I had an appointment with a dietician on Monday and came away convinced that I should to do this at least every other year. Everything I knew about managing diabetes has changed. Go figure. I have always watched sugar. Admittedly there were times I could have cared less, but now I am supposed to count crabs. Ugh? I didn't even know how to do that. And I got away without asking how many crabs I should have.
So she tells me - sugar is not the issue if I don’t get carried away. Keep the count low, but some sugar is acceptable. Who knew? You have no idea how happy that made me. I went right home and have 1/2 gallon of ice cream. No I didn't that was a joke.
I also learned that I am taking four medications for diabetes and that can be reduced to one that I only take once a day instead of twice a day. I would be way more consistent just taking things in the morning. I never knew I was to take my insulin every eight hours. I was told take them morning and night. So I have taken them when I get up and when I go to bed. No wonder my morning numbers are always good.
Anyway, I learned a lot and since we are taking this with one direction at a time (think instructing 2 year olds) I believe I can manage it. So besides counting crabs, she wants me to eat vegetables everyday. I don't hate veggies; I just don't eat them very often. After my heart attack I was warned so often with so many threats I became fearful of leafy greens. Watch that vitamin K. I have never even heard of that one before let along knowing that since I have heart problems it could kill me. Maybe that is an over statement. But rather than being inconsistent, I just gave them up all together. No, no, no! She said. If I eat only occasionally, just don't eat too much. That's good. I actually like broccoli. I know that is not leafy, but it was on the list. Boy I hate lists.
Anyway, we will see what happens. I just got tired of losing my mobility and with the addition of serious hip problems I cannot longer manage the weight. It has got to go. Yes, it will take a long time. I just hope I can stay on track.
I went to a church meeting last night to hear about a vision and passion the pastor has to take over another church in another town and nurture it to health. Admittedly that was something I promised myself I would never do again. I can’t even begin to tell you how tired of was of church meetings and committees. The eleventh commandment should be "Thou shalt not committee." Most would not agree with me, but I am much more fond of a benevolent dictator. I am more than willing to listen to what others want, but leave me alone to make the decision. The administration at The Home felt like we should have an activities committee here and they wanted me to chair the committee. A committee may be a very good idea, but I told them in no uncertain terms that I did not want to have any part of a committee. I even encouraged them to do it, but begged off the committee. That is almost a year ago and nothing has happened. I guess they like it the way it is.
The church meeting was fine. I had my say and since I am not a member, I will have no say in the final decision. I am fine about that. Besides, there is no real opposition and it is just a matter of time before it happens. More power to them. He has the greatest family. He has is very involved and active wife have four adult married children. They are all-musical and pay multiple instruments. The family could run (and do) a powerful and terrific music ministry anywhere. Besides the three services they do at our church, they all plan to help dad start this other church and therefore will add a fourth service that will be in another town. They are also doing at least three satellite home churches. They already broadcast three live services as well as record them for future use and three other locations have picked up the feed and started home churches that they want to grow into bigger churches. It's a very interesting concept. Only time will tell. But this all comes from the pastor. Very creative!
Got interrupted by visitors wanting to discuss a staff change. We had notices on out doors today announcing that our maintenance man no longer works for The Home and that he will be moved out within the next seven days. That seems abrupt. Naturally that kicked off the tumor mill. It is operating hot and heavy. This one lasted nine months. The last one was six months and we were one year between each of them. Yeah! We get to be without again. Critical needs are handles by their roaming crew. But there will be lots that will not be done. This will divide The Home once again. Some will rejoice, others will cry. A couple of witches will gloat and take credit for his departure. Yuck!
Because he is done today and we just got the note today the strong speculation is that he was fired. Could be. We will likely never know the truth. He has both health and legal problems and has been unable to put in a full days work for several weeks. He says the termination is mutual. I hope so. He also has legal problems that he fears may put him in jail. That may also be happening. He was previously told that he would be terminated if he goes to jail. They cannot keep someone on the payroll that will not be able to do the work. Again no one knows, but the rumors with authority are already being shared. I have hand one visit and one call. There actually is one more leaving at the end of the month, the top dog is moving on to another job. She has been the heavy hand. There will be rejoicing in her departure. Too bad! She actually accomplished her job - Get this company back on a solid financial ground. She is off to do that for another company.
One of the few things we always have with us is change. Things they are a changing. We all might as well adjust.
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