NaBloPoMo Fizzle

I had intended to do NaBloPoMo (National Blog Writing Month), but realized that there were days I was posting rubbish just to make sure I posted. If you haven't noticed, I took a break from my blog and purposely didn't post because of this.

I had to take a step back and think, "Why do I write this blog? What is my purpose? Is it to post every day?" I write this blog as a way to share my life with Type 2 diabetes. I don't write it to impress anyone with my number of posts.

So that is why I stopped writing. I needed to get back on track with the purpose of this blog. It doesn't bother me that I didn't meet the challenge of NaBloPoMo. It bothered me that I felt pressured to do so.

Prayer

This was the end of one of the prayers we said today at church.

It spoke to me!

Prayer and music calming my heart.

Peppermint tea settling my stomach.

Working on finding that comfort.

Homework Saturday

Yes, this is me today.

This week, I've been dealing with other schoolwork, my daytime job, 

tutoring, my own children, housework...

So today I have a research paper, quiz, and a report on group work participation.

I'm also dealing with an ear ache.

I also have a large family who enjoy doing things on Saturdays.

Like listening to Christmas music while baking cookies.

Like watching Star Wars DVDs.

Guess grad school mama will be heading to the library to at least get my quiz done.

The paper may take me to another quiet location after dinner.

Taking it one step at a time.

(I'm kind of liking this format for today's blog.)

Edited to add: And sometimes illness causes you not to get done what you intended to do.

And you deal with what comes and move on.

World Diabetes Day 2013 #wdd

My wonderfully supportive hubby helped put up my World Diabetes Day flag this morning and took this picture.

World Diabetes Day is approaching!

Thursday is November 14th - World Diabetes Day. In honor of this, I plan to wear blue every day this week.

Yesterday was Veteran's Day, so my outfit of red, white, and blue involved a red shirt, white scarf, and blue socks. (Black pants in case you're wondering.)  Today I am wearing a long sleeve blue shirt, a blue scarf with white birds flying, khaki pants, and blue-gray socks.

I've been doing great with my goal of wearing at least some blue every Friday this year. I don't expect everyone to do this, but I would love it if you could join me in wearing blue every Friday in November (Diabetes Awareness Month) or at least this Thursday (World Diabetes Day).

WEAR BLUE!

It's Not Snow

It's... ummm... opaque rain!

Silent Sunday

Kind of like Wordless Wednesday... Perfect for a grad school mama!