marcusgrimm's blog

Hehe... boy golly, have we gotten old.

Via Marcy, we learn that those who buy 3 pairs of sneakers per year are more likely to be leaders. Given my habit of running shoe consumption, I reckon I should have enough "leadership" in me to pilot a small third-world nation, at the very least.

And yet - I have to scream to get the kids to the table for supper. Clearly, something is amiss with the data.

Truth is, I don't really *love* NY. Frankly, it's too much of too much for my taste. And on this particular trip, which included a cabbie that didn't know where Ground Zero was (????) and a botched hotel reservation, I really got my fill of the city mighty quick this time.

.. .calling the jury line three days in a row and never once having to report.

God bless our clogged legal system. :)

In other news, I've had a good week of running - 4 days in a row. Tomorrow's an off-day and Saturday's a big 15.

Monday, I go up to NYC - hopefully will get to prance about the Village.

In other news, I'm within 24 hours of getting the last contractor out of my house.

All of which goes to say, the light at the end of the tunnel is oh so very close.

In the past month:

So, the basement is finished. That contractor was awesome.

A dishwasher was replaced. The replacement had a dent, so that required a second visit. Thanks, Sears.

Furniture was delivered. Instead of a couch and a love-seat, they delivered two love-seats. Another apology. Another re-delivery.

Like the King of Rock-n-Roll, April's gone. Let's do a recap:

• 147.8 miles of running. My second best month to date and only two schedules days of running missed.
• A difficult half marathon, but a hard-fought one.
• Long runs up to 14 miles.
• The best parts? A good 40% more mileage than last April, when I was finishing training for a triathlon.

Heading into May, here are the goals:

Just three days after Jamie warned me I'd be getting a new meter from Medtronic, mine showed up. Kudos for Medtronic for not making me wait, since I'm still not over the Global Heroes mess.

Sorry to hear about the thyroid, Jerry - definitely keep an eye on it. To me, it's a bigger pain than diabetes, simply because it takes longer to fine-tune.

Thanks for the comments re: my A1C's. It's that nice run of them will likely keep me off CGM for the foreseeable future - 50% because I'm not sure what benefit I'd gain and 50% because no insurance company will believe I can benefit enough to warrant the expense.

Note: This is somewhat of an obligatory post. I suspect some diabetics ignore this blog because I so rarely write about my diabetes. To do so - IMO - would be akin to writing about shaving: it's a necessary evil and one that needs to be approached with caution, concern and care, but otherwise, I've got more fun things to talk about.

Today diabetics blog-wide are "raising their voices" for Type 1 Diabetes. For lots of great posts, just visit Kerri. On this blog, though, we'll continue my own personal war with the Medtronic Global Heroes program.

Over at InsulinFactor - a group I read but don't often post to, there have been a lot of cool posts about the program, so I thought I'd share some of them here.