I Saved a Turtle.

Saturday we got an early storm. It rolled through around 7 am and dropped over 1.5 inches at my house alone. The town flooded and we needed the rain. The day was nice. I brought burritos late to Yvette’s and we enjoyed. I brought her daughter a doctor pepper to her sorority rush. Later I ran errands and eventually returned to Yvette’s house. We went on a search for silky pajamas. The rush was having a pajama movie night. She ended up just going as herself in t-shirt and shorts. Good for her. They both came over for tacos later that evening. Tacos and Queso. It was a good day.

The girl made it through her rush and was picked to be in a sorority. I was so proud of her confidence. She did something outside her comfort zone and was a success. Big deal for her.

Sunday I switched out my pump controls. It seemed they had a recall on my old one. At first I had some calibration issues and also I was using it wrong because I was accustomed to how the old one worked. Which means it really wasn’t working the way it should and the new one was. So I had a major low. Monday more of the same. Once I leveled out I was coasting within my range. By Wednesday I was within my range at 89%. That’s amazing. The old one I was struggling to be at 34%. So the last few months I’d been thinking something was wrong with me but it was a failed device. I almost wanted to switch back to manual injections because of the work I had to do with my pump, which was suppose to make life easy. The whole damn fucking time it was the failed device. My god, I felt better in 3 days. I wasn’t as lethargic. I had more energy. I felt good. It was great. how long was that other device fucked? Most the summer if not all of it. Pretty major screw up. I rely on that thing to survive.

The week also marked the first week I was to train our new employee. I like the guy and once he figures things out he will be a good fit. He has such a Forrest Gump Alabama accent. This will be the 4th person that I have trained. Crazy.

I watched Once Upon a Time in Mexico. It came out 20 years ago. I saw it in theater. It was great at the time and great now. I can’t believe that was 20 years ago and I was only 22. I felt so old. The movie stands up and brought me back to the years all my guy friends would pile into a movie theater. Those days before you could buy booze in a theater we would sneak little air plane bottle in. Such a blast.

Thursday was Physical Therapy and another football game. PT kicked my ass. I could have slept afterwards. I was given stretches to do in the morning and again the the evening. They want to see me once a week for 6 months. I’m really hoping it doesn’t take that long. I really feel optimistic. It was a good thing I went because they found more issues with my back than I thought I had.

Another football game, another blowout. What a first two games to attend. I asked her son if they were ever planning on letting the other team score. I was very happy for him. It’s fun going. Much more fun than I ever would have thought. I like spending time with her mom and dad as well. These games also make me realize how badly I need my eyes checked. Lord. I thought he was 22 the first part of the game. I swear it was the way his uniform fits him. Palm to face.

Overall this was such a damn good week. I felt so energized and I regained some mobility. I’m so happy to be addressing some of my problems finally. Let’s hope things remain positive. It was even pointed out to me that I seemed in a different place than I had been for a while. Yay me!!

Cheers and happy Friday!!!

Jalapeño.

Spicy chicken thigh bowl. Pretty much what we had on Friday without the shrimp.