AFK
Monday, December 28, 2009 at 9:12AM In preparing for Christmas I have been away from my computer, Twitter, and even email lately. I was practicing music for our Christmas Eve service, baking a bunch for all the holiday events, and going to said events.
It has been a busy week.
The problem is, there is no end in sight. Tonight I have dinner planned with some very good friends. Tomorrow night is our typical rehearsal for band. Wednesday night is Christmas with my in-laws who just go into town. Thursday is my wife's birthday and New's Years Eve of course! And then I am back to Friday night which is sure to be an impromptu event as most Friday's are on a holiday weekend.
Whew!
And believe it or not, that is not the end of Christmas for the Simmons Family 4. We have Casino Christmas planned for the weekend of the 8th with my sisters and mom in Nevada. Then and only then will Christmas be finished and as much as I am looking forward to the end of the Holidays, I look forward to all the time I get to spend with family.
Diabetes has been having a field day with me during the holidays. My BG has been Double O.C. (that means Out Of Control) so the D has be ruining me. Even still I am determined to stay upbeat and jolly at all times.
Not an easy feat when your blood sugar is 419 and everyone else is enjoying dinner (like last night) but I finally got to eat when my bg crashed 2 hours later. Not my favorite way to have dinner but it worked.
We always have to figure out a way to make it work don't we. I guess we can be angry about it or we can make the best of it and enjoy ourselves.
It really is up to us in the end isn't it? Still it is difficult to choose "happy" all the time.
For now, I am gonna still choose "happy."
***For those non geek speaking folk, AFK means "Away From Keyboard."***
Reader Comments (5)
I feel ya. All the holiday stress can certainly do a number on BGs. I had the same thing happen at Christmas Eve dinner with my inlaws. I couldn't eat with them because of a high bg, but not quite as high as yours.
Thanks for the explanation of "AFK"... I'll have to remember that one.
Merry Christmas, George!
I am so glad you get so much time with your family. That is awesome! I am sorry your numbers have been crazy. All you can do, is your best! I totally get it. You are not alone in your fears.
Happy Holidays!!! Stay AFK. ;)
I hope you are enjoying all your holiday festivities even if they're keeping you busy, busy, busy! And you were not alone with high BG for christmas .. both christmas eve & day I had to skip on some great food waiting for my BG to come down. Total suckage :( I hope that your diabetes is less OC by now!
I hear ya bro. Last night I made a great pot of jambalaya for dinner, only to find out, I cant have any because my BG is 399. I was pretty ticked about that. But, no sense in crying over it. There's leftovers for a week. Holidays and the stress that comes along with it can be torture on your diabetes. Keep on keepin on.
Dang man, that must have sucked being so high at food time. But - like you say, it is up to us. While it is always hard to pick the positive attitude, life would be pretty miserable if we did not. At least most of the time, right?