I hit as low as 50 a few times

A friend of mine who has type 1 diabetes had her blood sugar just crash one time, like 35 or something. The scariest part was that she was married, and her husband -- who called 911 when she collapsed -- wondered if he should have given her an extra insulin shot (he did not give her one, FTR). How do you marry someone and NOT educate yourself on their disease that has the potential to fuck them up hugely??? (Or the potential for YOU to fuck up hugely if you give them insulin when their blood sugar is already 35.) Oh my god. They were at least 3 or 4 years into their relationship when that happened, so it's not like her diabetes was a new revelation to him.

They aren't married anymore, although that's not why. (Or hell, maybe the fact that he didn't give a shit to learn about his wife's medical condition WAS a factor. I mean, seriously. Way to not give a damn about your spouse.)

Wow, yeah, more! insulin would not have helped her.

I only ever had to take insulin when I was pregnant (you can't take oral diabetes meds if you are) and those were the only times I had scary lows. And when you wake up in the middle of the night sweating and shaking and dizzy, it's hard to even test your sugar level, much less take care of it. Insulin-dependent diabetes is no joke.

Timelies all!

In minor injury news, I have once again smacked my hand into an arm rest on the treadmill. I have a visible bump on the back of my hand that is already starting to turn colors. I am so talented...

...some random email...John Cleese...facial expression aficionado

Was it an anti-Botox campaign?

Was it an anti-Botox campaign?

Then it would have been sent by my sister. I had headache Botox, and my doctor promised he'd affect my expressions as little as possible. What I didn't realise, since I could furrow my brow and that's what I lost the first time and hated the most, was that when I raised my eyebrows, only the outsides went up. My sister kept complaining I looked like Jere Burns. So naturally I did it on purpose a lot.

I fell asleep AGAIN when I would normally go swimming, but given how a) I haven't eaten anything today and b) going to retrieve the recycling bin, I wanted to sit down in the basement steps, I'm thinking swimming would have been a bad call, even though everything aches from the sudafed+sleeping all day.

Damn, this hit hard and fast. Usually I'm moderately functional with colds. NSM this one. I'm hoping it means it leaves fast too.

OK, food. I also want a shower but that sounds exhausting too.

I thought that living post-gala would be a breeze, but alas, I'm hit with imminent need for tons of data inputting and still swamped with supervising interns, volunteers, and contractors. And then the facilities manager dropped the bomb that the incompetent candidate for the director (my potential boss) was still strongly in the running. And I think I'm at the point where I'm going to have to tell the ED "him or me". Even as an interim position, he is so unqualified. ED has said countless times how valued I am, and I'm afraid that I'm going to have to put that to the test, if I'm even given a chance. (because I fear that I'm valued as skilled labour, and nothing more, not potential director material. I fear I'm valued as something less than I actually am).

This is frightening. And demoralizing (in anticipation).

I've been here six years. I've weathered four galas without a director. Every year I'm told the place looks better and better. Four years I've been interim director in all but title. The idea of this hack coming in to suck air is intolerable. I'll take a new boss, one who's competent. But as it stands, if I keep on in my unofficial capacity and get the awesome intern on as a full-time assistant, we'll be golden as we search for the right director. I'm terrified that that won't happen.

Fuck, I need to brush up my resume and start looking for new digs. Fuck fuck fuck.

Lots of job~ma, Calli and ita. Sorry. You might check IEEE's jobs website. We offer full-time telecommuting, and AFAIK that goes for IT too.

Zenkitty, the best-suited job I found on the site is in NJ, and I can't find anything about telecommuting. Is there a separate search flag for that? I don't want to give anyone the idea I'd move there without tears and gnashing of teeth. Is telecommuting a standard option for a PM role, or should I not bother?

ita, when Steph was jobhunting, I mentioned flexjobs.com. It specifically screens for jobs that are telecommuting and/or flexible schedules. This site talks about it and has a coupon code. It might be worth looking at and paying for, if only for a month. If nothing else, it will give you an idea of employers liek Xerox and Dell who offer a lot of telecommuting positions.

And the pain is back. Well, gotta let the Lyrica build up. But getting through most of the day with just an ache was pretty good.