GOOD NEWS.....bad news

Tuesday, September 24, 2013

Today started off wonderfully!  I got up, got out and over to Milford to my doctor's appointment early.  Boy, did I feel good!

Then, she told me, "Your appointment was yesterday."  O M G. I have been saying and saying that my doctor appointment was on Tuesday for quite a while now.  And I knew that it was the 23rd, also. I guess I should have gotten a clue when I wrote my blog last night and wrote the date, but geez.  I have been looking so forward to this doctor appointment for a couple of weeks - I have been hoping to be able to quit taking one of my diabetes medicines.  I have been working on getting my sugar under much better control, and I had high hopes.
The nurse did all the things nurses do, then got her little machine out and took my blood.  Doc came in, and we were talking, then he checked the computer, and throws his arms up in the air, and says "6.2!!!!"  Oh, I cannot tell you how happy I was to hear that!  I needed to get my HbA1c number UNDER 7, and this sure exceeded my wildest dreams.  So, we talked about me quitting that one med, and he agreed Why Not? and see what happens.  I will need to come back in two months, not three, to keep an eye on this, but I'm okay with that.

I then met my friend and former co-worker Kathy for lunch at Cracker Barrel.  It's been a couple of months since we've been able to sit and talk and talk and talk, and that's just what we did.  We had a very pleasant couple of hours!  I had the Momma's French Toast Breakfast with Bacon, and I enjoyed every last bite!  I was even a good girl and did NOT walk through the store after we ate....believe it or not!  While I was there at lunch, I got a text from Ron.  He IS off on Friday!!  Yay!  Runaway weekend, here we come!  I was sure they would wait til the very end of the day to tell him, so I was very pleased to know this good news at lunchtime.

That's two in the good news department - let's hope I get number three at my TOPS meeting tonight!

I came home, got on the pute, got my games all caught up, and just piddled around until time to go to my meeting.  I did manage to get in my 'alternate' workout this afternoon, too.
Time came, and off I went, with my high hopes.  Well, they were soon dashed.  Phooey!  I GAINED according to their scale.  I don't get it.  Musta been a combination of the bigger lunch than usual and the water I drank while at home (a total of four glasses).  It was only a little over a pound, but, still.  Damn.  BUT - I also ended up as 'loser of the month' for the month of September, having lost a total of just over three pounds.  How about that!  I got the little kitty of all the quarters all the gainers had put in all month long. Whoo-hoo!  I sure was surprised.

Home again after the meeting, tonight was the season premieres of the NCISs!!  I was so ready for this season to start...seems like this summer has lasted forever, TV-wise.  Oh, well.

Today gets five stars for food.  I stayed under on my calorie count, and it was all good food, too.  I will give the exercise three stars, because even though I did the workout, I didn't put a whole lot into it (I didn't really want to work up a sweat).  Today was a very good day.