Something To Be Thankful For
Hi there, and I hope that those who celebrate a holiday tomorrow are not too frantic ;). I have applesauce, caramel, and four pies to make/bake today. ![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
callicrates and I will hopefully be attending orphan Thanksgiving with a local friend, especially since our downstairs is still effectively cut in half by a plastic curtain for the renovations to the house. The hopeful part is that Andy's vertigo will be tolerable.
Yesterday I went to the Doctor about my back, and he noted that it was time for my regular blood draws. Last time my A1C (a measure of blood sugar for about three months) was 6.2, and I did not think I was going to sustain it, since it's darn close to normal*. To my pleasant surprise, this time around it was 6.1, and is what the subject line on this post is alluding to. All of my other non-kidney bloodwork was dead average. Kidney stuff was not, but it's at least steady without any unexpected spikes or lows.
This is going to be an interesting year December holiday-wise. I'm one of those people who will not decorate until the day after Thanksgiving, and even that is not always the case -- there are some years I've not done any outside decorations at all. This year, because of my boot I cannot climb the ladder, so there might not be any outdoor lights, depending on if Andy's vertigo keeps acting up. We are planning on getting a small tree for its scent, and putting up the blue spruce artificial tree that Mom got for us last year. That won't happen until the partition is down, though, since the tree is on the wrong side of it.
Happy Turkey Day to those in the U.S. who celebrate it tomorrow. To anyone who doesn't, may the rest of your week be pleasant.
* People without diabetes usually fall between 5.4 and 5.7. Diabetics aim for 7.0, and my Endocrinologist doesn't want mine to get too low since that often means I'm having low blood sugar episodes.
callicrates and I will hopefully be attending orphan Thanksgiving with a local friend, especially since our downstairs is still effectively cut in half by a plastic curtain for the renovations to the house. The hopeful part is that Andy's vertigo will be tolerable.Yesterday I went to the Doctor about my back, and he noted that it was time for my regular blood draws. Last time my A1C (a measure of blood sugar for about three months) was 6.2, and I did not think I was going to sustain it, since it's darn close to normal*. To my pleasant surprise, this time around it was 6.1, and is what the subject line on this post is alluding to. All of my other non-kidney bloodwork was dead average. Kidney stuff was not, but it's at least steady without any unexpected spikes or lows.
This is going to be an interesting year December holiday-wise. I'm one of those people who will not decorate until the day after Thanksgiving, and even that is not always the case -- there are some years I've not done any outside decorations at all. This year, because of my boot I cannot climb the ladder, so there might not be any outdoor lights, depending on if Andy's vertigo keeps acting up. We are planning on getting a small tree for its scent, and putting up the blue spruce artificial tree that Mom got for us last year. That won't happen until the partition is down, though, since the tree is on the wrong side of it.
Happy Turkey Day to those in the U.S. who celebrate it tomorrow. To anyone who doesn't, may the rest of your week be pleasant.
* People without diabetes usually fall between 5.4 and 5.7. Diabetics aim for 7.0, and my Endocrinologist doesn't want mine to get too low since that often means I'm having low blood sugar episodes.