Completed the Public Enemy aspiration, and researched ways to kill NPC sims to complete the final milestone.
Turns out death by pufferfish nigiri is not only quite easy, but very funny.
I love this for my sim.
Prebolused, paired it with protein and fats. Did what I could.
And I still have so much on board. 🙃
I put this sensor on yesterday morning. Yes I know the first 24hrs can be wonky, and also totally understand that food can digest differently etc, etc. But you can almost tell where I ate here because the readings become jumpy.
I'm wondering if this is an early sign of sensor failure when it does this because most sensors don't read like this for me. Even with meals the algorithm smooths it out a bit. For those with a lot of G6 experience, does this typically lead to early sensor failure?
Last night was also horrendous with the false low alarms. I kept poking to confirm and I was always fine.
Since it's reading fine the majority of the time, I'm going to give it 48hrs but if it continues to do this during meals and overnight I might replace it.
Any advice here?
Is it worth it to complete this collection without being a werewolf?
I am doing an aspiration legacy, and I decided to select a collection for each generation to complete as well. I unintentionally started the moonwood relics collection because I was handed one when running a small business. I believe it was a result of a perk I had at the time.
Reading the description of the artifact it says only werewolves can decipher it. Should I wait to complete it as a werewolf? I don't generally play occults, and in this legacy I wasn't going to. I was going to do a separate occult aspiration legacy, but this collection is making me rethink it.
For those who completed it, is it worth it on it's own or should I become a werewolf then complete it? My completionist heart wants to badly, if it isn't worth it I can wait.
I hate how much I think about this illness. I think about my current levels, the food I'm going to eat, when I'm going to change my site, constantly. All of it all of the time. I never get a break.
You all know this, so this post and these thoughts aren't new, but I'm just so tired.
Just having one of those days where it's hitting me that I will be doing this
for the rest of my life.
Anyways. Having a rough day and need to put this somewhere. That's it.
I love this mod, and for the most part I can get it to work. I have the latest version, and NPC teens in assigned student roles like chess/cheer etc will show.
The staff won't, however. The assigned principals and teachers don't spawn. I've read the FAQ on the site and moved them into a designated world, I have no conflicting mods related to High School, I've ensured they're still assigned after moving, etc etc, but for some reason they still refuse to show.
Anyone familiar with this mod have any suggestions? Thanks!
For breakfast I have to prebolus 30 minutes thanks to dawn phenomenon.
This morning I had a massive lightning storm and the power went out briefly, but came back on. I was genuinely a little nervous to prebolus and not be able to cook my eggs and toast. Not to mention making sure my pump was charged, and the insulin in the fridge is ok (although I wasn't as concerned since I know that can last hours - but still something to consider).
Before I dosed I made sure to think about what other carbs I could have in case the power did go out again while I was cooking. It would have been cookies and fruit for breakfast! Not ideal, honestly.
Thankfully the power stayed on and I could have my usual meal. But ugh. The things we have to worry about.
Anyways. Happy Tuesday, everyone!
Two generations and several thousand simoleons later, and I caught them all!
This little one, though. ugh. He took me for-ever to find the foil edition for. I almost made an entire second foil edition set before I got one for him.
My sweet Canis. You are now mine.
Also sidenote: foil editions apparently don't save to the gallery. If you try to download them, they revert to regular edition cards. Super disappointed to find that out the hard way.
Anyways. I worked on this all day and I am heckin proud of my collection! 🎉
In my aspirational legacy challenge my sim is currently working on the Self-Care Specialist aspiration. One of his bucketlist items was to become a three star celeb, so I got him a drone and decided to make him a famous Yogi.
Went into camera mode to take a screenshot of him teaching a class and caught the drone at a funny angle. 😆
I can't unsee him as robotic Yogi overlord enslaving his sims.
Sidenote about my legacy, if you're interested:
Part of this aspiration is to maintain a regular client. He went to high school with a girl named Gia. He tried to date her but it didn't work out. They stayed close, however.
He's been giving her a lot of private yoga instruction. I wonder if there might be a spark there afterall. 👀
To add onto that, he just found out his wife Dayana is preggers with twins. 🙃
This should be fun!
My mum wants me to make a coffee cake this weekend, and I'm trying to find a recipe that I can eat as well. So far any recipe I've found lists the servings as "1 slice". Well, what the heck is a slice?
Does anyone have any good, full sugar recipes for coffee cake?
Graph one is day where I have no carbs for lunch (cold meats and veggies for eg), and graph two is when I have carbs. What does this mean?
From what I understand my basal rate is good. Is my ICR too aggressive? Am I not waiting long enough before eating?
This has been a consistent pattern for lunches. I’m wondering if I should be reducing my basal because the pre dinner lows are driving me nuts.
