Saturday Morning Courtroversy

Main Entry: cour·tro·ver·sy
Pronunciation: ‘kor-’trä-”v&r-sE
Function: noun
1 : a state of dispute or disagreement which either involves Courtney or in which Courtney has an opinion.

The resolution to any Courtroversy is the admittance that you’re wrong and that Courtney is right. (Remember, Courtney is always right, even when she’s wrong, she’s right.)

For the record, this morning, I was right.

People that don’t have diabetes, they just typically don’t understand. This morning was one of those non-understanding moments.

My blood sugar was 300 when I woke up and a conversation like such happened:

Mom: Why are you so high? Did you rip your pump off in the middle of the night again?

(and this is where I should’ve lied, but lying about my diabetes is the reason mom has no trust in me these days and so I told the truth, but I still think I should’ve lied)

Me: No, I did that 3 nights ago.

Mom: Why?

Me: because it wouldn’t let me sleep and it kept beeping at me.

Mom: why was it beeping?

Me: because i’m either high or low

Mom: then it’s doing it’s job

Me: it’s keeping me awake at night and I don’t currently like it (which really, that wasn’t the whole truth, it was only half the truth, because i’ve not liked it since day one, I much rather sleep than be woken up). I’m back on shots.

Mom: weren’t you just saying yesterday that you have this equipment so that you can take better care of yourself?

Me: mom! I need a vacation!

Mom: you can’t take a vacation. not from your diabetes. you almost…(this is where I cut her off)

Me: I’m back on shots. I’m testing my blood 4 times a day. I’m on vacation.

As a diabetic, I’m allowed to take a vacation. I’m allowed to let my care go a little slack. Sometimes, we just need to do that. I need to do that. I’m doing it.