Diabetes, Abortion, Dogs and Novels

[wednes]

One week until my book comes out! YAY!!! Now I have to figure out how I'm going to afford buying all those bubble envelopes and sending all the books out. My publisher will pay me back, but I have to come up with the dough up front.

Of course, I've been doing stuff for The Cat's Apprentice lately so I have only been thinking about A Stabbing for Sadie in terms of publicity. Speaking of which, it looks like Vault of Midnight is not going to let me schedule a signing. Too bad too, because I had high hopes about them.

Went to my diabetes meeting yesterday. They want me to go to a class, which I'm not going to do. Instead, I'm going to read all the material they give me (plus one really comprehensive book that I haven't discovered yet--but there must be one, right?) and meet with the nurse on occasion. I'm supposed to talk to the doc and see about getting a glucose meter, just so I'll know what's up. I'm not wild about the idea of pricking my finger over and over, but that's a pretty small thing in the grande scheme. I'm told that the consequences of NOT taking care of diabetes is a lost limb or blindness or something else awful.

Cutting carbs is going to be horribly difficult for me. Carbs are yummy, cheap, and make you feel full. Mine and H's diet is based on them. So we are trying to work in more veggies and fruit. But I really love rice and pasta. Plus I just got a fantastic loaf of sourdough from Panera. Mmmmm...
So that's not going to be easy. I'm going to have to rethink practically every meal from now on. Fie! Plus I have to start eating breakfast. Yuck!

The Starving a Dog for Art story is going around again. I really hope it's not true. I tend to doubt it, but then again, people do shocking and horrible shit while others stand around watching all the time.

I'm also hoping the Abortion as Art lady is a hoax as well. Either way, I have to ask WTF is wrong with people. Even as a hoax, the whole thing is pretty damn tasteless.

Alright, I'm off to work until 9pm, then off for three whole days. I never get Monday's off.
This is gonna be sweet.

Comments

[locakitty.livejournal.com]

See if you can get the piece that lets you use your arm instead. That way you can give your fingers a rest.

I hated testing my sugar levels. My dad was doing it four times a day at one point. He's a mechanic, so that arm thing was a godsend.

Good luck on the carbs!

Also, do you have a paypal account?

[wednes.livejournal.com]

I didn't know there was a tester that used the arm. That sounds awesome.

I do have a paypal account, but can't use it right now because I don't have a credit card. When you don't have a card attached to the account, they hold any monies you get for 6 months.

[spun-lepton.livejournal.com]

I'll be checking out your book when it's available. Keep us updated.

One low-carb dish that you should try is zucchini lasagna. Use the zucchini in place of the pasta. The texture is a little different, but it's delicious!

[locakitty.livejournal.com]

Oh that sucks. I could mail you a money order for a bit of money to help get you started. You can just pay me back when you get reimbursed. I got a small bonus on this paycheck, so I can spare a few bucks. You can email me your address at locakitty at gmail dot com if that would help you out a bit.

[wednes.livejournal.com]

The book is now available at Borders and Barnes & Noble's websites. It should be on amazon soon.

As for the zuchini lasagne, that sounds damn tasty.

[wednes.livejournal.com]

That is damn cool of you, but I don't think that will be neccesary. If I really need the dough badly enough, I can get it from H.

Thanks a bunch though, seriously.

[locakitty.livejournal.com]

All right. :)

[hellamama.livejournal.com]

And definately try spaghetti squash. You can use it just like spaghetti, and it's awesome!!! Plus, even switching to higher-fiber or whole grain carbs will make a difference.

I know you can do it. Now I'm off to order your book, as a birthday present to me!

[wednes.livejournal.com]

Whole grains? That, I can do.
They make cocoa puffs with whole grains now. ;-]

Sweet, let me know how you want me to sign it.

[hellamama.livejournal.com]

Order completed! Sign it so that people know that I knew you way before you were a world-famous published author!

[wednes.livejournal.com]

"Way to know me!"

--Wednesday Lee Friday

[spun-lepton.livejournal.com]

Ah-ha, well! I will order it and put it on my to-read pile. Up first, I need to either finish -- or abandon -- Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? And then I have Cormac McCarthy's All the Pretty Horses. Then yours. =)

[bethie8888.livejournal.com]

I hated testing my sugar when I first started!

[wednes.livejournal.com]

Oh man...I haven't read that Electric Sheep story in years.

Cool, well...I hope you like it.

[wednes.livejournal.com]

I'm sure I will hate it too. But I gotta take care of myself, ya know? Well, I guess you do. ;-]

[maxverbosity.livejournal.com]

We have whole grain exclusively when we do go for carbs, and we'll usually go with a vegetable which provides nice roughage at dinner, such as lettuce, broccoli, brussel sprouts, and the like. High fiber stuff. Hehe.

[wednes.livejournal.com]

H doesn't like to eat a lot of that stuff. It's gonna be a challenge to find stuff both of us will eat; or I can prepare separate meals. I would hate to do that though.

[maxverbosity.livejournal.com]

Well, separate meals are not cheap - ask someone with kids. LOL.

Actually, what does he eat usually then? Pardon my curiosity.

[wednes.livejournal.com]

His faves are pizza, pasta and sausages. He's very comfort food oriented.

[maxverbosity.livejournal.com]

Well, there are low-carb pizza alternatives....we make a portabello pizza sometimes, upturning large mushrooms and using that as the "crust" rather than the dough. Pasta is a favorite of mine too, but now, it's all whole wheat and no more than once a week for us. Sausages - particularly German or Italian - are difficult for me to stay away from, so I limit it to a couple times each month on those.