'Betes Day

We’ve all heard of Rebecca Black, the one hit wonder who frankly, can’t even be considered a “wonder”.  She was just a girl who got lucky with a song that is very repetitive, catchy, and extremely known.  There is not one single middle schooler who has not listened to Friday, and there is absolutely no one who didn’t sing it, well, every single Friday.

So today is an Ode to Rebecca Black and her infamous song.  I changed it up a bit to fit my diabetic lifestyle.  I hope you like this new rendition, and like I always say, here it goes…

7 am, waking up in the morning

Gotta test, gotta go downstairs

Gotta bolus my food, gotta wait to eat my loot

Seein’ Lola give insulin takes long

.1, .2, four seconds in between

Gotta eat, my tummy’s growling, waiting is mean

Gotta wait ’cause of the morning high

Gotta wait, I’m hungry!--another minute more and I might die

Kickin’ my blood sugar in the butt

Runnin’ to kick it in the butt

Gotta take my runnin’ juice

What amount of sugar should I take?

It’s ’Betes Day, ’Betes Day

Every single day is ’Betes Day

Everybody’s lookin’ forward to a day where I don’t have to test my ’sugar

’Betes Day, ’Betes Day

Every single day is ’Betes Day

Everybody’s waiting for a day where I don’t have to prick my finger

I would party, party (Yeah)

I would party, party (Yeah)

I can just hope, hope, hope

For a day where I don’t have to test

8:00, I get back from my run

Sweaty, hot, and low again, darn

Blood sugar will come up, think about up

You know what could happen

I got sugar, my needed sugar

My meter is by my right

I got it, my blood sugar is better

Now I can continue on

Kickin’ my blood sugar in the butt

Living my life to kick it in the butt

Gotta decide what I want to do

What meter should I take?

It’s ’Betes Day, ’Betes Day

Every single day is ’Betes Day

Everybody’s lookin’ forward to a day I don’t need to give insulin

’Betes Day, ’Betes Day

Every single day is ’Betes Day

Everybody’s waiting for a day where I don’t have to do this

I would party, party (Yeah)

I would party, party (Yeah)

I can just wait, wait, wait

For a day I don’t have to bolus

Yesterday was ’Betes Day, ’Betes Day

Today it is ’Betes Day, ’Betes Day

I-I-I wish it wasn’t

But every day is

I’m gonna have to do another test soon

Tomorrow is ’Betes Day

And another ’Betes Day comes afterwards

I really want all these ’Betes Days to end

D-B, Diabetes

Doing another site change (site change)

Every three days (three days)

A 13 millimeter needle (Uh huh, uh huh)

Clean up my thigh, sticky up my thigh

Wit’ a mark from my last on my right

Waiting for the needle to puncture me

3, 2, 1--Darn it hurts!--Wanna scream

Waste of 15 minutes, another ’Betes Day

That wasn’t very fun, c’mon, c’mon, why do you torture me?

It’s ’Betes Day, ’Betes Day

Every single day is ’Betes Day

Everybody’s lookin’ forward to a day I don’t have to weigh my food

’Betes Day, ’Betes Day

Every single day is ’Betes Day

Everybody’s waiting for a day where I don’t have to pull out a scale

I would party, party (Yeah)

I would party, party (Yeah)

I can just want, want, want,

For a day I don’t need to count how many carbs

It’s ’Betes Day, ’Betes Day

Every single day is ’Betes Day

Everybody’s lookin’ forward to a day I don’t need to lick my blood

’Betes Day, ’Betes Day

Every single day is ’Betes Day

Everybody’s waiting for a day where I don’t have to clean up my blood

I would party, party (Yeah)

I would party, party (Yeah)

I can just wish, wish, wish

For a day I don’t have to taste blood

Dedication------Rebecca Black, you musical prodigy, thank you for giving me something to write about today.  I have you to thank; you are the one that made this possible.