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I’ve been doing it all wrong....

Hi all! It has been far too long but I can’t say I’ve had the writing bug in awhile. It is way past my bedtime, but this School Nurse is on break. I feel like a kid again. The season just seems a little more magical with these days to reflect and catch my breath. T1D has been ridiculously difficult for me the past few weeks. Between lows that would just not come up and highs that won’t budge, it has been frustrating, embarrassing and just plain old annoying. So I’m looking forward to the longer evenings with family and friends, full of Christmas Movies, baking, game playing, you know the drill. Today, I found myself on the way to Atlanta with a few fellow nurses. A few weeks ago we had the bright idea to sign up for a Diabetes Caregiver class on the first day of Winter Break. I started the morning off with a quick insulin pump site change, that was almost a disaster because my medical supply company sent the wrong supplies, AGAIN. However, I found a rogue piece of equipment hidden