Morning all! I'm off out as soon as I've finished breakfast - today is one of those days of the years I'd rather not be in the vicinity. It's exam day for Year 7 entry for next year to the local grammar schools, and my normally quiet cul-de-sac, which is at the back of one of them, becomes more like Piccadilly Circus, awash with cars abandoned on pavements. Three cars abreast on the section outside my house is not uncommon on these days, those who have relied on sat-nav getting lost is normal for this time of year, and it all turns in to gridlock. The general atmosphere is one of panic because they're late, stressed, and the looks on some of the children's faces often makes me very sad....
There have been police call-outs to deal with road rage in the past.
In the meantime, I've just updated my blood sugars spreadsheet. Mornings, at long last, have started to look much better, a combination of getting basal right (for now) and adjusting a couple of things about evening meals seems to have paid off.
My unofficial trainees have got good at doing my bloods - next week, they can have a go at insulin once our nurses have passed them off as safe. I've never injected in my arms, but I'd quite like to know if it makes a difference. Here's hoping once they get to doing it all for real on our students, I've helped make it all less scary all round.