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I’m still running high and I’m still using a higher bolus rate, but I am doing better. I got to take a fairly decent nap this afternoon — which is a good thing since the new pup kept me up last night.

Everything is defintely better.

The good news is that I only have 3 days of summer school this week and that I’m ready for tomorrow. First period is going to be a bit dull, I need to have my students take a “mid term” and after go over the questions.

I really hope my server is back up tomorrow but I’m not going to hold my breath. I think a network engineer needs to come out and run a program. Wish they could have me do it.

One of the things I thought about getting as my summer school “toy” was the Dexcom. Here’s what kept me from doing it. $35 a sensor.

Man, that ‘s a lot for something that is supposed to last for 3 days. Even lasting for 5 days, it is going to add up in a hurry.

I think it’s wait until insurance covers it, or the sensor price goes down.

Besides, you don’t get kisses from a continuous glucose monitoring system, nor do they win ribbons and get titles and stroke your ego.

A good sign that I am not doing well taking care of myself is that I am not blogging. I’m getting on the back side though.

I got exhausted. So exhausted that everything, especially my knee and right wrist were hurting. I’m now taking that as a sign. A sign that I need to get some sleep. Unfortunately I have trouble getting to sleep still, something I’m going to talk to my sleep doctor about. You’ve seen the sleeping pill commercials where they talk about not shutting down. That’s my problem.

I fixed most of it yesterday, but then I got the pup, but I have figured out how to get her quiet, so I think I’ll be okay, especially after Tuesday.

When I am exhausted, I ate. Can’t do anything about that, except get some sleep. I also can’t exercise because I am in such pain. In fact, I’m better off taking a nap then, rather than exercising so I can control the food later.

Of course, then my insulin usage goes up. It’s a vicious cycle but I think I’ve broken it.

One of the things I’m doing is walking a set amount of time for each meal I eat. Not necessarily AFTER the meal. For example, today I’m doing 6 minutes about an hour after breakfast, I’m going to do my weights, and then I’m going to do another 6 minutes which will be for lunch.

I’ll probably have to do ALL the time in the afternoon, later on in the week.

I taped DLife since I was on the road yesterday, and watched it today. It is much improved. Much more relaxed and less frentic pace.

Monroe turned out good. Maggie took a first place in Open and a 3rd place in Excellent A.

Last year at Monroe, people asked me to take her away from the ring as she was snapping at their dogs and barking. This year, not one person asked me to do that.

Last year, she stuck her head in a hole in the hall and bellowed. This year she stayed with me. Also the hole had an access panel covering it.

She’s been a bit of a wonder beagle for me. I really think I brought her out a season too early. Maggie is a rescue. She was “free to a good home”, found on a chain with no house. She’s had 8 puppies, beagles, thankfully, and her rescue family has all the puppies now. Of course, they are all adult dogs.

Her head is deformed, we think congential, as her puppies came out fine, she is both wry and has an overbite. She has very silky hair, not correct in a beagle which means she gets old very easy. We call her the sport beagle as she is built like a sports car, very long leggy and very skinny. She runs FAST. She yells a lot. A full bodied beagle bellow that pushes her backwards.

Marcie on the other hand was a lead balloon both days.

Got to see my niece and her fiancee on Saturday. Saw my mom and sister today.

The trip was worth while. I only forgot socks and a contact lens case. Both were easily obtainable. However, I ended up changing sites three times, but that is normal for dog agility.

So Maggie is now Maggie, OA, OAJ and has caught up with Marcie on Excellent A JWW legs.

Oh, and my husband the mailman had a cookie in the mailslot for her.

There are pictures of previous trials at http://www.kweaver.org/photos

I have a friend here in Monroe, at the agility trial who is a diabetic. And every year several agility friends and I meet her at a restaurant for dinner.

She absolutely scares the bejesus out of me, because at 3 different meals she has arrived at the restaurant low. Tonight was the absolute worse, and I honestly thought she was going into a seizure. She did not respond for 5 minutes didn’t move, etc. The only reason I didn’t force glucose gel down her throat was because she had already drank about 8 oz. of Dr. Pepper (the non-diet kind).

And yes, she drove herself to the restaurant.

I’m lucky. I can feel the low coming on. In fact, sometimes I feel like I’m low but I’m not (that happened this afternoon), but I always ALWAYS check when I feel that way.

She’s a Type 1 and I do realize that most Type 1 spike from low to high quicker than I do. I also know that there is gylcemic unawareness going on, but can you PLEASE check your blood sugar and fix it before you get in the car?

Sorry, it makes me nuts.