Early Bird gets the Late Nite Donuts

I was awake at 4. Went to pee, drank some water, put on some Biofreeze on my hip and right knee. Back to bed. The dog came to join me because I am, of course, the best and most wonderful dog parent to snuggle with and she loves me. 

I woke up a little before 7. Tried to go back to sleep but it wasn't happening. 

So I got up and fed miss thing and let her out. I did my blood sugar, I made the coffee. When the dog came back in, I felt like ... well. I could sit on the couch, drink coffee, play my phone games or damn it...

I could get on the treadmill at 7:30am. Are we doing this? Are we doing this! 

We did this. I did a solid mile but not at a fast clip. Just to get it done, get the mile out of the way. It was going to be a busy busy day. 

As you can see, ya gurl has crushed the 100 miles, we're halfway done with the challenge, and who knows, maybe I'll hit 500 miles by the time this is buttoned up in April. New goal set, I guess. 

But this morning I was sluggy and tired and I forced myself to finish the mile. 

Note to self: drink coffee first for best results.

After the treadmill, I got a shower. I've been putting off showering most days until the afternoon so this was nice. Felt like a human being who goes to a job. And working before 9am. 

There were a lot of meetings today and a lot of helpdesk tickets, but I had a nice wide open time slot in the middle. 

I was going to take toffee for a walk but Geoff beat me to it. Probably a good plan because I had a lot of work to do still before leaving for dinner. 

A friend of mine from college and her husband were passing through, driving down to South Carolina and then to Florida. They thought this was a good stopping point before making it to SC and arrived last night. They went for a long walk on the C&O canal. 

We tried to remember when we saw one another last and it has to be maybe 1994. But it was like we saw each other the other day. Lots of catching up, talking about the kids, houses, work. Doug and the husband hit it off really well and it was fun to sit there chatting and listening to the two of them talk as well. 

We mentioned the donut place and told them about how it is only open to the public from 7pm-11pm. "Let's go," she said. She has Celiac's so she can't eat the donuts "but he's entitled to indulge!" 

There was a big line but it was moving quickly. They were horribly entertained by the concept of this late night donut thing, and he got a dozen so he could eat one or two and bring the rest to his sister in SC. 

When I got home, I took my evening medicine (90 min. late) and my blood sugar (a little too high) so I passed on the donut treat. We'll see how things are tomorrow. 

I also got on the treadmill when we got home, because I was 2k steps or so short for the goal. I stayed seated at the restaurant while we were all chatting away, so there was that to make up for and more. 

So I crushed that and got ready for bed.  

Tomorrow, the weather is supposed to be amazing so I hope we can get some yard work done (maybe) or a nice walk somewhere (more likely). 

Digits below this shot of the nighttime donut gang.

digits

exercise: 10/12 hours.  Missed 7 and 8pm for sitting at dinner. Early Treadmill, 18 min/1.06 miles, Late Treadmill, 20 min/1.29 mi.  11k+ steps by bedtime

blood glucose:

7am: 119
4pm: 91
10:30pm: 191

food & meds:
7am: jardiance+phentermine
8:30am: protein shake
1pm: met+glip
1:45pm: ramekin of tunafish 
4pm: handful of trail mix that had a bunch of sugar coated thingies (oops)
6pm: beef brisket w/some BBQ sauce, a little coleslaw (gross) 
9:30pm: met+glip

skipped the donut, no wine/beer