Day 14: World Diabetes Day is blue, ba da dee ba da da ...

World Diabetes Day, you guys! I was just scrolling through my facebook feed and, not gonna lie, I got all choked up seeing those blue reports. My friends went above and beyond, dressing their kids, dressing themselves, posting pictures on my wall. It was overwhelming to see them all pull together for me, for us.

UNfortunately, I had to end the day with a little tiff on the forums regarding appropriate ways to treat people in vulnerable positions, but it was gratifying to see the community pull together against a bully, so we'll chalk that one up to another win.

Day 11: Blue Friday, casual edition/WDD Postcard Exchange

Today my office was closed for Veterans Day so I did my Blue Friday a bit more dressed down this week. I also took the chance to show off my sweet Hartford Whalers t-shirt. BRING BACK THE WHALE!

I also received and sent my WDD postcard today! I'm sad mine will be a little late but I didn't connect that there was no mail service today. Oh well. Here's what I sent:

Here's what I received. Look at the awesome detail! I had a blast picking out all the D-paraphernalia hidden in the drawing.

My postcard buddy's one word was free, as in be free to live your life however you want and don't let diabetes stand in the way of that. Great message.

And, finally, my boyfriend bought this weird ski mask at TJ Maxx tonight. It's supposed to be Batman but ... ummm ... it's blue. I'm skeptical. But perhaps I will repurpose it as a WDD superhero