Hey, what's the big idea?

I am finally feeling better!  Hooray!
I'm not totally better, but I am getting there.  slowly.  very slowly.

Let's see... I was sick for about 2 weeks with an aweful, lingering cold.  One of those days I had the stomache flu on top of that.  AAAND, seeing as how I've had sinus problems the past few months, all of the congestion from the cold just made it so much worse, and at times unbareable.

I am finally getting used to this diabetes diet/schedule.  Thank goodness I only work 2 nights a week!  I don't know how I could do it if I worked full time.  I have to eat every two hours and check my sugar 4 times a day, 2 hours after meals.  If I don't eat enough I get ketones (which, I guess is when your body is not getting enough sugar so it starts to break down your protein? I'm not positive- I haven't researched it, I've just been told.  I also have to check my urine for ketones every morning and sure enough- if I don't eat enough they are there!), so it's not like I can skip meals and not worry about it.  I find I am eating a LOT more food on this diet (made out for me by a diabetes diatition) than I was before I had diabetes.  I used to just eat a sandwich, a fruit cup, and a glass of milk for lunch.  Now I eat mac n cheese, broccli, a fruit cup, a glass of milk, and some ham slices, then 2 hours later I eat 2 cups of popcorn and a cup of grapes, and two hours after that I'm onto a slice and 1/2 of pizza, a salad, a glass of milk, more fruit, yadda yadda...  My entire day is centered around eating and finger pricks!

TRY THIS, FOLKS: I've not eaten anything sweet (including chocolate milk, soda, donuts, pancakes, honey, syrup, cookies, jelly, jam, fruit juice, candy, granola bars, ceral, regular hot chocolate, pies, cakes, icecream) for nearly a MONTH now, and that was including CHRISTMAS, NEW YEAR'S EVE/MY ANNIVERSARY, AND my BIRTHDAY!  Yep.  As soon as I have this kid I am going to Bobs and getting like 5 hotcakes drenched in syrup and I'll wash them down with a gallon of chocolate milk, then I am going to that little donut shop in Hilliard and eating like 4 iced raspberry donuts, then I'll eat a few PB and honey sandwiches, some iced sugar cookies, drink a few cokes, enjoy a Gaeters black raspberry chip waffle cone, and ONLY after all of that will I go on a diet to loose all the baby weight ;-)!  I mean, I deserve to make up for the holidays, right?

So, all I can think about right now is pregnancy, food, and blood.  sorry.  Though it may not be particularly interesting, it's sort of consuming.  I mean, I've been sick the past 2 weeks, so what else is going on?  nothing!  Just baby, food, blood. baby, food, blood. baby, food, blood.
OH, and the National Championship--> That was a, um, spirit lifter for sure. :-/.  Oh well, there is always next year!

I gotta go eat