She's Alive... Alive!

Thank you to the 40 of my 42 followers who still remain after my 3 month dry spell. I am going to try to post more often. For today, how about a short recap of what has been going on the past 3 months?

Diabetes:

My last endo appointment was good, A1c dropped .6, let us hope it continues that trend. Dr. Lee did have me start taking Metformin (*please note, this is off label use in a Type 1) to try and control the post meal spikes and overall blood sugar craziness. Supposedly it is supposed to support weight loss as well, but i've yet to see any results.

School:

I didn't finish my Anatomy & Physiology or Microbiology classes in spring because of a financial aid issue, so I am taking them this summer. Which means my schedule is insane, but it is only until the end of July. 

Skating:

I will continue to try and keep skating related posts to a minimum here. I've moved up to freestyle 1, which is where the real jumps begin. I need new skates, like 2 months ago. The Center Ice Arena ISI Open is July 24th and I am competing (but I haven't actually learned my program yet.)

Home/Family Life:

My wonderful husband bought me a new power cord for the laptop, which is why I am able to blog again. 

Dogs:

The new Redlands Dog Park opened recently and it is walking distance from the house. However, Sheila doesn't want to play if we walk to the park, I think she gets too hot and tired. I bought Sheila the cutest pink bunny pj's, I can't wait for it to be cold enough to put them on her. 

Other:

I inherited some of my mother's talents and tripped over a curb last Tuesday. The new season of True Blood is disappointing so far, and I may not continue to watch it. 

That's about it.....

Spring Break!

It has been way too long since I've posted, unfortunately this isn't much of a post either.

This quarter of school is over and my little brain is filled to the brim with images of bones, muscles and nerves! Classes begin again tomorrow and I've spent the last week on spring break.

All my hard work paid of this quarter. I passed Anatomy and Physiology 1 with an A- and Microbiology with a B+. I am thrilled with these grades. I can only hope this quarter to have the same success.

I will be taking Anatomy and Physiology 2, another quarter of Microbiology and Physics. These three classes will complete my science pre-requisites and I will apply for the nursing program, hooray!

Some exciting things are coming up these next couple of weeks, so if I have time I am looking forward to blogging about them. In the meantime, don't unfollow me!

Withholding Information

I am usually pretty open with my Diabetes. I love to talk about it. I cannot think of any reason to hide the fact that I have type 1 diabetes.
So can someone please explain to me why I did not tell my skating coaches? I carry glucagon (and usually glucose tabs) in my skate bag, but if no one knows it's in there, it's not going to do much good.

I think it started with the emergency/injury waiver at The Other Rink, which asked about medical conditions. I am in the habit of checking "No" on these types of forms because getting it signed by my endocrinologist is a pain in the rear. My endo encourages me to exercise and my CDE is aware that I am skating 3-4 days a week, so I don't feel it is necessary to bother them with a silly piece of paper. 

However, this somehow turned into me not telling anyone at the rinks about my diabetes.

Please, before anyone begins to lecture me; I am totally aware of how insanely dangerous this is. 

I had a near emergency last week at the rink. I had to leave in the middle of the lesson to test and treat a severe low blood sugar which forced me to tell Coach M (who teaches my Saturday Adult Group lesson) about the D. 

This week I will make a point of telling Private Coach and Coach Mel at The Other Rink about my diabetes. Because I know that one piece of information could someday save my life. 

Random bits-n-pieces

First of all; to my anonymous commenter, you made me blush! Thank you, I like you too.

Something unusual I discovered last week, the cadaver lab smells like insulin and it is oddly comforting.

If you are looking for something to read, this is one of the best written Twilight fanfics I've read in a long time. "In the Grip of Twilight"

My friends the Jenkins are still trying to win the Pepsi Grant for their son's sled hockey team, please continue to vote!

Sometime this weekend, I plan to sit down and write a real blog post, okay?

Miss America

In case you missed it the 2011 Miss America is Teresa Scanlan, Miss Nebraska.

Mr. Harer seems to have a knack for picking girls within the top 5, right from the moment they do their introductions. Tonight, he nailed it. He picked Nebraska right from the beginning.

My top choices;
Miss Arizona
Miss Iowa
Miss Pennsylvania
Miss Nevada
Miss Oregon

None of my picks made it to the top 5.

This year the pageant was back on it's home network, ABC. They dropped all the reality tv makeover pre-pageant silliness and brought the pageant back to it's root purpose; to find one young woman, who personifies the American ideal, brains, beauty and a heart of gold.

Despite her age (the new Miss America is only 17) I think the judges made an excellent choice. I cannot wait to see what she accomplishes in her year.