Some context (not totally necessary so if you're not interested just skip to the TL;DR below):
I'm watching an interview by a psychologist talking about how social media and in-class screen time is hampering social skill development. I taught grade four last year for the first time, and thinking back I relied on tech a lot for independent projects and work periods where I could get things done. While I know tech will always be a part of our jobs, I do feel a little guilty.
I also quickly learned that this age group requires support in fostering social skills and empathy, which absolutely tracks with their use of tech. I found they were very social but needed guidance on how to deal with conflict that came up between them. I also spoke to intermediate teachers and they noticed their cohort this year severely lacked the tools to empathize and connect with their peers.
I will be doing grade four again next year, and as I think ahead to September I want to gather some ideas for activities or units that develop pro-social skills for kids. I will still use tech, of course, but before I get into that I want to help students develop conflict resolution skills and compassion for each other (sounds lofty, I know but as teachers we try). Any suggestions for things I could do?
TL;DR:
What do you do to help build connection and community in your class during the first month of school?
Trying them for the first time since dx today.
I’m getting different answers for how many carbs 35g of blueberries has. Some sites say 18-20, others say 5.
What’s the consensus here? What would you bolus for them?
My storage is getting so disorganized.
It started out so neat in my house, but with the new DLC I just don't have space and I'm getting tired of going through doors to put things away.
The issue is with three DLCs I have so much stuff. How do I go about moving it all to an island? Which island should I use? Any tips you can provide? Help a Disney girlie out!
I've been at this for close to three years now.
I can absolutely say things have become more routine and manageable. I can handle things both mentally and physically much more confidently than I could when I was first diagnosed.
I can attribute that to this group, my therapist, and some T1 social media pages I follow. One in particular stands out because she showed her numbers over the course of her day as she went to the gym, ate, worked etc, and they bounced all over the place. It truly helped normalize it for me.
But I still struggle sometimes, and I think I always will. I changed my sensor and site today, and I've been up and down with both things taking time to settle in and stablize.
It's incredibly frustrating to have to be on top of it like this. I thought I had moved to a better place, but the tears still come.
Anyways. Thank you if you read to the end. Just wanted to post some thoughts for others who have a deeper understanding of what dealing with this is like.
I'm currently on an approved medical leave for the rest of the school year.
The receptionist from my school asked me to return my classroom key, which I forgot to do before I left.
What are the socially acceptable things or union rules around coming into the classroom during a leave? I have a good rapport with the LTO in for me, so I will give her plenty of notice before I stop by, but I was curious what the rules/norms are around this.
Thanks!
ETA: Discussed with family tonight, and I have a family member dropping it off on my behalf this week. Thanks everyone for the advice!
For some context I’m on pump.
I’ve been struggling with lows post dinner lately, so I reduced my ICR yesterday.
Tonight I had a very typical dinner for me of 25g. I’m trending higher now around the 3hr mark after eating.
If the issue is within four hours post meal, the ICR needs adjusting, correct? If it’s outside of that window it’s the basal rate? Am I right in saying that?
I have been tracking my ICR/basal needs daily since last November. Initially I was finding it difficult to see patterns emerge, but I did notice that on the same days of my cycle things would become.. unpredictable. They wouldn't react the exact same way each month because hormones aren't the only factors, but I could see certain days were more difficult to manage than others.
Well, I found another pattern tonight. I've been riding on the lower side lately, and tonight I've finally decided that my dinner ICR is just too aggressive. I'm already below 4/70 at the three hour mark.
When I look back at my notes, I've had similar experiences during this phase of my cycle. It didn't happen every month, but I see me adjusting my ICRs during this phase enough to tell me that the follicular phase throws me off.
Anyone else notice that they become more insulin senstive around days 8-10 of their cycle? Any other patterns you've noticed?
I’ve had such a difficult time finding a pharmacy that carries them.
I use them mainly for testing drinks, if I’m being honest. Is there an alternative I can use to test drinks?
I've been struggling with lows lately, so I haven't been able to do much physical activity. The issue is I really wanted to get out into my backyard garden and get things looking nice.
This morning I decided to utilize the only time I can reliably do anything physical: before food or insulin get involved. We've had terrible weather lately, but this morning was cool and clear, so I took advantage.
I sat and had a coffee for a bit, then got out to work. I was able to put out the garbage and green bin, relocate some hostas, weed and add mulch to two plants, and clean up my front yard. 🎉
After that I came in and showered, and had my breakfast and second cup of coffee. All before 7am.
There is more to be done, but I'm actually really proud of myself for getting out and doing that.
Just wanted to share my joy for the day since I usually dump-post on here.
Happy Tuesday ✨
