It was another Saturday afternoon where I was lying on the living room sofa, tired and light-headed after running 12 miles. It was my weekly ritual, one I hated, but still thought it did me good. So I’m lying there, trying to drift off when I hear my younger brother suggest to his friend something about using diabetic remedies to get high. Both our father and mother are diabetic and there are diabetic remedies and medicines lying all around the house. However, I seriously doubt that anyone is going to get a high off any of it. I don’t even know what insulin would do to someone who isn’t diabetic, but I don’t possibly think it can be good. But keep in mind that my younger brother is just that, young. Also, he’s not exactly the sharpest knife in the drawer either. A few years before, he used to like to huff on things. No one ever really figured out why, not even the psychiatrists my parents sent him to. But afterwards he always was a little slow. He also tends to space out a lot. I hardly remember what he was like before. But now I can only laugh. What else can I do other than watch him hurt himself all the time?

I was worried that I was going to get to the office late this morning. Just about everything that could go wrong did. The alarm never went off, the car wouldn't start and I still had some errands to do beforehand. When I finally got to the store I was glad to have such an easy time finding diabetic supplies. It was something I was supposed to do last night and I was worried it was going to take a really long time. I will say that because I was in a hurry I didn't get distracted by the magazine aisle!I was panicking because there was a big meeting today. I dreaded the idea that everyone would be gathered around the table already and I'd be the one running in and interrupting everyone's discussion but luckily that never happened. That's not the last of the meetings. We're in the process of trying to secure a big client and I still have to give a big presentation on Wednesday. Later tonight I'm still going to need to pick up an alarm clock and a bus pass until my car gets fixed so the same thing doesn't repeat itself all over again tomorrow!

I love this job. It is so easy to do. I love that I can practically make my own hours. I can study in the mornings if I need to and go in for the afternoon. Or I can go in during the morning and leave to go to a class. I can either came back if I need to finish something or wait until the next day. My boss is very flexible with my hours. She runs an accounting firm and needed someone who could pick up some of the slack. This job fits me perfectly since I am an accounting student. I am getting great experience and my boss can now work out a schedule to take care of her Mom who is diabetic. She needs helps sometimes with her maintenance or to go to doctor appointments. She can’t drive anymore and my boss can work her Mom’s doctor appointments around my schedule for the most part. Or she can decide what times she will be available to go to her Mom’s if I have classes in the mornings. I think this is going to work our very well for both of us. I will probably get hire on full time after I graduate.

My boyfriend and I attended a health seminar this weekend. It started on Friday and today was the last day of it. We got off to a good start. They had several tables full of product samples for various things. I made sure to pick up the free diabetes monitor for my dad! So, he'll be happy about that. We just walked around and found some cozy seats in the very back row of the lecture hall and listened to some of the presentations. Tomorrow we both go back to work. It was so nice being away from the office for a little while. One of my co-workers has been giving me some problems lately. That's what gets me upset. I used to really love going to my office and ever since she saw my boyfriend she's been giving me a hard time. He came to pick me up once for lunch and it's fairly obvious she has some type of crush on him. She'll always try to go over and talk to him or start flirting. He's told me he's not interested in girls who are really forward. All I can say is that he means a lot to me and I'm really glad he's in my life. It would take a lot for me to let go of him!

I do not think I have missed summer more so that I have this year ever. It feels like this winter is never ending. Some good news is it showed the first signs of warming up outside being in the forties today, and (drum roll please) mike got a grant from the state for diabetes supplies for his dad. We all breathed a sigh of relief for him, his I am sure was the deepest. So, winter is warming up, mike has the grants he needs, and I am looking for new career options. March is looking up for me in general. Now, if I can just decide what I want to do and start exercising regularly, I think I will be in shape (pun intended). Of course now all I have to look forward to is the rain of April, but I will gladly take it over the ice and snow of now. I think I might even start saving for that vacation I have been wanting to go on. I will put it on my list, it is down there, but hopefully I will get to it pretty quick, baring any catastrophes come my way next month. Knock on wood.

The management at my office is absolutely horrible. They are so disorganized, and so they never really know what is going on. All of the employees can get away with murder, because they would never notice. A lot of the time it is great, because I am able to do things the way that I know they will get done, instead of getting micromanaged. Other times it is not as great, because people are able to push them around because they do not know any better. Honestly, on one level I feel like I could run the place. There has to be something that these people did right to get in the position that they are in, but I have not been able to figure it out yet. It really is a mystery to me. If I did not like my job and what I did so much I probably would have quit a long, long time ago. People really should not have to put up with that kind of nonsense from their bosses. It is also embarrassing that they always make mistakes, and I am the person that has to apologize for it, because they never make any face time for clients.