Birthday

Hello. Well it's my Birthday today. I'm 48 years old. Just two years away from 50. I usually celebrate it over at my parent home, but due to my mother having surgery we're not doing it. Thats OK.
So, I will be home all day, not working. I have slept in late and i plan on being lazy all day. I might watch some movies today, who knows?
Then again I might just end up doing some much needed housework. I've already heard from some friends both yesterday and this morning. I wonder if my brother will remember it. He usually doesn't.
Nothing else to report. Have a great day!

Insomnia

Well, it's exactly 4:26am and I have been up most of the night. Up and down. I think I have the flu. I'm going to the doctor later on this morning. One minute I'm freezing cold then the next I'm sweating hot. My Dad thinks I have the flu also.
So, I decided to go on and get up for the day. And what better to do is to blog. I have been plagued with insomnia all of my life. I'll just go through little spurts where I don't sleep. I think the longest time has been 36 straight hours of no sleep. I have tried all of the remedies. But no luck. So when it hits me I just have to ride it through.
I'm not sleeping tonight because I'm sick, but most times nothing is wrong with me.
What else is going on....
I've been volunteering a lot lately. Trying to stay busy when you don't work is a chore sometimes. There's only so much you can do.
I've really gotten into painting. I do water colors and oil painting on canvas a lot. I look through magazines to get new ideas to paint. I'm also drawing with pencils. I'm not good by any means, but it's fun to dabble.
I also have been taking some moonlight pictures with my new camera. If I can just figure out how to transfer them to my computer, I would be happy. Yep, I'm one of those morons that don't know those things. I'm sure it's simple to do. I just have to figure it out.
I'm still on my Nutri System diet. It's going slow because I think I have platowed. [sp?] I can tell you one thing. It was much easier losing weight before I was a diabetic. Most of the medications I'm on makes me gain weight so it's a constant struggle.
I'm keeping in touch with my family more now. It's sad. We all live in the same city, but we usually don't keep in tough with each other or even see each other often. That was one of my New Years resolutions, to stay in contact with my family.
It's so funny, now when I call my brother he's like "uh, ok thanks for calling." That's one relationship that could improve.
I keep seeing my neighbors with new puppies. SOmetimes it makes me want to get one, but then I think of how much you would have to do to maintain that puppy.
I have enjoyed so much just coming home and not having to worry about taking care of a pet.
Now It's 4:45am and i'm still awake.
Better get a shower and eat something so I can be semi fresh for the doctor.

Wednesday

Well, now it's the new year. You know sometimes I have to really think hard about what to blog about. Nothing new has been going on with me. Still volunteering, still going to doctors appointments and still going to the gym. It's funny, it's about doubled with the amount of people at the gym. I guess theres been a lot of new years resolutions of getting into shape. I wonder how many people will keep it up after a few months. Keeping in shape is hard. But well worth it.
Something funny has been happening where I live. We have numerous cats roaming around the property and every now and then I'll find a dead mouse lying around. I have found three in the past 4 months. So I guess it's good that these cats are keeping the rat population down. Thats just gross any way you look at it.
I found out last month that I have to have eye surgery again. This time it's gonna be laser surgery. I'm not looking forward to it. My eyesight at night is less that desirable. The membrain  behind the lens in my eyes has scar tissue around it and thats why it's like looking through wax paper at night. I don't know when I'll have this done. My eye doctor wants it done by this month, but I think I can get by with it as is for awhile.
What else....I think thats about all. I hope everyone will have a good and prosperous year this year.
More later...

The Holidays

Whew!!! You never realize how busy Christmas can be. I have not blogged in over two weeks time. My families Christmas went off without a hitch. On Christmas morning we woke to a big breakfast then had our Santa Claus. We didn't get to go over to my sisters house due to bad weather. That was a little  disappointing, but I guess we had already had a full day.
One more holiday left, New Years. Me I'm going to be celebrating alone as usual. I've bought a nice bottle of wine to drink. My blood sugar will go up, but it's just once a year.
Then it's back to the old grind. I hope this new year will bring good surprises. Of course one of my goals is to completely get off of insulin. That means I need to loose all of my weight. I can do it. Just a little hard work.
I'm watching my favorite show, MASH. So, I hope everyone has a safe New Years. Talk to you soon.

Monday

We had some commotion over here tonight. A fire department came with paramedics and the police. I waited til it all died down when I went over to my neighbors to find out what went on. He usually keeps his curtains open in his front window so he sees just everything that goes on around here. He said that our neighborhood "crazy" woman was in some sort of trouble. I've blogged about her before. She's the one who calls the police on some people because she thinks their stealing her cat. She also starts screaming at the top of her lungs across the parking lot late at night.
Anyway, apparently the paramedics took her away tonight. I hope she's getting help with whatever her problem is. Whats really scary is that you don't know what this woman will do next. I wonder if she has a gun. She's really off her rocker.
I guess every neighborhood has that one neighbor around that everyone avoids. Their everywhere. These are the type of people that you make sure your doors are locked.
Even if she's not "right," I hope nothing serious is wrong. I always feel bad talking about other people. Sometimes it's just necessary.

Friday

I can't believe that tomorrow will be December 1st. It's been awhile since I blogged last. I guess you get so busy with your life that blogging everyday just isn't in the cards. I had a really good doctors visit yesterday.
My A1C was 7.9. My blood pressure was 120/84. My chloresteral was 110. And as of yesterday I have lost 33 pounds. So I was happy.
Diabetes is so hard to manage. I mean you literally have to watch everything you put in your mouth. Plus worrying about how much exercise you get, sleep and your overall well being.
Just loosing that much weight is a milestone. Being on insulin makes it harder to loose weight. My goal is to loose enough weight so I don't have to inject anymore. I would love just to take oral medications.
So I figured it out. I would have to loose just about 90 pounds in order not to inject anymore. Maybe it would be less than that, I don't know.
But regardless, I'll have to loose a lot more.
I have been sleeping well so far. No more insomnia. Well at least not right now. I always seem to have periods in time where I don't sleep. It's always been like that. As far as I can remember.
So, all in all my health is OK for now.

Friday

Well, well, well. This neighbor of mine has finally flown the coop. She called the police on another neighbor for feeding her cat. I know that doesn't make much sense. But here it is. She's a person who is renting her condo who has all of these pets. She has two cats that just roam around the complex [which I might add is not allowed] and she has a couple of dogs which she just lets loose to do their business. They are never on a leash. Which living here you have to have your dogs on a leash at all times.
Anyway, she's had a "tough time" lately supposively. She's a self proclaimed recovering alcoholic. She's been going around to different neighbors asking for beer and asking for depression medication. [ which is illegal] Anyway, she has these two cats which are always looking for food.
My next door neighbors started taking in one of the cats and feeding him.
In one of her fits, this woman called the police after the neighbors feeding her cat. She not only did that, she filed a complaint with the police office too. So everyone are walking on egg shells here because we don't know what she's going to do next.
She even yelled at me one day. I was enjoying my coffee out on my patio one morning and she was yelling at some guy out in the parking lot. She turned around and yelled "what the hell are you looking at" to me. She then started walking towards me and I hightailed it in my house. I thought she was going to beat me up or something.
So, what do we do? File a complaint with the management? WHo knows?