Random thought at 2:30 am

When I was young, from as early as I can recall up to high school, I would often spend a Saturday night at my grandmother's house. Each night before bed she would give me a bowl of cereal "so I wouldn't feel hungry during the night." There was little chance of that actually happening since hunger and an Italian grandmother are two words seldom used in the same sentence, but it meant a lot to her and I certainly wasn't complaining. No doubt that is one of the reasons why I was always a bit overweight. Nothing like a bowl full of Frosted Flakes before bed.

I was reminded of this at 2:30am this morning, as I write this entry. I just woke up with a low of 60 and decided I needed to treat it with more than some glucose tabs. So now I'm enjoying a bowl of Life cereal in the middle of the night. Why? At 11:30 pm I was at 68 and had taken 3 tabs and dropped my basal rate to 0.5 for an hour. But that evidently wasn't enough to bring my BG back up. It must have been those damn homemade coconut macaroons I had earlier in the evening; I must have over covered for them. Anyone have any idea how many carbs in a homemade chocolate covered coconut macaroon?!