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I’ve been whining a lot lately that I am having trouble controlling my diabetes.  I’ve had trouble now for a couple of years and it’s because I let life and stress get in the way.  Of course, it’s kind of hard NOT to let getting a truck in your house get in your way.

I’m trying though.  Every day, I try to at least start out right.  Some days – Sunday comes to mind – that doesn’t even happen.  I think I checked my blood sugar twice, and the first time was sometime after 3:00 pm.

I recently read William Dubois excellent book “Born Again Diabetic”, and it’s helped. 

I just keep on trying.

I’ve had the Scottevest T-shirts for a while, and they are fabulous for hiding an insulin pump and even a phone or two.

I’m going to Portland, Oregon for the Grace Hopper Women in Computing Conference next week, and I have been wanting a Scottevest vest I could actually wear for a while.  I own a woman’s size vest, but can’t wear it, as it is too small.

I ordered a Men’s 2x, and it fits my chest fine, but a bit tight in the hips.  Can wear it open though, and can wear it hiked up an inch zipped.

I have it pretty much loaded with everything I would carry in a go-bag. 

• Meter, lancing device, and strips.  Using a Accu-check lancing device helps, because 6 lancing devices come in a single cartridge.
• Two infusion sets and cartridges.
• Insulin and rewetting drops
• Money and wallet
• 2 Zune HD Players (may leave them home)
• Headphones laced into headphone management system
• Kindle
• Extra batteries for the phone

It weighs slightly less than my go-bag, since it is made of nylon fabric but I’ve worn it on three different excursions now, and I find wearing it is easier than carrying a bag.  Added bonus, it eliminates a bag.

I am planning on taking a small carry on bag with extra supplies in it.  My CPAP and it’s emergency battery.  I hope to be able to sleep on the planes since I’ll be traveling quite a while.

The good news —

Since we’ve been in the house, I am just SO grateful to be there.  Was taking it all for granted.

It is nice to be able to get up and not have to walk the dogs – instead I send them out the back yard.  They prefer that too.

Is everything back to normal.  No, but it is functional and open for guests.

I am picking small areas to fix – the counter on the east side of the stove for example.  Or when I am looking for something I need anyway.

The guest room is open for business.  I’m not sure I would want to sleep there, but there is a TV, bed, closet, etc. 

Even the dogs are slowly getting back to normal.  Macy has won a few agility trials. Dulce is listening.  However, we’re still having issues with Maggie.

We have been in the house for a week and we are as back to normal as we can get.

The guest bedroom/Xbox game room is unpacked as is most of my office. Everything needs tweaks, but then they always do.

My goal for the week is to get to the gym and do cardio every day. Have fasting labs on Friday and see the endo the next Thursday.
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I was really down because there were only 3 people working at the house yesterday and they didn’t get much done.

HOWEVER, when I got to the house after picking up the mail and the dogs, they were moving the upstairs furniture around and had gotten to the point they forgot.  So with lots of gesture (No English, Miss), I got all the large pieces where they belong, and moved the small stuff myself.

Upstairs is now livable. 

Downstairs not so much.  When I left, they were still working and trying to get the wood floor down in the dining room. Seems somehow the switch got broke to the chandelier in the dining room.  I asked for a new regular switch rather than a dimmer.

The worse part?  The insurance adjuster told me to put Uverse on vacation hold.  I found later that it was a minimum of 2 months and tried to get the house off the vacation hold list, but that didn’t work.  I’ve been on the phone every day for 7 days trying to get this fixed when I finally found someone who realized what the problem was.

Solution, close the old account and open a new one.

However, they saw a problem on the line and have to send a tech out to fix it.  May have to pay an installation fee.  Not sure.  The good news, first open date they have is tomorrow.  BUT I have to be there, so yet again, I have to take a day off.

Good news, this will give me an opportunity to work on putting things back together upstairs.

Did not expect this but there are bricklayers working on the house.

Yes, Sunday morning started before 9:00 am. At noon looks like a good match

Carpet done in Rich’s room, hallway and half the landing and stairs. My room is started as is the landing.

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They have doing the drywall.

They probably finished carpeting Rich’s bedroom (that was the plan when we left).

We need to schedule an inspection with the bank (I remember reading something about Wednesday on that, but don’t know.

They need to paint.  Put down flooring in the whole house and put the brick up.  Also put up the electrical fixtures.

We have

• front door (and have for several days)
• window (new yesterday)
• garage door (new yesterday)
• ordered new flooring
• ordered new carpet

Can’t live there yet.

The house passed it’s first inspection and there are permits up on the window and door.

We only had cosmetic damage! 

The contractor thinks that we will be in the house by the end of next week, but without the flooring done.  We have to keep the apartment until November 6th, so we’ll have a place to go, if needed, while the flooring is being done.

The sub-contractor thinks we’ll be in sooner.

Twice now, the new McDonald’s has given me the wrong coffee.  I caught it the first time, didn’t this time.  Didn’t even taste it until I got to school, and kept thinking something was wrong.

Did call and complain, as a Mocha costs twice as much as the coffee.  Probably twice the insulin too.

ARGH!