One Day

Today marks 7 years since that tragic moment in American History.

That day none of us will never forget.

Each September 11th I think about how awesome this country is. In that moment we did not divide but we all stood together. All colors, all classes of society, all political parties, all Americans.

In the middle of all this campaigning and complaining, we must remember that we are all Americans. We are all living here together and despite our differences we all share a common goal.

We all want peace and safety and a future for our children's children.

Even if it's one day, try and remember how American came together 7 years ago. Remember that when someone cuts you off on your way home from work or when your frustrated with your fellow American at any time today. Remember who we are and who we can be.

Remember.

Sleepy Time

For the past few weeks I wake up in the middle of the night for no apparent reason. I’ve tried going to bed early no dice. Tried staying up late until I was passing out on the couch and still I will wake up.

The strange thing is I always wake right before 4am. I wake up and I look at the clock then my brain turns on. The first thing I do is check my BG since I figure it is a good idea. Then I shut the light off and try my hardest to fall back asleep.

I will lay there and think. What do I have to get done tomorrow? What happened yesterday that I should learn from? What is going on this weekend? What is my obsession with Smart Cars all about? What ever happened to Lauryn Hill?

On and on I think.

If any of you in the OC have any ideas I would love to hear them. A coworker told me to stop drinking soda. After I finished chugging down a Diet Pepsi I told her that falling asleep is never the problem. It is always after hours of sleep that I wake up and cannot fall back to sleep.

The problem is that I am a wreck the following morning. Like today. I doze off typing sometimes and realize it when I hear my PC beeping at me due to holding down a keyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy.

Anyone have an issue with this?

You Tube Tuesday #85

We love Lisa. Lisa is like family. Lisa hates to get scared. I love to scare Lisa! That is the set up.

So this video is the one that I made Lisa watch on my Apple TV one night. My kids were in their rooms, my wife was in the kitchen, I was sitting at my desk and Lisa was surfing through You Tube. I told her to watch this clip.

WARNING! TURN DOWN YOUR SOUND! As soon as you see the chair begin to rock be prepared because a scary person pops up on the screen and screams.

So now this is the clip of Lisa watching it and me filming her from my desk. The picture is not great but the sound of her scream is awesome! TURN YOUR SOUND UP!!!!

The Ugly, The Bad, and The Good

This weekend had it all. I will list each separately and end with the good because, I would hate for you to leave on a bad note.

UGLY
Saturday was one of my worst diabetes days ever. Looking at my log book my high for the day was 600 and my low was 61. Average was 324 and that is after 28 tests. It was the worst.

I woke up high which started it all. I bolus and moved on. Tested after breakfast, still high. Bolused. 30 minutes I checked just to be safe and I was higher still. Bolused again. I was far away from home and did not have a syringe on me so I ended up changing my set. At this point I tested about 8 times and my meter just said “hello”. I mean “HI”. Yeah, not good. Luckily it finally started to drop and I mean DROP! I could not eat enough glucose tabs. It was one of the worst D days I have had in a long time.

BAD
If you are following me on Twitter then you may have heard about this but on Friday morning my wife discovered that our bank account was empty. Now normally that is not a surprise but this was. Someone has copied my ATM card and withdrew all the cash in our account on Friday. I have been reading up about this crime and apparently it is becoming more and more common. Pay at the Pump card readers are typically the place your card number get stolen. I guess there is a card reader they can use to copy the strip on the back of your card and if they watch you enter your pin then they are good to go.

Anyway, after a police report and a whole lot of paperwork, the money will be back in our account soon and hopefully some A-hole will be in jail.

GOOD
For all the crap that happens in the world there are some good things that make it all better.

On Saturday night I was surprised to see my sister and her fiancé hanging out at my pad when I got home. My soon to be brother in law Steve fixed my wife’s car while they were there on top of fixing my air conditioning last week! The dude has mad skills.

They were talking about weddings and asked me how many I have been in. I never really thought about this but I have been in 10 weddings! Steve asked me, “So would you mind being in one more?” I was shocked that Steve asked me to be his best man! I thought it was very cool since we are good friends and I am excited to have him as my third and final brother in law. BTW I lucked out that all my BIL’s are kick ass and I mean that sincerely. I don’t even think they read this.

Anyhow, I accepted since I love the guy. He has passed all the tests my father would have given him (like “Is Mickey Mouse a dog or a cat?”) had he still been here. I of course had to step in to make sure my sister wasn’t marrying a dill weed. She isn’t thank God.

So there it is. A weekend filled with ups and downs. It ended well and that is what matters!

Now I get to plan an awesome bachelor party! SWEET!

Depression - Ninjabetic Style

Depression. I seem to go there often and I am sort of on my out right now. Here is a vlog post about depression and my thoughts on it.

Enjoy and have a great weekend.