A Good Tired

Today started out beautiful and warm. Mr. Cardinal and his girlfriend were hanging out once again in the backyard. It was just one of those mornings that you knew it was going to be a good day- full energy and life. My kiddos woke up happy for the most part. David slept in later than normal as he has caught a cold and he had a hard time sleeping last night. Jada's numbers were good this morning and she slept well last night.
We spent the morning doing school and then Jeff called. He was working a split shift today and wanted to take us to the restaurant he is training at. So, we picked things up and headed off to eat lunch. Eating out can be difficult- more for me than Jada. She got to eat grilled chicken and broccoli while the others ate pretty much what they wanted. It didn't seem to bother her. Jeff ordered chips and queso as an appetizer- and I cringed. But- she didn't even ask for one chip. Every once in a while, I could see her eyeing them- but never asked. I was really proud of her for abstaining on her own will and not having to be reminded or turned down if she asked. Jeff did end up giving her a couple of chips.
We got home and I took the boys down to the Arkansas river. The city of Tulsa has a trail system that runs along the river and the boys rode their bikes while I tried to keep up with them while walking! The weather was perfect- mid 70's with lots of sunshine.
When I got home, Jeff headed back to work and I was going to get busy and fix dinner. The phone rang and it was our landlord- she was bringing someone over at 7 p.m. to look at the house!! Uh oh. It was 5:30 and I needed a clean house and needed to fix dinner. There was no way both of those things were going to happen. I fed the girls cereal (shouldn't have done that with Jada- she paid with a BG of over 300 at bedtime) and the boys helped me get the house in order. We were ready on time and the girls were even ready for bed by the time they got here!
The house is quiet and I am tired. The kind of tired that you feel after a good day. Jada ran high tonight- but at least I know why this time. We've got a lot of interest in people renting our house and I think we'll have someone to lease this house before we leave. I'm not at all anxious about it. I wish every day could be like this.

Back to Reality

Today was the day that life went back to normal.  Our holiday seemed to extend an extra week because of Jeff taking vacation time.  We are even more "normal" than before Christmas, because we are homeschooling the boys again.  I think I mentioned in my last post that I was very happy to be homeschooling again.  I think I'll reiterate that----it's so good to have them at home.

Jada's blood sugar is back from it's vacation as well!! Why couldn't it just stay away! :)  She had her "moments" over the holidays with a couple of pretty high readings, but the last two days have left me shaking my head.  Yesterday at lunch she was over 400 (it's been a looooong time since we've had one that high)- dosed her appropriately and an hour later she was at 72 and falling fast--she was shaking, crying and said she had a tummy ache.  The rest of the day was spent trying to keep her numbers up.

Today, she woke up somewhat high (170) for a morning reading.  At lunch she was 125- she didn't need a shot (she had less than 12 grams of carbs).  I was thinking that what she had would be good enough to get her through a nap and wake up to having a good treat at snack time. She was 286!!!  A glass of milk has never shot her that high before!  We ate dinner late tonight- not until 6:30. She had only dropped to 274- so she was completely carb free at dinner.  I don't like giving her a shot this late (she goes to bed between 7:30 and 8:00) because then she is usually too low before bed time.  I probably should have given her a shot in hindsight but oh well.  Then at bedtime- she was at  263 after a very warm bath which often helps to bring her down.  Sooo- no snack for her tonight.  I felt bad, because she begged for a glass of milk, but she settled for a drink of water instead.  It's now 11:35 and I just checked her- she's only dropped to 256.  I don't get it.  I'm really wishing I had given her a shot at dinner.  She's had a cold for the last week- could this contribute? I don't want to complain.... but this just gets so tiring.....