So I like to ramble...

[musicjunkie]

I've been pokin' around here on this forum for a few weeks and posting my thoughts here and there and figured since I'm now totally annoyed with myself by getting myself sucked into another forum and now consider myself officially addicted, I'll hop on and post an introduction in one of my 'more info than probably needed' lengthy rambles...
I will say to anyone who is reading this and is new to the diabetic world...or this forum,that you've come to the right place. CWD is an awesome place to learn the 'highs and lows' on what ultimately is your new way of life. New perspectives and different aspects on how to deal with certain problems that arise with every new day can be found here by people with hands on experience...and it's very comforting to see that you are not alone.
So, with that being said,"Hi My name is Jenn" and I'm one of those people...that doesn't like to be considered one of those people. Some of you won't get that and that's ok...you don't have too.I'm also quick to change from one topic to another in the same paragraph...sometimes the same sentence...I don't know whether to attribute it to lack of sleep,over abundance of stress,being blonde or being one of them undiagnosed adult ADD people...once I get started I tend to type whatever's flowing through my brain and I do at times tend to ramble,and they do tend to get lengthy,so I'll apologize in advance and understand if you don't 'read' it all:)
For the most part,I'm a lover of life...a mother,a sister,a daughter,a friend...I know all to well how short life can sometimes be and try to live it to the fullest.I believe in lots of things..like faith,karma,good vibes and all the good that they can bring...I guess I'm also a dreamer, a baker, a candlestick maker...the list on being a parent is endless.
I'll be the first to admit that I'm far from perfect. I have my days where I'm two steps shy of perfection and then I have my days where I'm two steps shy of a loonie bin...trying to balance out the highs and lows of life never had more meaning than when my son got diagnosed.

[fredntan2]

You are a rambler!!!

I believe in Karma and all that stuff too. living life etc, etc.

I love my name is earl-think its on tonight.

You're young man is about same age as sara and they were dx around same time.

Would you be my friend?

If you're a music junkie maybe you know how to get that music on my ipod..I keep asking my kids to do it..... havn't seen it happen yet. I just got one in feb, and havn't really figured how to use it.

Gotta go I'm rambling. focus focus

[StillMamamia]

Hi Jenn,

I believe that the right name for ramblers is extremely hyperly-creative beings:D The world would truly be a boring place without them.

I loved your post, honest, funny, sad, and true.

Welcome, BTW!

I love your Avatar...it cracks me up everytime.

[musicjunkie]

You are a rambler!!!

I believe in Karma and all that stuff too. living life etc, etc.

I love my name is earl-think its on tonight.

You're young man is about same age as sara and they were dx around same time.

Would you be my friend?

If you're a music junkie maybe you know how to get that music on my ipod..I keep asking my kids to do it..... havn't seen it happen yet. I just got one in feb, and havn't really figured how to use it.

Gotta go I'm rambling. focus focus
yay,I made a new friend:D

[musicjunkie]

and I do drink LOTS of coffee...I have a shirt that says there's too much blood in my caffeine system:rolleyes:

[OSUMom]

Hi Jenn,

I'm alittle ADD myself so I couldn't stay focused on your post. :p And I'm over 45 so I can barely read your avatar! ;)

Would you be my friend?

Welcome!! :D

[blessed]

Loved your post... I so can relate!

[Jacob'sDad]

Nice to meet you! You sound pretty cool to me.:)
I'm really far more of a rambler in person than I am in my posts. I do a lot of editing! Actually, I'm kind of shy but once you get me going, look out!

[musicjunkie]

I'm really loving CWD and the people in it...the only problem I'm having is not enough time to read everything:(
Every time I hop on and try to read a little more I find so many new posts...I don't know how to keep track of it all:confused:
but I'm working on it;)

[musicjunkie]

Stinking forums! I hate being so sucked in...They're worse than the boob tube for totally sucking your
time into a useless black hole! Ugh!

