So I'm pretty much an idiot

I found this post in my drafts folder. It made me laugh and look stupid at the same time. May it give you a laugh and make you feel better about yourself.

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I've been reading a lot of the back-to-school posts with some feelings of smugness. Those feelings have nothing to do with the other bloggers. Rather I had gotten so comfortable with our back-to-school situation that I had left a giant ol' ass-print on it.

And now it is my turn to freak out.

It started with a letter we received in the mail from Elise's pre-school teacher, Miss A. "Wait a minute," I said to myself, "Elise doesn't have a teacher named Miss A. Her teacher is Miss T. The same teacher she had last year. Who knows all the D stuff inside and out."

I'll take a helping of denial with a huge side of crap-on-a-stick.

What had happened is that Elise's old teacher, Miss T had unexpectedly decided to not return. The whole thing happened rather quickly, and the school did not have a chance to inform us ahead of time.

About two weeks before the start of school, the new teacher came to our house to meet Elise and for a rundown on her care. She left with wide eyes, her mouth permanently drawn into a little "o", and no doubt wondering what the crap she had gotten herself into.

I blame myself for closing the show with a little number I like to call, "When glucagon is your Friend."

So here I am, with less than a week to go before school, gearing up to become a whirling dervish of angst and crazy; updating Elise's care manual, making new lanyards, stocking an emergency kit, and freaking out that I am going to hand over my baby girl into the hands of someone that has only had a 60 minute crash course on type 1 diabetes.

All that pre-letter smugness is gone. Message received, diabetes, I will try not to become complacent like that again.

Now I'm off to draft her 504 plan... grades k-7.

***Just wanted to add that everything has turned out fine, Miss A is doing a great job caring for Elise, and all the staff at her school are wonderful. This is Elise's pic from her first day of school... moments before she burst into tears.