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I’m so sorry that I’ve been absent from my new blog site.  You see, this past Wednesday the first wave of family arrived in sunny SoCal for some good family fun.  Saturday morning brought the next group.  Sadly everyone headed back to their homes this morning.  It has been very quiet today.

All this quiet has afforded me some time to reflect on vacations.  We take vacations to get away from the daily grind of work and normal routine.  We take vacations to enjoy a mindless day at the beach or a stroll in the woods.   We even feel free to treat ourselves to yummy food we don’t eat regularly.  While my family was visiting I tried very hard to maintain good sugars and, for the most part, succeeded.  I had to be vigilant, though. I had to come inside from the pool often to check my sugar and reconnect my pump, if necessary.  I found myself checking my sugar while walking down Hollywood Blvd (and having to quietly tell Tom that I needed to break into my emergency sugar drink).  I also had to resist the temptation to “over”-snack on the yummy food set out.  For me there is no vacation from diabetes – no break from the routine, no mindless moments, no fun food without consequences.   Don’t get me wrong….I’m not complaining one bit, I’m just sharing my diabetic perspective of vacations.

I am so hopeful that in my lifetime I will take a vacation filled with a break from the normal routine, a mindless day at the beach, a stroll in the woods, and lots and lots of gelato and M&M’s!!!