Diabetesaliciousness © 2007 – 2023: Carry-on Bag: MacGyver Trapper Keeper Vs All My Diabetes Supplies

This morning I put my brand-new and super streamlined (not to mention super light,) MacBook in my old MacBook Pro’s red, shiny, padded laptop case. 

And I was like:  I’m effing brilliant – I’m talking MacGyver level smarts! 

I was impressed with myself and said out loud: I don’t need to get a new laptop case – I can fit my new Mac and more in my Trapper-Keeper! 

Then I placed said “MacGyver Trapper-Keeper” and its contents in my trusty fuchsia backpack and was all types of happy – until reality set it. 

I absolutely required a new streamlined laptop case/sleeve and the reason had everything to do with diabetes. 

I momentarily forgot that my shiny red padded MacBookPro case always makes for a tight fit re: D supplies when it’s crammed for travel. MacGyvering it only adds to the cramped quarters.

MacGyver Trapper Keeper 20.19 was a no go. 

And for a few seconds (OK, more than a few – at least sixty seconds,) I was annoyed because I thought I could forgo buying a new case and save a few bucks.  

After all, I’d just spent a shit ton on a much needed new Mac – and  I am so incredibly grateful that all the stars aligned to make make it happen. 

My old Mac was a 2012, purchased in February of 2013, is officially slower than molasses, riddled with software issues, and weighs 4+ pounds. 

Also – and I’m only partly joking – I was  afraid it could blow up at any minute, software wise.

It was long past its expiration date, and now “my old friend” sits in a place of pride on my desk, as my official backup/home computer, no longer accompanying me on the road.  

With all new electronicals, there’s compatibility issues with old ones. Sound familiar diabetes peeps? 

Now that I have a new Mac, I require a new printer because my current printer wants nothing to do with my new Mac and refuses to recognize its existence in the universe. 

I now need a new printer/scanner. I get it, I am on it.  

Anyway, back to me being momentarily annoyed – I took a breath and was glad again, quick. 

Because I know how lucky I am to have a new Mac – I know that it will help me do my job today, next week – as well as future jobs, assignments, and personal projects – HELLO Light ROOM. 

I know I’m lucky to be attending ADA for work.

And damn straight I know how lucky I am to have spare insulin in my fridge and extra diabetes supplies in my hall closet. It’s a luxury that many of us living with diabetes in the United States and beyond do not have.   

I have no right to complain because in the grand scheme of things – screw my MacGyver Trapper Keeper! 

$14/$19 new streamlined MacBook case is a small price to pay for peace of mind re: protecting my Mac while allowing me to have extra room for my diabetes supplies in my carry-on is a gift…. as is having insulin in my fridge… And I am a lucky duck, indeed~

Also: I use the words Mac, MacBook, and MacGyver a hell of a lot in this post.