Excitement overload! (Again!)

GUYS GUYS GUYS I GOT A RED PANDA TODAY
FROM TELUS
BECAUSE THEY'RE AWESOME AND THEY RESPECT THE FACT THAT I LOVE RED PANDAS
IT'S FREAKING ADORABLE! AND FUZZY!

AND I FINISHED ONE SOCK
AND IT'S THE MOST BEAUTIFULEST THING I HAVE EVER SEEN
AND IT FITS PERFECTLY

AND MY BEDROOM CLOSET IS CLEAN
AS IN YOU CAN ACTUALLY SEE THE FLOOR AND IT'S ALL ORGANIZED

AND I HAD A WONDERFUL CHRISTMAS I HOPE YOU ALL DID TOO

AND I MADE $120 TODAY

AND I SAW THE NEW DOCTOR WHO (FINALLY) YESTERDAY AND IT WAS REALLY CONFUSING

AND I WAS GOING TO POST THIS FROM THE IPAD BUT THE IPAD DIDN'T LIKE THAT

I'M JUST GOING TO SIT HERE AND QUIETLY EXPLODE

I LOVE YOU ALL

Merry Christmas!

Merry Christmas everyone! (And I'll also be politically correct and say Happy Holidays as well!)

I'll be busy for the next while with Christmas-y things, so don't expect any posts until at LEAST the 27th. Unless I find myself with excess time between now and then. ;)

With all the crazy Christmas goodies, here's to hoping numbers stay on track!

BE HAPPY ('Cause this time of year, that's the only REAL feeling.) :)

The sweetest thing.

With Christmas spirit all around us, happiness in the air and people thinking of others, I want to share here a few things that have meant the most to me.

The first I received two years ago by way of my Grade 8 teacher (a.k.a. the best teacher I've ever had). Maybe it looks like just a paper doll, (originally it came with candy, but that's long gone) but it's so much MORE. It's the extra research she put in to find the Guiding uniform (and sure, that's a Girl Scout uniform, but still. =D), and the compliment that helped me to hold my head up high on the worst days. That little white box on the doll's hip? That [represents] my insulin pump. And that says 'BRAVE' on it. And that helped me to keep the tears behind my eyes when all they wanted to do was fall out.

So, Mme. A, I don't know if you still read this, but I haven't forgotten. Thank you. :)


And the second was given to me today, indirectly, by my little Spark buddy. (The spark buddy that I sat with for an hour at camp.)
When the other sparks leader emailed me and said there was a card left for me at the meeting place, I expected a card - maybe hand-coloured - with a signature, stuffed into an envelope. So I was pleasantly surprised when I found this:

And inside? A fancy, personal photo-card with a handwritten message that made me almost tear up:

Merry christmas [my name, spelled right :)] Giggles (that's my guiding alias)

I miss you

Love [little spark buddy]

 

Written in adorable little-kid writing and spelling, and so special and heartwarming. I just can't even. I want to take it everywhere with me. 

It certainly fixed my mediocre day. :)

 

It's almost funny how it's the smallest, seemingly most insignificant things that you plan to keep for as long as humanly possible.





'Twas in a dark and quiet theater...

So, I went to see the Hobbit on Friday.

It was awesome. *forces self not to flail* And that's all I'll say here, 'cause as far as I know there's still some of you out there that think I'm sane. Maybe. Fingers crossed.

I discovered, while I was at this awesome movie, that diabetes can be really hard to deal with at the movie theater. It's hard to check your blood sugar because it's dark and you only have your lap, you don't know the carbs or the amount you're going to eat of the food, you have to choose the time to bolus wisely so you don't disturb anybody, you have to change all your sound setups to vibrate so they don't go off like a cellphone, and if you're low or high it makes it harder to enjoy the movie.

I found myself really jealous of my friends, just eating candy and popcorn and not mentally having to keep track of everything. They didn't have to worry about hiding their pump's light, keeping blood sugars in check with all the crazy food, and they could just sit back and enjoy THE BEST MOVIE I'VE EVER SEEN. Whoa, whoa, chill. Remember? No flails.

Pancreas jokin' and fandom flailin'.

There was a pancreas joke on the Big Bang Theory last night.

