Short infodump time

I took M to get her new band instrument today.  She’s switching from clarinet to alto sax this year, a move she planned to make all along.  The only reason she was on clarinet at all was that the sixth grade band didn’t teach sax.  We got her a used Selmer student model; the monthly rental ($50 plus tax; about fifteen more than a clarinet) plus the consumables and accessories meant I spent $115 before I got out of the music store.

My adventures with diabetes management continue, although much better than the last time I said anything about it.  After getting onto injectable insulin (Lantus) and cutting out a lot of starches and sweets in my diet, I’ve gotten good control again.  My August A1c number was 6.0, which pleased the doctor a lot.  What didn’t please her is that my lipid panel, the cholesterol and triglycerides, continues to be slightly out of range as they have been for the last several years.  So she’s prescribed a statin for me, I can’t remember its name, and I need to go pick it up this weekend.  And getting on insulin has made me gain weight.  I’ve gone back over 250, which makes me unhappy.

And health management or no, I’m largely uninsurable.  L tried to get me a dependent life insurance policy through the state, but they saw the depression and diabetes and said “Oh HALE no.”  So there’s that.

I’m still struggling with my new job, for reasons that have only partly to do with the job itself.  That merits a post of its own, at a time when I’m not falling asleep like I am now.