Never eat more than you can lift.

- Miss Piggy

Kudos to all the single parents out there. I don’t know how you do it.

I know I couldn’t do it. When my husband is away, I just can’t seem to relax (though I always seem to be sleepy).

Everything is a bit harder, a bit more frustrating, and a bit less fun. I am blessed with lots of supportive family, but I still feel the crushing weight of the responsibility that is my children.

My girlfriend swears that in every couple there is a “nice” one and a “mean” one. I’ll let you guess which one I am. (No comments from the peanut gallery please.)

So when daddy! daddy! daddy! comes back tomorrow night, there will be much rejoicing. We’ll all be a little happier, and we’ll breathe a little easier. We’ll be back to being a family again.

My older daughter was away for the whole weekend - for the first time. I really missed her.

When she got back, her sister gave her a big hug and told her how much she missed her. Then, without skipping a beat, they went right back to fighting. Music to my ears.

I take supplements. All kinds. Right now my stash includes a multi, ferrous gluconate (a fancy name for iron), vitamin C, ASA, and chromium. In the past I’ve also taken ALA. Many diabetes books recommend even more supplements - like vanadium, CLA, omega 3s, and mushrooms (the non-hallucinogenic kind).

I used to pooh-pooh extra vitamins and minerals, oils and fungi as unnecessary. I eat well, so why do I need to supplement my diet?

I am also confused by all the information out there. Which vitamins go together, what facilitates what, which ones can be harmful and how do I finance all this pill popping?

I decided to start taking a few supplements after researching, talking with my dietitian, and trying to slow down the effects of my diabetes. I truly don’t know if they help or not. Do I feel healthier? No. Do I feel more energetic? No. Do I get sick less often? No. Am I slowing down my diabetes? I don’t know.

What I do know - I have very expensive urine.