Yes. The lowest I got was 54 and I felt horrible. Never again! I did wonder what would have happened to me if I was at 54 when I was lost in the wilderness or something. Now I carry food everywhere. Now when I feel "bad," it's more like 75. That doesn't qualify as hypoglycemic, right?

I just ate an absolutely huge sandwich for lunch. An hour later, only 130. So...? Maybe the fat and protein from meat and cheese blunted it. I don't really understand I guess.

I wrote about my slightly off blood sugars a while back. I actually have a doctor's appointment set up, but it's pretty far away still. I've always had what I think of as blood sugar crashes. All the traditional symptoms like getting shaky, sweaty, etc. I just eat a bunch of high-carb food and it goes away after a while. It doesn't happen too much these days because I make sure to eat often enough, and I never eat high-carb food without also having protein and fat in the meal or snack. A few years back I learned that I could just buy a cheap blood sugar meter, so I did. I tested a bit here and there and nothing was very far off. I was able to catch some "lows" when I felt shaky. I never really found any highs greater than 140. Since then, every year or so I get a bee in my bonnet and think, "This just isn't right!" and buy another meter (because I've lost the old one), and test. About a year ago, my fasting sugars were in the 70s, 80s, sometimes low 90s. I just started testing again, and for the past week they've been 100-115, never lower. I don't see super high numbers after eating. Maybe 140-150, for a short time, but it goes down to around 100 within an hour or so. The other day I experimented with eating candy with nothing else. After 40 minutes, my sugar was 224. Ugh! However, it plunged downwards. I'm not sure what to think. Is this possibly a slow developing form of diabetes that will affect me more in a few years? Type 1.5 or something? Maybe I'm overthinking. I'm not overweight, but I don't really exercise except for going for walks. Maybe that could help. This would be a really bad time to get diagnosed with diabetes. My cousin recently passed away from type 1 complications in his 30s. 😞 My mom in particular would freak out.

Spencer's playing is wonderful. I remember being that age and preparing for recitals. My advice would be to pretend that you're performing in front of an audience. You want to sound as good as you can for the audience, so keep practicing! It will be over soon and think about how proud you'll be 🙂

I love this game.

Yes, individuals. I love people's ideas for the group too though. It's always good to have those in your back pocket.

I'm looking for some activities/things to do for kids when they have small amounts of downtime in my classroom. For example, 5 minutes between finishing a math worksheet and going to music class. I have a student who doesn't do well with unstructured time. Actually, I have a couple! The age range is 5-7. Trouble stopping an activity is difficult at the moment, so I'm hoping for some ideas of things that are easy to stop and pick up again later.

I have a Google doc set up with a few categories (it's just a long list with different categories, nothing fancy). My categories are Today, This Week, This Month, and Long-Term.

How about a Google Doc? That way, you can access it online on any device.

Are they local? Do you see them often, or is this a special event? Because if you see them often anyway, I wouldn't risk getting sick for a visit while they're still symptomatic. Covid or not, who wants to get a super-congested plus coughing virus? If this is a special planned together, maybe I'd ask them to take a rapid test and then meet outdoors.

Oh, no. I'm so sorry for your loss. 😥

Agreed. Trying it in person is overrated. Plus, you don't really lie on it like you lie in bed at home, because you're at a store and don't want to be the weirdo flopping from side to side.

Oh my GOODNESS! So cute!!!

Yay! I hope you get an offer soon!

That's a really good idea!

Ooh. Never heard of that one.

Do they do men's clothing on Poshmark? That could be good, if it's not just for women's clothing. Or Ebay.

New Englander here. I'd say the fashionable college students are wearing Patagonia, Outdoor Research, Marmot, North Face. He'll want something with a waterproof coating for rainy/sleety/snowy days walking through campus. The "3 in 1" coats are great because you get the inner layer (usually a soft ever-so-slightly puffy one), the waterproof raincoat-ish layer, and then put them together for warmth plus water protection. Like this: https://www.patagonia.com/product/mens-lone-mountain-3-in-1-jacket/27840.html?dwvar_27840_color=NORG&cgid=mens-jackets-vests-system You can go on REI co-op and search for 3 in 1 jackets.

Me too!!

I had my booster on Wednesday. No side effects other than a mildly sore arm. Woo hoo!

Yes. Someone I work with feels this way. Everyone at work thinks she is the absolute best. Smart, fun, beautiful, creative, adventurous, funny... but she shared with me that she has always had low self-esteem and beats herself up for past decisions all the time.

Lol. No crime to speak of in my neighborhood. Hardly anyone locks their cars or houses. One of my neighbors has a kind of short streetlight lamp at the end of his driveway, and it's almost never turned on... on the rare occasions it is, I can see it through my bedroom window (and curtains). But I'm oversensitive to lights so it's probably just a me thing.

Oh, that would put me right over the edge. Noises are my number one nerve-jangler. That and people forgetting to turn off outdoor lights! Hope you get some peace and quiet soon!

Oh wow. That sounds awful for kids that are several grades below grade level. Good for you for doing some stealth phonics teaching. Of course they won't learn to read without you. I don't see why admin can't understand that. Even if you don't understand how to teach reading, it should be obvious that kids with disabilities need to be taught how to do it!

Thanks everyone! I'm glad to know I'm not out of the norm. That's so interesting! How do you manage it if a kid needs intervention in multiple subjects - reading, writing, and math? So nobody is pulled from gen ed, at all? How do you think it's going?