Blood tests and life

 I'm going to keep a few things here to remind Spawn.  She's doing a service mission and sometimes forgets her activities.  Keeping a bit of a record makes sense.

12-18-2023 - Spawn took Chikkin to work and brought her home.  She also made pumpkin muffins almost solo to give to people.

12-19-2023 - Spawn served in the storehouse, as she normally does on Tuesdays.

I'm on vacation, and that's a good thing. Well, kind of.  I'll need to assist for an hour tomorrow and a couple of hours Thursday, but I don't mind.  It's important.

Both Bubbles and I had blood tests yesterday.  The outcomes are no shock. I'm a type II diabetic now, too, which was an inevitable outcome given my weight. It's more incentive to do more of the things we know we should be doing. We both need to get our blood sugar lower, and we can.  We just don't enjoy the process as much as eating whatever we like.

It's odd that I'm so disciplined in so many areas of my life.  I've never been late to work unless it was scheduled time. The one time I thought I'd be late due to a flat tire, I didn't end up late. I am an early to bed and early to rise kind of guy, and I tend to get a walk in every morning.

Food, though, I love it. It's not even sweet stuff.  I don't care much for sugar, but I do care for savory things, and a lot of them. Of course, carbohydrates are just complex sugars, so this doesn't do my blood sugar or weight any good.

If anyone younger ever reads this, I do have some advice I should have followed:  Don't waste your life fat. It restricts movement and makes life less enjoyable overall.  I think I'm the first person in my family to have to confront diabetes, and it's a result of my life choices.  So don't do that. Eat less, move more and enjoy life. 

I'll be taking my own advice on that one.  I still have a few years left, I hope, and I'm going to focus more on making them fun and comfortable.  Doing that should help me live longer, too.  There's too much left to do and explore to waste it on tons of needless calories that'll kill me young.