Yay!! Oh, stink.

2 July 2010
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A courier came to the door the other day and dropped an interesting-looking parcel on the doorstep. I didn’t remember ordering anything exciting so expected to see my husband’s name on the outside. Leant over and oooooh! It had my name on it! A parcel, for me!

Excitedly I came inside and ripped it open – only to find two boxes of site insertions inside. Boooo. Had totally forgotten about ordering them the day before. It’s like when you hear a text come through on your phone and think “ooooh, a text for me!” and it’s just from Vodafone telling you about the latest special. Stink.

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By Nic on 2 July 2010 at 8.45 am
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Lame.

16 June 2010
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I took my baby boy up to Wriggle ‘n Rhyme at the library last week. For the uninitiated, W n R is 25-30min singing and moving to music thingee that the libraries hold everywhere (all through the country I think, definitely all around Auckland). It’s really cute – they have a big colourful, glittery mat, and all the kids and their parents sit around it and sing some songs and wave arms about etc etc.

When I left the house I checked my BG and it was 6.5 but it was only an hour after a meal. The thought crossed my mind that I was heading for a low but I didn’t really have time to do anything about it…

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By Nic on 16 June 2010 at 11.01 am
Posted in Hypos & Hypers, Slice of Life
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Aaron: Medic alert much?

12 June 2010
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One of the things I remember vividly from when I was diagnosed at 8 years old was getting this ugly, annoying little bracelet that I suddenly had to wear all the time – the good old Medic Alert. I didn’t like it very much but I didn’t have a choice and I could take it off by myself anyway so I just had to bear it.

Years later, I took that bracelet off because I got sick of people asking me what it was for and what I ‘had’ when I was at high school/university and it stayed in a drawer, hidden for quite some years. Then I travelled after uni and the Medic alert stayed well hidden in the…

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By Aaron on 12 June 2010 at 9.30 am
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Aaron: My endo made my day.

11 June 2010
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I was at the diabetes clinic a couple of weeks ago (twice in a week actually) to see the diabetes nurse and my then endo as happens once a year for the Dr and bi-annually for the nurse like the rest of you.

After twenty years of these visits and numerous Drs, nurses, dieticians others I had reached the point more than once of being quite fed up with it all. That said, I have to say that the team I have at the moment from the dietician to the specialist and the nurse are absolutely fantastic. I’ve not seen them that much yet because they are all relatively new and I only go once a year but what I…

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By Aaron on 11 June 2010 at 9.30 am
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Aaron: Exciting news!

8 June 2010
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It is with a strange mix of excitement, trepidation, sadness and expectation that I can finally tell you guys that I am moving to Montreal in exactly 8 weeks today!

It has been a long time in our dreams and  a good time in planning but as of last week, I have resigned from the job I love and on August 3rd, I will say goodbye to a good many friends, family, colleagues and the country I love for what is already promising to be an incredible adventure.

We have tickets, insurance, hostels, backpacks, itineraries, bus transfers, hotels, activities and visas all done as well as a long list of paperwork for taxes and all that guff well underway. All…

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By Aaron on 8 June 2010 at 9.30 am
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