Flann | 
02 28th, 2008| 
(This is yesterday’s pic)
Feb
22
Today at borders i wondered when they’d branched out into set care
Feb
20
Most of the time I’m okay with my diabetes. I don’t remember life before it. Even remembering times from when I was 8 or 9, pre-diagnosis, my mind has rewritten the memories to include injections and testing kits, things that were far from my mind in those days. It’s shown me how strong I can be. It’s given me experiences that few others in my life have had. It’s brought me interesting people to meet, our busted pancreases giving us a common ground to start on to discover other things we might have in common. It’s made me part of something larger, yet so small and close. It’s given me new ways to look at and appreciate life. It’s given me a career goal to struggle toward that I might never have considered if not for this disease.
These are the things I try to remember on days like today. Day 2 of a new workout leading to a new me and I had to throw in the towel halfway through, then undo any good I had done in that half workout by eating 4x what I had burned in cookies and candy, desperate to not pass out in my underwear in the locker room.
Days like today, it’s hard to muster up a positive aspect of diabetes.
Feb
19
I’ve started a new fitness program called Couch-2-5k which, essentially, gets my butt from sitting on the couch to running a 5k in just over 2 months. I did day 1 yesterday and I didn’t die! Today I started my strength training routine with BSC’s Xpress Line. Mostly I got my settings on the machines adjusted and went through one rep on each.
So hey, yeah, who would have expected me to be actively working toward running? For fun? No one that knew me in middle school or high school, that’s for sure.
I’m so tired. So, so tired. But it’s a good tired. Unfortunately, it’s also a tired that removes all ability to form sentences.
Too bad I have to study for a microbiology test for Saturday. That’s gonna be fun.
Feb
18
Forgive my awkward pose, it was the only way to get both pieces in the shot
Feb
17
This weekend we did much the same thing we did last Valentines Day Weekend-ish: We saw a friend play the character of Melissa Gardner in “Love Letters.” Last year we saw Amanda and Alan. This year was Carolyn and some guy who looked like Alec Baldwin playing a politician. I thought about turning it into a tradition but quickly squashed that idea because I don’t think I could handle seeing it again and again and again. It’s a very powerful, moving play but damn is it depressing.
Both were quite convincing in their respective roles even though I seriously cannot handle that play.
Before going to the play we spent the day being Bostonites. That is to say we took the subway to two different malls to hit bookstores, Gap, and Banana Republic. I loved every minute of it. We hit Copley/The Pru first for B&N, Gap, and BR. We decided against B&N because the book I needed for bookclub is only in hardcover and we don’t have a B&N rewards card. We hit the Galleria next and each got a book at Borders. Then it was off to Harvard Square where we decided to eat at Bartley’s. I got the Dick Cheney while Nate got … what he always gets, which is a burger with cheddar and tomato.
Today was much less exciting as I just spent it in my pajamas. I have no idea what I’ll even do for the daily photo unless it’s just my butt sitting in my chair.
Tomorrow: a day off! Hooray! This has been the best weekend between waking up Saturday thinking it was Friday and then realizing I in fact did NOT have to get up and could go back to sleep, no class on Saturday, and not having to get up tomorrow.
