Mood:  happy

Ok, this is my first time ever doing this, so I'm a little nervous...

It's Saturday morning and I woke up with a touch of the cold/flu this morning - my eyes are all puffy but that could also be bc I ate a lot of salty foods yesterday. I'm trying to gain weight bc I'm diabetic and I've been having a lot of trouble with my blood sugars since August so I lost a ton of weight, like 30 lbs. I know that sounds great and I guess in some ways it has been, I certainly get a lot of envious looks from some people, but trust me, being so underweight basically sucks for anything other than attracting envious looks. I've been so tired all the time and so irritable bc I just don't have any energy. Plus I start having weird symptoms like dry, scaly skin and bloating in my stomach when I would eat. It really got me scared and so now I'm on better medication and a new diet/exercise regimen that I hope is going to let me get back to my old self.

So yesterday I picked up a turkey sub and fries from Penn Station (if you guys don't have a Penn Station, you totally need to move to the Midwest - they are beyond yummy!). The night before that I ate a fried chicken salad (more yummy). I think all the salt caused me to retain a little water and so I look puffy, but I'm so glad that I was able to eat without feeling sick all over. I'm going to be good today though and eat stuff that's actually on my diabetic diet bc I don't want a high blood sugar, that'll just ruin the whole point of trying to eat more since I'll end up losing weight if my sugars get too high. Diabetes is a really fun disease!

Now I'm just rambling. I'm gonna put on my walkin shoes here in a bit after I load up my iPod and go for a walk. It's gonna be a beautiful day here in southern Indiana, I think, and I'm going to enjoy it a little before I settle down to work. Oh yeah, and I'm also going to let myself have some time off today and tomorrow, bc I have a helluva busy couple of weeks between now and Thanksgiving break and then final exams to grade after that!