TGIF

This is how downtown Vancouver looked like this morning on my drive to work. I work out of the city so I am not sure how it looks like now.
Out here in “workvile”, it snowed pretty much all morning now it looks like freezing rain. You guessed it…. I am so looking forward to my drive home. I friend who drove in late afternoon from Washington State said it was about 60 degrees over there. She said it was just drizzling and windy in Blain Washington, soon after crossing the boarder it was snow everywhere.

Welcome to the “Great White North” I said to her.

Braking News ----- Downtown Vancouver, BC Place dome collapsed shortly after noon local time today, below are some pictures.


Have a great weekend.

“I see no bravery, in his eyes anymore……”

I have a secret ………….

Spring of 1998 was beautiful, in the Washington DC metropolitan area, the flowers had just started to bloom, and the days were finally longer. Lunchtime was entertaining again, walking through stunning downtown Bethesda often-losing track of time and getting back to work a little late with self promises to be my aware of time tomorrow.

After winter I cannot get enough of the great outdoor, everything looks so new and vivid as if my standard definition television world just got upgraded to a high definition television. I was in love with life itself so, when a co-worker approached me to sign up to play on a softball team they are putting together it sounded like great fun. My then company provided all the uniforms and equipments, I got to pick my jersey number and it even had my last name printed on it just like professional players I see on TV. I also received a sports bag with all the softball goodies I will need, but I was not very interested in what all was in the bag I only noticed the bat.

Montgomery County parks department finally sent us our schedule both for practices and games along with the teams we will be playing. I could hardly wait to get out on the field and run around thinking about it brought me joy. I changed after work on day one of practice, dove and parked strapped my sports bag and walked as the pro looking gal I was onto the field. Now I have never played any team sports unless you count track and field as a team sports nor did I know the first thing about softball.

I took my position as instructed by my new coach, with the funny looking glove I fished out of my bag. Another co-worker at the end of the field throws balls at me that I was to catch in the glove. I manage to catch one before noticing that the ball was not at all “SOFT” as the name of the game had implied, I was now being asked to catch this not at all softball batted at me, which was bearing at me like a weapon.

I just run back behind the fence telling the coach there must be some mistake, I signed up for softball not this, I do not want to get hurt. I have a crippling fear of breaking bones, shhhhhhhh.. don’t tell anyone please

Taking it to the next level – I have a dream………….

All through 2005, I dreamt of better control over my blood glucose and overall health but did the bear minimum. Most of 2006 saw me doing the same till I started literally dreaming a different kind of dream, complications, I wake up in panic from a nightmare where I loss my vision or where my limbs are being hacked up by a very mean lady who keeps singing.

Weeping will not save you
For you had time to learn
But you chose not to do so
Now you ripe what you sow

A song my dad sang to a seven year old me when I brought home a bad report card in tears, - OK I know I have daddy issues but that is a different post. After the fifth nightmare I resolved to take back the control, which eventually lead me to an Insulin Pump “Pumcy”.

My toolbox contains a number of things some of which I use and use well and others I use but not to it’s full potential. Pumcy and my blood glucose meter are the most used items in my toolbox that also holds the beautiful seawall at Stanley Park I love to run the seawall, I love the ever changing scenery, the calm I feel in the mist of a bustling park that attracts an estimated eight million visitors a year.

Then there are the ones I dream of using even as they collect dust, a set of measuring cups and a nifty nutritional scale both to aid in accurately counting carbohydrate to help tighten my overall control. Last but not least is the all important bathroom scale to help attain and maintain a healthy BMI.

I have a dream that by the end of 2007 I will be using all the tools available to me in my toolbox and will have learnt to use Pumcy and the insulin contain in it to their full potential.

Happy New Year!

To all a healthy and happy 2007