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bzarcherWell, that sucked.
As part the fasting test, I couldn't eat or drink after 6pm last night. OK, fine. Went in for the 10am draw, and got told, "Oh, it's not just a fasting test!"
Wha-huh?
What they'd scheduled without explaining to me was that this was a tolerance test. That means that after they took the first draw, I was given the most noxious flat-cokey tasting drink in the world (warm!) and told I had to drink it all within 5 minutes. Then I sat for 2 hours while this drink drove my blood sugar down as low as it could go. I fell asleep/passed out somewhere around the 1 hour 15 minute mark, apparently, but the nap was nice.
Finally got out of there a little bit ago after they made sure I was going to be OK to walk/drive, and got myself some food. A roast beef sub never tasted so good.
Now, as I catch up on my work crap, please enjoy the tasty meme.
USA
Alabama - Montgomery Yes, part of my jaunt down to Space Camp and then through much of the South.
Alaska - Juneau
Arizona - Phoenix Visted my cousins.
Arkansas - Little Rock See aforementioned Southern Odyssey.
California - Sacramento Sang a concert in the Cathedral that's right down the park from the captial building and watched a woman get hit by a streetcar as we came out of the performance! How cool is that?
Colorado - Denver
Connecticut - Hartford
Delaware - Dover
Florida - Tallahassee Side trip during the more recent Southern Odyssey last year.
Georgia - Atlanta The highways were filled with madness.
Hawaii - Honolulu
Idaho - Boise
Illinois - Springfield
Indiana - Indianapolis Yet despite my dad's love of IROC and Indy racing, we've never gone to the 500.
Iowa - Des Moines
Kansas - Topeka
Kentucky - Frankfort Booooooring. Louisville would be a nicer capitol.
Louisiana - Baton Rouge
Maine - Augusta Eh. We went there while visiting the New England half of the family, and it didn't make a great impression.
Maryland- Annapolis The naval academy was neat.
Massachusetts - Boston 3 car accidents, 4 pounds of lobster and an afternoon in the Boston Library later...
Michigan - Lansing My aunt Marilyn used to live there. We visited regularly.
Minnesota - St. Paul Another day, another concert. And a neat gaming store. (The Source)
Mississippi - Jackson
Missouri - Jefferson City I got to go on a riverboat. That was pretty neat.
Montana - Helena
Nebraska - Lincoln
Nevada - Carson City
New Hampshire - Concord I can't remember why we went there. I know my mom wanted us to go there, and it wasn't that big a drive from my Grand-Uncle's place in Vermont, but WHY?
New Jersey - Trenton
New Mexico - Santa Fe
New York - Albany Another concert site! Woooo chorus.
North Carolina - Raleigh The ride getting there through the mountains was more interesting.
North Dakota - Bismarck
Ohio - Columbus Home, sweet home.
Oklahoma - Oklahoma City
Oregon - Salem
Pennsylvania - Harrisburgall.
Rhode Island - Providence The more you turn around, the more you leave the state.
South Carolina - Columbia Had some interesting trips when we visited Alison at college there, and there's a really incredible Italian restaurant hidden in one of the side streets.
South Dakota - Pierre Mostly interesting because of the lake. Also, you can see it for MILES.
Tennessee - Nashville For 2 days doing touristy stuff, my sister WOULDN'T. STOP. SINGING. THAT. DAMN. SONG. FROM. THE. TENNESSEE. COMMERCIALS.
Texas - Austin Not only concerts, but more beef than God Himself could eat.
Utah - Salt Lake City
Vermont - Montpelier Grand-Uncle Wayne lived there until he moved to Florida with the rest of the herd.
Virginia - Richmond Mr. Lee's City.
Washington - Olympia
West Virginia - Charleston Every time we go to Canaan, we're stopping there for something.
Wisconsin
Wyoming (Wyoming does not exist.)
Washington, DC
CANADA
Alberta - Edmonton
British Columbia - Victoria
New Brunswick - Fredericton
Newfoundland - St. John's
Northwest Territories - Yellowknife
Nova Scotia - Halifax
Manitoba - Winnipeg
Nunavut - Iqaluit
Ontario - Toronto By far my favorite city ever.
Prince Edward Island - Charlottetown
Quebec - Quebec City The entire city is staring at you, you dirty Anglophone.
Saskatchewan - Regina
Yukon Territory - Whitehorse
Ottawa - Canada
As part the fasting test, I couldn't eat or drink after 6pm last night. OK, fine. Went in for the 10am draw, and got told, "Oh, it's not just a fasting test!"
Wha-huh?
