OMG

Sure enough, my blood sugar levels this morning were over 180 due to me drinking that crystal light all day yesterday. So, I have to drink a lot of water today.
Also, a few days ago I pulled some muscles in my lower back lifting up my dryer. Last night I went to the gym to try to stretch out my back. I tried walking on the treadmill and riding the bike. No luck.
SO naturally this morning when I woke up just moving in my bed aggravated my back to sheer pain. Just moving around this morning has made pain shoot straight down my back into my legs.
I think going to the gym was a bad idea. Obviously.
Now I will have to nurse it for awhile. That means when I do go back to the gym, I'll have to work even harder to get back where I was.
Even though I'm not up to par this morning, I am bound and determined to have a good day.
And I hope everyone has a good weekend.

Diabetes

I swear, those of you who don't have diabetes wouldn't understand how much of a pain it is sometimes. I don't mean to complain, but sometimes it just sucks. An example is this. I went to the store and got a new brand of crystal light. This powdered drink is usually sugar free. So I bought some. It is a green tea that has peaches and melon flavor in it. So I drank like three glasses of it last night and my blood sugar reading this morning was 166. I have high sugar levels sometimes so I didn't really think about it.
I keep drinking it all day today. Dad called and asked why it was so high this morning. [ I call him each morning with my levels ]
Anyway, I then looked on the bottle and sure enough it has 40 calaries per 8oz with 5 grams of sugar. I have drunk at least 1/2 of gallon of this stuff all day so now I'm sure my levels are gonna be high tomorrow morning.
Even low fat yogurt has 80 cal. with 2 grams of sugar. Cottage cheese [1/2 cup ] has100 cal. and 3 grams of sugar. These are two "powerfuels" that I eat everyday.
To have a healthy maintenance of your blood sugar, you have to literally watch everything you put in your mouth. Sometimes it's easy, but other times it's a drag. And it's really hard when I go out to eat to make smart choices.
I've been diagnosed since November of 2009. I keep learning everyday about how to eat and what to eat. I just wish I could take a vacation sometime from eating the right things all the time. But I do have to say that I like to go to the doctor when I know I have controlled my blood sugar levels.

Tuesday

Well the news has forecasted that we won't be getting the amount of rainfall and winds that they earlier predicted. Thank goodness. But those poor souls in New Orleans are gonna be hammered by Hurricane Isaac. Tomorrow marks the 7th. anniversary of Hurricane Katrina. Remember that one? 1,800 people died in that storm. I hope the new levees that they have built will protect the city.
But a lot of people have taken sense of the warnings this time around and have evacuated. We sure don't need a whole town full of folks staying around for another hurricane.
The news did a segment on the animal shelters transporting dogs and cats to area shelter here in town. I'm glad they thought of that. Who knows how many animals died the last time. The last time people had to leave their homes and just left their animals at home. Most of them thought that they would be back in a few days, instead of a few months.
But I think we have learned a lot of lessons when it came to Katrina. Hopefully many more lives will be spared this time around.
Well those are just a few thoughts I had and wanted to share. Stay safe everyone.

Little Gestures

You know, when someone says or does something nice to you it just makes your whole day. This morning I had this stranger that I was walking by say "hey pretty lady." Then this afternoon another guy helped me back out of my parking place. He was parked next to me in a SUV. I was having a hard time seeing around it so he got out of his car and motioned me out. I just thought that was so nice.
So today was a good day.
I've been watching the news this afternoon about Hurricane Isaac. They still don't know for sure if it will stay in a westerly route or turn to the east. Regardless, I think we will get some winds and rain. My mother was telling me that the east winds of a hurricane are stronger. SO I don't know.
I just checked my batteries and my weather radio just in case.
Well thats about all my news for the day. Have a good week everyone!

Neill

Neill Armstrong died yesterday at the age of 82/yrs. Fox6 did a story on him. He was born in 1930 and at the age of 20 he was flying jets for the air force. He joined NASA in 1962 and was in space just four years later. After landing on the moon, he stayed at NASA until 1974, where he left and started teaching. While out in public he never agree to an autograph. This was interesting since he was such a popular figure. Since he never got into the public image of his celebrity he was able to walk into the grocery store without being mobbed. He died after a long illness which he was surrounded by family.
Can you just imagine what stories he was able to tell? I would have loved to interview him. They said that he was very "down to earth." A "simple man."
This is one of the reasons why I like older people. They have so much to contribute. Both in history and experience. They've seen so much.
Maybe when I get that age, I'll have a lot to share to others.

Birthdays

My sister's birthday was yesterday. I am so glad that her best friend kidnapped her for a drink last night. I'm so glad that she celebrated it because last year she didn't. Some people don't celebrate their birthdays at all. Like my brother. My brother has never wanted to recognize his birthday. I think thats sad because a birthday is your own special day.
I have always celebrated mine. When I was working , I would always take that day off. Sleep in late and be lazy.
So I think birthdays should be celebrated. If not to spend them with family or friends, to reserve that day for yourself.

I Can't Believe This

Don't you just hate it when someone moves and don't take their pets with them? This has happened in my neck of the woods. These people moved away and left their two kittens behind. I saw them walking around yesterday. They can't be more than a few months old.
I don't want to leave food out for them, cause I'll never get rid of them if I do and plus I don't want to attract any critters around here. So I left water out on my patio. At least they'll be able to have a drink.
I can't stand to see this happen. What goes through peoples minds when they do these things?
Maybe if I had my crate with me I would trap them and take them to a shelter. One of them is very friendly, but the other one won't let you get close to it at all.
You know this is why we have so many stray dogs and cats roaming around. Well I don't know that for sure, but it makes sense.
I just saw on the news the other night that a woman from Mississippi drove to Parrish Alabama in Walker county near Jasper to feed and pick up stray dogs to take them back to her home to the shelters. Apparently there is not a shelter in Parrish. I was really sad because a lot of these dogs had been hit by cars or they were bone thin.
I just wish all people would take care of their pets so we wouldn't have these troubles.