Sweet!

I did something today that I haven't done before: I passed the one-hour glucose test. With E & O, I failed the one-hour test and had to go in for the three-hour test, which I passed both times. Things have changed in the way my OB does the test, and the long and short of it is that the three-hour test is no longer convenient time-wise. (Okay, it was never convenient..) So, I decided to do everything I could to pass the test, without trying the "cheat" the test, per se. Seriously, if you have gestational diabetes, you have it. And you should know about it.

I talked to my friends who are insulin dependent diabetics, and they advised me on a good diet for the day. I ate, but I didn't eat the junk I usually eat, nor the amount. My reasoning was that once I ingested the glucose, either my body would do what it was supposed to or it wouldn't, but I didn't want to clutter that up with whatever else I had eaten that day.

So, here's what I ate (just in case I need to do this again someday):

Breakfast

• Chicken bagel from Chick-Fil-A

Snack before lunch

• Diet Dr. Pepper

Lunch (from school cafeteria)

• Salad with cheese and ham, Italian dressing
• Raw veggies
• White milk

And, I drank lots and lots of water all day long.  That got through to my 3:30 appointment, after which I pigged out.  :)

Cheers.

February 2013 Debt Update

Elsie woke up this morning, and the first words out of her mouth were, "Yay!  It's FEBRUARY!!"  And here we are!  The beginning of a new month. We're halfway through our fourth debt thermometer (of five and a half-ish) and things are looking up!

Fourth 10K Chunk, started 9/24/13

Fundraising Thermometer

I must start by saying, though, that I'm happy it's finally February because January was a bust all around.  Even Eli will tell you this.  We ate out too much, we (I) spent too much, we didn't save what we wanted or planned, we only put a smidge extra into paying off students loans.  It was bad.  And it's over now.  A new beginning awaits.

We've been adding up what kind of extra income we will be getting between now and December 31 (the [semi-realistic] goal for debt-free!), between Army work and training and all my extra work.  I'm somewhere like 26 weeks into this growing a baby thing, and have I mentioned that I'm a workaholic??  I'm looking to the summer and how crippled I will be by not having the time or situation to work all my favorite summer extras, like writing camp and strategy games club, and the only thing I can say is Thank You, Lord, for giving me this wonderful reason to slow down and actually enjoy my shortened summer.  You know, if I even remember any of it between sleep deprivation--I almost forget what that's like--and how it will go by in the blink of an eye.

This month, I will be able to add just a drop more income into the bucket.  I have been asked by the Alabama Learning Exchange technology people to facilitate a training for teachers called the PC Podcast Camp.  I attended the camp as a participant in October, and I must have just been a natural, because by the end of the year they asked me to come be the trainer.  The training is down on the beach, near the in-laws and favorite friends, so my only expenses that I foresee (after I bum some sleeping arrangements) will be gas to get there and back.  I guess I could stay in the hotel, but remember we're trying pay off our debts this year, so a little hassle will go a long way.  The whole experience is paid-for, so I will deduct the gasoline from the stipend and put the rest toward student loans.  It won't be a ton, but it will be something!

So, February is looking up.

Cheers!