Tomorrow I will be 79 years old. If all goes well I’ll sleep close to 7 hours, wake up at approximately 4 am, check the news online, eat 1 banana, a slice of cantaloupe, and 1/2 of a grapefruit. We’ll play Wordle together. (Our current streak is 52 consecutive games won). I’ll drive 9 minutes to 24 Hour Fitness, set the treadmill height to 15, the speed to 3.3, then walk for 30 minutes before the 5 minute cool down, burning off 200 calories or so before changing into my Speedo swimsuit. I’ll walk to the pool and swim 72 laps of 25 yards in (I hope) less than 44 minutes. (I’ll add 7 more laps tomorrow because it’s my birthday, 7/9/2025. It’ll take me 9 minutes to drive home. At that point I will have burned off close to 740 calories, my target every day, one that I usually meet 4 times a week.
Meanwhile, Jadyne will be up, checking her blood sugar. If her level drops below 70 her phone will alert her to take 11 units of her long term insulin, and before breakfast 2 units of short term insulin. She will then wait 15 minutes before breakfast. While I’m swimming she may go out for a walk, hoping that her blood sugar reading will be between 70 and 170 (approximately). .She won’t walk if her blood sugar number is close to 70. She’ll take glucose tablets or a snack of protein and carbohydrates, then wait another 15 minutes. We’ll check her blood sugar readings throughout the day, trying to keep it within the 70-170 range, taking whatever steps we can to bring it within that range. If that means 4 more glucose tablets, then a 15 minute wait, then another check, she’ll do it, maybe having to repeat the 4 tablets, then waiting another 15 minutes. If it’s too high, exercise will bring it down. No numbers involved.
At 5:00 we’ll leave for The Dead Fish, a wonderful seafood restaurant about 30 minutes from home. John and family are in Sacramento, Jennifer and family are in Vietnam, Jason may stop by, either with the kids or without, as Jay and I don’t really know the custody schedule. Except for dinner it will be just another day, and having days at all is present enough.