Living With Diabetes

I may have figured pizza out. Last night, husband and I had pizza and watched a movie together -- it was a very nice evening.

We watched Knights of South Bronx, a movie about chess in schools.

I did Symlin, and did a combo bolus, then a correction at the end of the movie and ended up with a blood sugar of 101 this morning. Don't think I could have done better! I'll confess, I did four pieces, did a combo bolus for 60 carbs over 4 hours. I think -- I'll double check that the next time I download my pump. And I checked, and yes, it was for 4 hours.

And hey, I don't have to worry about being in starvation mode for a few weeks.

Excellent movie. First you have to understand that Rich and I met at the Dallas Chess club and did all our dating playing chess. To make the marriage work though, I had to quit playing. We were just a little too competitive. It works much better with us doing seperate competitive events.

Kinights of the South Bronx is a feel good movie. It doesn't show any of the bad aspects of chess -- or even teaching for that matter. I think it is a really good movie for both chess players and teachers but just realize that it only shows the good side. Of course, seeing only the good side of teaching is a good thing at the end of a semester.

If you want to see a more balanced view of chess, Searching for Bobby Fischer is a better movie in my opinion, but still doesn't show the bad aspects of youth chess as bad as it could be. I suppose that some of our experiences with parents and chess might have influenced us not to have children. Yeah, they can be pretty abusive.