New Bed

 As we all know, I'm quite obsessed with my bed.  I've also mentioned how comfortable my parents bed is.  My new bed is fabulous as well.  I think it is a Murray thing...we like to be really comfortable when we sleep, cuz all of the beds in this house are very comfortable!  Gotta love the pillowtop mattress!  Mmmm.  This is actually the first time in my life that I have had anything larger than a twin bed to myself!  Here are pictures of my new bed and bedroom...Lisa decorated it a while ago in the travel theme...couldn't have been more perfect!  Well...except the fact that most of it is decorated in Paris stuff and the only time I've been to France is for layovers!  I guess this just means that my first trip after I get a job is to go to Paris! Done and DONE!

Decisions

So, I kinda dropped off the face of the earth for a little bit.  I was in the middle of making some big decisions in life and was too occupied to deal with my blog.  The short story is that I decided to quit my job and move to California to be closer to family and find a job here.  I am living with my sister and her husband and it has been fabulous so far.  I'm lucky to have such wonderful and supportive family members.  I gave work three weeks notice and packed up my stuff, said goodbye and drove out the beginning of May.  Got here and then went with my parents and Jennifer to two wonderful weeks of Kauai!  Such a wonderful time...I miss the tropical paradise!  Now I am back and looking for work, so if anyone has any connections in the San Jose area, or even in the Petaluma area, feel free to pass it along!!

One of my Favorite Scenes

The First Time I...

Day 28

The First Time I… Write a post about the first time you did something. What is it? What was it like? What did you learn from it?


I remember the first time I put on an insulin pump.  Someone from Medtronic came to my house to train me on it.  We were in the family room at my parent's house on the couch.  I was a little bit shaky since it was something very new for me to try out.  She told me to check my blood sugar because she had just been with a client who was shaky and they thought it was because she was nervous, but it was because she was low!  I wasn't low, so we went ahead and put it in.  It felt weird having something on my stomach.  Funny thing is that now it feels weird if I'm not wearing it.  It was a whole new experience for me since I had just been taking shots for years.  It was exciting to be able to go out to eat and not have to freak anyone out by taking a shot...all I had to do was press a couple buttons.  It was wonderful!  

Challenges and Victories

Day 27

5 Challenges; 5 Small Victories. Make a list of the 5 most difficult parts of your health focus. Make another top 5 list for the little, good things (small victories) that keep you going.


Challenges:
1.  Carb Counting
2.  Health Insurance
3.  Keeping bloodsugars where they ought to be
4.  Not feeling well when High or Low
5.  Exercising


Victories:
1.  Good A1C levels
2.  Awesome doctors
3.  Friends
4.  Family
5.  The Gospel

Health tagline

Day 26

Health tagline. Give yourself, your blog, your condition, or some aspect of your health a tagline. Make sure it’s catchy!


"Diabetics:  Naturally sweet."


I think that is the best that I am going to come up with.  

Third Person Post

Day 25

Third person post. Write about a memory you have but describe it using the third person. Use as many sensory images (sights, sounds, textures, etc) as you can. Don’t use “I” or “me” unless you include dialogue.


Allison was on her way to work one day and she needed to stop off in Orem to drop off some surveys at the data entry place.  As soon as she pulled into the parking lot her pump started to vibrate...she wasn't sure what it was alarming for because she wasn't wearing her sensor. Then she checked it out...she didn't have any insulin left.  Allison had forgotten that the night before just before she went to bed, her pump alarmed that her insulin was low.  She had figured that she would take care of that in the morning, but had completely forgotten.  She had to text her boss and let him know that she was going to be late and turned around to go home.  She changed her set and got to work.  


Not a very exciting story, but I figured that shows how annoying forgetting something as easy as an alarm can be!