Today I woke up to a blanket of snow, no school which means no work for me. A day that in the past meant baking cookies, cupcakes and consuming many cups of cocoa. Today, however, would not be an ordinary snow day. I woke up early. Yes, early on my snow day. This was a good thing though because I slept through the night. Something that has been such a challenge for me. My foot pain generally makes it hard to make it through the night. The last 3 nights, I have slept without waking up. I usually fall asleep around 10:30 and wake up around 6-7:00am. My lessened foot pain is an indicator that my sugars aren't spiking.
I walked downstairs and began my new routine of taking my Synthroid, giving myself my Lantus shot and turned on the Keurig to make coffee. An hour later, I made myself breakfast, took my Humolog insulin and my supplements and did.... nothing. Around 10 am, I began to feel hungry, YES! a snack. Almonds! Carefully counting 6 of them and savoring each one. Lunch came at noon and out came the insulin and my blood testing strips. I had a roasted chicken on Arnold's deli flat bread. It was uneventful to say the least.
My afternoon was very similar to my morning. Boring and waiting for the next "small meal" of my 6 small meals. I know it's good for my metabolism to eat 6 small meals, but I am genuinely hungry. Dinner finally came and again, I'm counting the seconds to eat. Checked my blood, gave my shot. Last one of the day (hooray!) and inhaled my turkey chili without tortilla chips.
The challenge of being snowed in is the sitting around. The waiting for the next meal. There is only so much TV and Facebook one can take. The highlight of the day was walking to the mailbox. I'm looking forward to going back to work tomorrow. I need my job to take my mind off of these awful shots, finger pricks and constantly analyzing my food. Days like today are a blessing in some strange way though, they challenge me to keep on the course to being well again.
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