What they'd scheduled without explaining to me was that this was a tolerance test. That means that after they took the first draw, I was given the most noxious flat-cokey tasting drink in the world (warm!) and told I had to drink it all within 5 minutes. Then I sat for 2 hours while this drink drove my blood sugar down as low as it could go. I fell asleep/passed out somewhere around the 1 hour 15 minute mark, apparently, but the nap was nice.
Finally got out of there a little bit ago after they made sure I was going to be OK to walk/drive, and got myself some food. A roast beef sub never tasted so good.
Now, as I catch up on my work crap, please enjoy the tasty meme.
USA
Alabama - Montgomery Yes, part of my jaunt down to Space Camp and then through much of the South.
Alaska - Juneau
Arizona - Phoenix Visted my cousins.
Arkansas - Little Rock See aforementioned Southern Odyssey.
California - Sacramento Sang a concert in the Cathedral that's right down the park from the captial building and watched a woman get hit by a streetcar as we came out of the performance! How cool is that?
Colorado - Denver
Connecticut - Hartford
Delaware - Dover
Florida - Tallahassee Side trip during the more recent Southern Odyssey last year.
Georgia - Atlanta The highways were filled with madness.
Hawaii - Honolulu
Idaho - Boise
Illinois - Springfield
Indiana - Indianapolis Yet despite my dad's love of IROC and Indy racing, we've never gone to the 500.
Iowa - Des Moines
Kansas - Topeka
Kentucky - Frankfort Booooooring. Louisville would be a nicer capitol.
Louisiana - Baton Rouge
Maine - Augusta Eh. We went there while visiting the New England half of the family, and it didn't make a great impression.
Maryland- Annapolis The naval academy was neat.
Massachusetts - Boston 3 car accidents, 4 pounds of lobster and an afternoon in the Boston Library later...
Michigan - Lansing My aunt Marilyn used to live there. We visited regularly.
Minnesota - St. Paul Another day, another concert. And a neat gaming store. (The Source)
Mississippi - Jackson
Missouri - Jefferson City I got to go on a riverboat. That was pretty neat.
Montana - Helena
Nebraska - Lincoln
Nevada - Carson City
New Hampshire - Concord I can't remember why we went there. I know my mom wanted us to go there, and it wasn't that big a drive from my Grand-Uncle's place in Vermont, but WHY?
New Jersey - Trenton
New Mexico - Santa Fe
New York - Albany Another concert site! Woooo chorus.
North Carolina - Raleigh The ride getting there through the mountains was more interesting.
North Dakota - Bismarck
Ohio - Columbus Home, sweet home.
Oklahoma - Oklahoma City
Oregon - Salem
Pennsylvania - Harrisburgall.
Rhode Island - Providence The more you turn around, the more you leave the state.
South Carolina - Columbia Had some interesting trips when we visited Alison at college there, and there's a really incredible Italian restaurant hidden in one of the side streets.
South Dakota - Pierre Mostly interesting because of the lake. Also, you can see it for MILES.
Tennessee - Nashville For 2 days doing touristy stuff, my sister WOULDN'T. STOP. SINGING. THAT. DAMN. SONG. FROM. THE. TENNESSEE. COMMERCIALS.
Texas - Austin Not only concerts, but more beef than God Himself could eat.
Utah - Salt Lake City
Vermont - Montpelier Grand-Uncle Wayne lived there until he moved to Florida with the rest of the herd.
Virginia - Richmond Mr. Lee's City.
Washington - Olympia
West Virginia - Charleston Every time we go to Canaan, we're stopping there for something.
Wisconsin
Wyoming (Wyoming does not exist.)
Washington, DC
CANADA
Alberta - Edmonton
British Columbia - Victoria
New Brunswick - Fredericton
Newfoundland - St. John's
Northwest Territories - Yellowknife
Nova Scotia - Halifax
Manitoba - Winnipeg
Nunavut - Iqaluit
Ontario - Toronto By far my favorite city ever.
Prince Edward Island - Charlottetown
Quebec - Quebec City The entire city is staring at you, you dirty Anglophone.
Saskatchewan - Regina
Yukon Territory - Whitehorse
Ottawa - Canada
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Date: 2004-04-28 10:33 pm (UTC)Places I have not been in the US:
Alaska, Delaware, Hawaii, Idaho, Nevada, Oregon, Washington
Places I have been in Canada:
Newfoundland, Ontario, Prince Edawrd Island, Quebec, Saskatchewan
In other news, just be glad they kept you there instead of letting you wander around during the testing hours. When I had my blood sugar tested they didn't give me the sugar syrup to drink, but they did make me fast overnight, test, eat, and test again two hours later. I still felt horrible and weak and dizzy, even with the eating allowed. But now I know how to manage myself, even if I don't always follow my own advice.
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Date: 2004-04-29 05:33 am (UTC)