Archive for February, 2008
This fine line we walk along.
Stuck at the same weight for close to six months, with very little fluctuation. 144, morning after morning.
A little above the normal BMI for height (somewhere between 5 foot 3 and 5 foot 4), but not a big deal. BMI might be a load of trash anyways.
Comfortable with it. Really. [...]
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Reading other writers.
I’m not sure which is my true passion – reading or writing. There are books which I slowly consume in order to enjoy every last bit…and there are books that I must devour and cannot put down (and enjoy ever bit as much). The book I read this weekend falls into the latter [...]
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Tales of tooth #19.
Shooting, searing pain through my jaw up through tooth #19 is not my idea of an alarm clock. I can handle Perl waking me up before the actual alarm goes off, but this was a much more rude awakening on Thursday morning.
So, instead of making progress at work on Friday*, I spent the morning in [...]
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Friday cat blogging.
You lick those chops, Kahlua, you lick ‘em good!
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The downward trend.
Greg’s most recent blood work results:
7.7% A1C (down from 8.1% in September, 8.7% last May).
149 total cholesterol, with all numbers where they should be (HDL well above 40, LDL and triglycerides well below 100). Zetia seems to be working well for him – never has he seen lipids numbers like these with only Zocor – [...]
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Sometimes they go back.
How does it happen that the things we crave are the things that hurt us most? I crave chocolate, so I eat it. Then it raises my blood sugar and then it raises my anxiety. I crave the ultimate alone time, so I become a hermit. Then depression washes over me [...]
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Meme o’ Eights.
I promise there is a real post with real content out there waiting for me to write, but until then, I must do the Meme o’ Eights, courtesy Kerri.
8 Things I’m Passionate About
Writing.
Reading.
Diabetes advocacy.
Universal health care. (Including mental health, thank you very much.)
My darling Greggie.
Family and friends.
Traveling.
Those five ferocious felines.
8 Things I Want to [...]
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Friday cat blogging.
Kitty loaves, big (Karelia) and small (Athena).
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V-day.
“I love you” and a kiss each night before bed.
“I love you and have a good day” along with a kiss most days before heading our separate ways towards work.
Our birthdays (April 9 – me, October 9 – him), our wedding anniversary (April 27), and our meeting anniversary (July 19). And all the [...]
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