A Gift in Diabetes

Dealing with diabetes can be a frustration on the best of days, when my numbers are out of whack, for no apparent reason that I can find, it's enough to make me want to pull out my hair and somedays even give up. I am dealing with out of whack numbers at the moment and getting back on to a medicine I've been off of for two weeks because of the new insurance. It looks like the insurance may be worked out for the next year at least for this medicine but the numbers are still nuts. It still amazes me how tired I can be when my numbers are above 180. This morning I would have quite happily stayed in bed and slept the rest of the day. It's what I did most of the day yesterday. The gift in this is that I have good doctors and others who watch over me and I have medications that no one ever thought of when my paternal grandparents were dealing with the side effects of diabetes. I am grateful for both but I really need to remind myself of these things when I am struggling. Hopefully the numbers will be better tomorrow.

Rain and This Week

Springfield is currently having a loud thunderstorm and personally I am greatly enjoying it. The rain has brought the temperature in my apartment from 80 degrees down to almost 70. I had truly forgotten how humid it can be in Central and Southern Illinois in the spring. Right now a Minnesota spring sounds so much more comfortable. The week has gone well, I finished a mint green baby blanket and am now starting a pink, green and white one for a friend at work. I have had two doctor appointments and will have at least two more in the next few weeks. Once we get all the medications and specialists straightened out here I will be very happy. I am looking for gifts of God's grace and right now as frustrating as things can get at times, I have to say that this job is definitely one of God's gracious gifts to me. As hard as it has been to move away from my house, my church family and all of my friends in Minnesota, God has truly blessed me in this new job with wonderful students, great staff and an opportunity to really help the kids and families that I work with to develop more independence and make new gains all the time. Well it's time for a Cardinals ball game so off I go to work on the new baby blanket.

Thought I'd give this a try

Well, I have decided to try blogging, not sure how I'll do but thought it was worth a try. I will write here about my life, favorite books, things I am learning and things that I would like to learn. I am hoping I will do better about this than I am about writing to friends that I left behind in Minnesota when I moved. I like my new job but have to admit that I miss all of my Minnesota friends very much. Hope to write more soon, for now back to my knitting.