And it made me really happy, 'cause who ever jokes about pancrei? Even in REPO (the genetic opera), they never harvested a pancreas. That lonely, forgotten little organ that's actually really hard to live without.

But to hear about it on TV; 'The pancreas wants what the pancreas wants!'

Made me very happy.

There was also a trailer for the Hobbit during that show, so suffice it to say that with all this I may have flailed myself to death if I'd been alone.

Conclusion 1: It's more fun to watch TV by yourself or with understanding friends.
Conclusion 2: I GET TO SEE THE HOBBIT IN 15 HOURS AND I'M SO EXCITED THAT IT'S NOT EVEN REAL. THE HOBBIT. WHICH I'VE BEEN WAITING FOR FOR MONTHS. AND WE WILL FINALLY SEE IT TONIGHT. WHAT.

And Z sent me the MOST AMAZINGEST POSTER!!! AND IT'S AWESOME!!! ICAN'TEVENTAKEALLTHISANYMORE!!!

Guess what?

The post 100 actually is post 100.

There was a draft.

So the post that I thought was 100 was actually 99.

Funny.

Today, my site fell out. (Yes, fell. Because it didn't really rip, it just kinda...well...fell.)
And I didn't have a spare.

So thanks, Mum, for bailing me out of that mess. :)

And that week in January, before we go back to school, that was completely empty?

Is now almost full.
Which is awesome because it's full of awesome things.

Like a Sherlock marathon with C.
And a Les Miserables viewing (!!!).
And a Wreck-it Ralph viewing with my little bro. (I LOVE that movie.)
And spending time with one of my favourite little Sparks!!! (I'm actually most excited for this one!!!)

Oh, and the gym teacher threatened to throw volleyballs at our heads today if we didn't get out of his gym. SO glad that I don't have to put up with regular gym. :)

100!

The last post was post number 100!

I had huge plans for post 100!

Goodbye, huge plans.

Celebrate this awesome number.

Let's worship it.

Well, that's all.



 

OHNOIT'SBEENWAYTOOLONG!!!

MY SINCEREST APOLOGIES!

November finished, and then it was like "Oh, December! Christmas! Busy! No time! Wild mind! Forgetting to post here!" My bad. I still love you all. (Except those of you who leave me almost all alone at lunch. XD).

Well, I learned many things today.

• I read a rumour (an official rumour?) that my favourite artist is going to be working on a new album!!! Yay!!!
• I have no one to flail with about Les Mis, but I'll flail all by myself 'cause it's going to be EPIC.
• Presentations in English class are boring.
• It's almost Christmas!
• I haven't had a Netflix series running for more than two weeks.
• Z hasn't emailed me for, like, ever. (At LEAST a week.)
• Knowing that I'm going to get to hang out with awesome little kids make me happy.
• Internauts are funny.
• Applying for a song license is detailed.
• My new 'Keep Calm and Sing Me Soft Kitty' shirt rocks.
• I'm SUPER EXCITED for EVERYTHING.
• Four days, 1 hour, 30 minutes.
• FOUR DAYS, 1 HOUR, 30 MINUTES.
• THE HOBBIT IS IN FOUR DAYS, 1 HOUR, 30 MINUTES.
• *flails* *dies*

FREE STUFF AND RAINBOWS!

I GOT FREE STUFF FROM THE CDA!!!!!

I AM SO EXCITED IT'S NOT EVEN FUNNY!!!!!

I LOVE COOL FREE DIABETES STUFF!!!!!

Dudes, I got all of the following: (and I shall try not to flail or use too many !!!!s)

-A frio taco (sorry, burrito) insulin wallet; it's blue and perfect and AWESOME!
-Dan-D-Pak Rice crackers (yum)
-4 Dex-4 one-use pouches
-a (PURPLE!) dex4 keychain pouch (can never, ever have enough of these :) )
-a teeny tiny Lenny Lion (I think he's the Medtronic mascot)
-and a CDA tote that matches my camp shirt!

SO EXCITING!!! (YES IT DOES NOT TAKE MUCH TO EXCITE ME!!! DUDES YOU SHOULD SEE THE LION HE'S ADORABLE!!!!!!!!)

And there is a button on my moviemaker program that makes things RAINBOW!!! AND IT'S SO COOL!!!

And today was my first day that I didn't have to wear blue, so what colour did I end up wearing? Blue.