Happy New Year!!

When I was a kid, September heralded the entrance of not only the new school year, but the buying of school supplies.

I couldn't wait to go with my mom to Two Guys (remember that store?) and get my hands on brand new #2 Ticonderoga pencils in pastel colors and matching erasers to stick on the end of them when the original erasers wore out.

I had to deal with life altering decisions like: Should I choose the Trapper Keeper with the Puppies, or the Kittens?

Ah, the clean white crispness of the sharply lined notebook paper waiting to receive my carefully, and neatly written cutely curled cursive handwriting.

I promised myself I would study every single day, do my homework as soon as I got home from school, and would be completely organized overall.

Two weeks into the school year...without fail....every year, those expectations would go downhill and I would get sloppy in my notetaking and my procrastinating ways would overcome my idealistic walk on the straight and narrow of studying hard and diligently.

Now, I am faced with the same shiny newness of the new school year with Brendon. In addition to all of the anticipated shopping for new pencils, notebooks, and various other instruments of successful schooling, I am anticipating the gathering of:

Glucose meter
Test strips
Lancets
Glucagon
Ketone meter
Ketone strips
Juice
Infusion set
alcohol wipes
Cotton balls
Insulin
A revised 504 plan

Here's to a successful and safe school year to all the kids in the DOC.