sigh

He's home. Such an enormous relief. This exhaustion I feel must be from anxiety. I wish we could look into the future and see us after we've adjusted and all these changes had become normal. When he got to the hospital his blood sugar was at 900. Strangely, he was still walking and coherent.

He has already gotten to the point where he doesn't mind giving himself injections.

help

Everything changes. Yesterday was nothing special and today our lives were picked up, turned over, and pummeled into a new shape. My son, strong and active, went to see the doctor and was sent straight to hospital with blood sugar levels of 900. He was crying when he called to tell me he is diabetic. How could he not be overwhelmed when he knows his father died from complications that came from diabetes? By the time I reached the hospital he had calmed down and begun accepting it. I'm still not there yet. Tomorrow the education begins into insulin and nutrition.

An afternoon that lasted a lifetime.

spring weather

It's 39 degrees this morning yet it's supposed to reach 80 today. The nice rain we had will give everything a boost growing now that the sun will come out with some force.

Of course, I'll be working in an office all day. :(

Amazing!

I have done something incredible tonight...I actually went downstairs deliberately to exercise. I haven't done any formal working out for months so I'm starting slow; 20 minutes on the bike and 15 on basic strength training. It's a good idea frugally because my clothes are starting to wear out so I can either buy new or lose some weight and fit into what I already own.

I also sat down and ran some numbers for my budget. As long as nothing drastic happens in the next two months I'll be able to cash-flow the new roof without disrupting my emergency fund. In August I can get back to snowballing debt. Hooray!

Spinach and lettuce, oh my

The parsley and corriander are very slow, but finally showing promise. Green ice lettuce and spinach are doing fantastic!. Romaine is a bit spotty. I should reseed some of those.

In the main garden, I have no idea if any parsnips are sprouting at all. Since I've read that the seed doesn't last from year to year, I went ahead and put the rest of my seeds into loo roll tubes and will see if anything comes up that way.

Movie reviews

As it is the season of blockbuster summer movies and we can get in at half price if we go to the first showing of the day, this post is a quick look at what we've seen so far.

Terminator Salvation: Very good for those who enjoy lots of dark action and pessimistic future predictions. My son pointed out that the introduction of the Marcus character was oddly abrupt but otherwise he was the focal point of the whole thing. I'd guess we'll be seeing much more of Sam Worthington now.

X-Men Origins: Wolverine: Hugh Jackman, of course, enough said there. After the movie I remembered where I'd seen him and Liev Schreiber before...in a romantic comedy!

Star Trek: Very well done. Coming from a life-long treker, that is praise indeed. Leonard Nimoy has always been my favorite, so a special treat to see him take an active role in the movie. It was good that for many of the characters they chose by acting ability instead of just look-alikes. Only two didn't really measure up to the originals: Winona Ryder as Spock's mother didn't work and Anton Yelchin as Chekov just wasn't right. Of course, since Chekov was a new ensign in the second season of the original show, he shouldn't have been in this movie at all. Sylar as young Spock - brilliant.

Oh no!

There will be no pictures of this. Gray hair. I actually did a double take in the bathroom at work and went back to the mirror to look more closely. Oh the joys of growing old!