Okay, they can be fun:D, and informative:cwds:, and entertaining:p...for a while...but
soon you start to make web-friends, and then you start communicating
regularly, and then, before you know it, you're up at the crack of dawn
signing onto the forum to check the responses to your latest post, and of
course you have to answer every one with a comeback, and
meanwhile, the kids are hungry, the dishes are dirty, the garbage is piling
up in the corner, and the cat refuses to use the litterbox because you
haven't cleaned it in a week, and all of a sudden it's 2:30 in the morning,
and someone wants to do the bop, but you're like, "Stop bugging
me, dude! RoxyRat231 just posted a link to this cool article, and I have to
check it out! Leave me alone!"

Yeah...forums...they're awesome... ok,I think I'm good for now:rolleyes:

[musicjunkie]

So I'm having one of those days... and I think here is where I'll now post my thoughts...good and bad...I don't want to post the wrong thing and offend anyone(and hopefully up to this point I haven't) so if you don't like what I write do us both a favor and just don't respond,move on and read something else.I don't need any negative verbal abuse/or neg energy from someone I don't even know,especially if I'm here to vent my frustrations when I'm feeling a need to let it out because I can...or can I?
I like being able to read the trials and tribulations of others...the highs and lows of life.
It helps me to see that I'm not alone.I'm one of those people that tend to write more when I'm sad/hurt or angry more so than when I'm happy...so I can feel and relate to the anger and hurt expressed here by others.
I like reading the upside of it all too...it gives me courage and makes me smile.
My happy memories I try and hoard for myself for future reminiscing.Some of you are in much rougher shape than Iam and I'm totally hugging you right now...you are an inspiration to my days and often my nights.
I feel bad that I was happy Jimmy was having high numbers last night....I thought 'Great,he's 320 at midnight,NO way he's gonna have a low by morning...I'm gonna scratch his 3AM check and get in a full 7 hours of sleep....or at least that's what I thought....apparently my internal clock is now set to wake me up at 3 whether I need to or not...great.
Did I roll over and go back to bed...Nope.I head on over and do a check (since I'm up)and yup...247...I can go back to bed now:rolleyes:

I did finally recieve my EZ Manager software from Animas yesterday. Thanks to this forum I figured out why I couldn't get his pump to download...apparently you need the actual software(which I thought was the software that came with the adapter(I hate being so new to the computer and so illiterate with all of this)

At our last weeks endo visit we left with a scrip for a new meter....which was cool cuz his One Touch Ultra 2's OK button kept getting stuck.
So on the way home we stop at CVS and I see the new meters and I notice the one that's the next step up from Jimmys and automatically grab it.
Then find out I have to put it back because CVS/Fallon or whoever was in charge said that it wasn't covered...and I'm like...
"but it's a coupon for a FREE meter,they gave it to me at Umass,that meters on the list and we want that one"
"I can't get it to go through the system",says she behind the counter...
So I take another Ultra 2 and head home...still happy.
So I get home and I'm like 'woohoo' new toys:) Yes-I'm easily amused...now I can download new stuff and have more stuff to play with:)
Download EZmananager and realize,I need Jims pump #...run upstairs grab pump,run back downstairs, gotter done and life was good.
I like how the whole thing works...It downloaded everything and it'll make life of remembering to update his log book MUCH easier...it actually is his logbook...look at that...Nice.
Oh...what's that button do? I can download his METER on here too!?!
SWEET!Go grab his meter...upstairs(who needs buns of steel)Come back down...plug it in and wait a minute,where's Jimmys meter?It's not on here...lets try this one..nope.This one?Nope...OK...leaf thru manual...nope....
Animas ezmanager doesn't accept my sons meter:( I called the 800 number and I'm now on a call list but now that I see I can download his numbers on there too I want a meter that'll work.
Do I get a new meter that's compatable with EZManager? I still have the coupon,she gave it back to me.Do I need a prescription for it///Do I go to a different place...and try and get another meter?Can I?What about this new meter...do I return it,?Or throw it in my pile that grows higher with each passing year?What to do ,what to do...guess for now I'll go water my plants...the past few days have been brutal om my tomatoes and cucs...and squash,oh my:-P