes before the bell rang at the end of the day, asked to go out, we went and she did.  Well, she did get up and run errands with me at lunch.

Left at about 4:35.

It was a good day. 

It will be a while before I will completely heal from two years of elevated blood sugars, but I’m getting better.

Seriously

People walk up and reach down and pet Dulce.  They don’t

Lowest weight since lap band.

However, the Aria scale and my network are being stubborn and not talking so I don’t remember exactly which tenth. <pout>

So now I have lost over 40 pounds.

Same TLC Edge wasted that year.  Interesting that I’ve now seemed to have left all the Medical Edge doctors, though the cardiologists don’t know it yet.

Had to stop several people from petting her.  Usually adults, some kids that knew me.

We were in the hall, between classes, and she started pulling on the leash (our alert), in the afternoon.  I checked.  Over 180, needed 2 units of insulin.

Now, this is NOT what I trained.  I trained the dog to alert out of range.  For the past two weeks she has been doing this – alerting when I’m in range but needing insulin.

However this is not a bad thing.  I am rewarding this.  I wish I understood it.

The other weird thing is that she doesn’t go to the bathroom all day.  The room is cool and she doesn’t drink a lot of water or move around a lot.  However, she does go out as soon as we go outside at the end of the day. 

I had to leave Dulce at home last week.  I took her with me Monday morning when I was volunteering, but the construction in the building was causing us both some wicked PSD (we had a truck drive into our house a year ago).

Besides, I was drawing a paycheck on Thursday and Friday and we haven’t had approval yet.   I’m told it’s official and we’re one signature away.

We have done some dry runs.  They have all gone well.

She is polite and well mannered when we walk the hall, even when I have a full load.  She ignores everyone. 

When we go into other people’s classrooms she looks for discarded food and hangs out quietly while I help them.

In our own place, she is happy with her office, and hangs out well there.

It looks good.

But man I miss her when I don’t take her with me, and yes it encourages me to take her more for short errands.