14:30

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Awake.  Calls?  Lost my voice around noon.  Realized it was after I had planned to call, so thought about calling after lunch, say 13:30?  Couldn't talk by then.  I am too tired to speak.  And what comes out sounds like gravel, spoken by... a slow individual.  Can still type at speed.  Just... can't talk.

Just... continued to game.  Nothing fancy, just tinkering.  Trying to find a dungeon, in a zone, in a particular region.  Hmm, my blind shots aren't working.  I may need to see... where connecting regions are, for what I am seeking.  So that I have a better idea of where to go, or to know when I find it.  Or... maybe.  Just because connection zones are there, it doesn't mean what they often lead to is there as well.  Frustrating.

I finally got to full dosage, on medicine.  Heart medicine.  It does seem to work.  If I had stopped, because I had stopped eating.  Now that I am eating more regularly, I need to get back on medicine.  My feet were getting slightly puffy.  Not as bad as they used to get, but I don't want to risk them getting that bad.  I started with just "morning" pills... when I awoke.  Skipping evening pills, until I sort of got going on it... tested the waters... and became used to medicine again.  That stuff can be a bit hairy... scary... potent.  My feet are mostly back to normal.

I have been trying La Croix, carbonated water.  New flavors.  A few.  So far, mostly, I won't buy any of the new I have tasted.  Still, I like to check out new flavors as I see them.  Though, mostly, I buy the ones I like in bulk.  I have started to drink a lot of water.  Though, really, less than the tea I used to drink.  Or, even, coffee.  Nothing in it, in the way of carbs, or even mostly flavors.  Zero... everything.  Often enough I am water fasting.  From three to six cans a day.  Though, sometimes, I go without for a few days too... and just... fast from all intakes.

Beside checking on appointments, I should call the VA pharmacy, see if they are sending more test strips.  If not, I'll see if my new medic will put in for those.  Maybe he will, maybe he won't.  It helps me stay on track.  I'd really like enough for three a day, to get a better average.

My blood sugar is now 113.  Weekly average is down to 128... which equates to an A1C of 6.08... down from 6.4.  After the little... bump, from fudge, licorice, regular pizza, chocolate covered peanuts, and a fast food meal.  I... did my version of Christmas food?  Or... a horrible replacement.  Sure wasn't as good as a trad meal.  But... the sweets were quite good.  Biweekly is 147, monthly is 144.  So... yeah... bumped just a bit.  The highest equates to an A1C of 6.74, which is still "in-bounds"... below 7 is... acceptable.  So... okies.

Ordered suspenders, and a strange t-shirt, of sorts, I want to try out.  Supposed to be a superior base layer, new idea thing.  Will find out shortly.  Was supposed to be hear yesterday.  Didn't arrive until today.  But... given the givens, I honestly doubted it would be here until tomorrow.  I ordered two suspenders, only one arrived today.  I canceled one, as it was going to take... three weeks?  No.

I like watching them travel here.  I hate when they use the post office.  I thought the .gov shut that down, because they were losing money on it?  I can tell when they are using the post office, they don't tell where it is.  It only shows as "moved from processing center".  They are terribly inefficient.  But that is make work, dei based, employment for you.

Though, once in a while, UPS goes completely whack.  Or seems to.  Something, recently, was in SLC.  It usually travels, then, to NL, to be delivered from there.  But, that time, they sent it to California?  Or... so it read.  They had said it was to delivered the next day, and... somehow it was.  I wonder if that was a glitch, or if they expressed it back, in time, priority?  I've seen that happen a few times.  Doesn't always get delivered.

I think, if I have a lot of packages to be arriving, they get overloaded, so they send it on a circuit?  That seems to be when it happens, and when it isn't delivered as scheduled.  No problems.  Though I am becoming particular about delivery... and making sure I can return an item.  Gotta be careful with amazon, these days, on a lot of fronts.  I'm wondering if they are about to go under.  Just... some of the things they are doing?  We'll see.

Well... on to bed I do believe.  Goodnight.  And... good day.