I’m on vacation this week. Some of these posts may be a bit short, but they were written to give you something to read while I’m traveling as well as to continue on our ongoing themes: I had modest goals during this past trip of a week to Kansas City, hoping only for two runs […]

I’m on vacation this week. Some of these posts may be a bit short, but they were written to give you something to read while I’m traveling as well as to continue on our ongoing themes: I’m learning. In particular I’m learning more about my body and my newest activity, swimming, but I’m also learning […]

I’m on vacation this week. Some of these posts may be a bit short, but they were written to give you something to read while I’m traveling as well as to continue on our ongoing themes: Before you can run, you need to walk, the saying goes (although I have parents who swear their babies […]

I’m on vacation this week. Some of these posts may be a bit short, but they were written to give you something to read while I’m traveling as well as to continue on our ongoing themes: Every day is another challenge. It’s another opportunity to do great things, and it’s another opportunity to slide backwards. […]

I’m on vacation this week. Some of these posts may be a bit short, but they were written to give you something to read while I’m traveling as well as to continue on our ongoing themes: I’m not a golfing fan and I don’t have a television, but that didn’t stop me from following (mostly, […]

I’m on vacation, finally, after a really long work stretch of eleven days, a relapse of a cold, and a lot of stress. I still have many things to do before I get on the plane on Monday night, including preparing enough blog posts to make sure I don’t miss any days while I’m on […]

When I was talking about pain a few entries back, I tried to be clear that listening to your body–your pain–was important. But there are times when I’ve found it beneficial to not listen to my body. The truth is simple: I’m lazy. It would be really easy for me to sleep in every day […]

I would be remiss if I didn’t mention my dad this week. He would have turned 72 earlier this week. My dad was a diabetic, just like me; the big difference (well, me and my dad had a huge amount of differences, but this one just regarding our disease) is that he never knew he […]

I’m tired. Today I’m finishing up day seven of an eleven day work stretch—that’s correct, I’m working eleven days in a row. This is something that might be meant for younger social workers than me. In addition to that, for six of the past seven days I was on call, 24 hours a day, seven […]

I’m sick. Not sick with diabetes–well, I am, I guess–or its complications, but with a cold. How best to deal with this kind of illness? It’s a question with many answers. The first is to try to prevent illness. Wash your hands, wash your hands, wash your hands. Still, someone like me who works in […]