Addendum:

Just measured now and opposite result against my hunch. My Trigger is 96 now, I feel a bit hungry so time to eat.

Right Pinky: 87
Left Pinky: 95

I'll chalk it up to a number of variables but TIME is not really one of them as this is basically concurrent readings.

Strip Variability
Test point (skin) variable
Amount of blood drawn (drop but not all drops are drops)
Right/Left bias - this doesn't seem to be the case but not enought data

I do have some test solution so perhaps I can test three strips in a row on that.

I guess the bright light is that, even with the variability, in the long run the waking should go down and the pre-meal should go down as well. We're in it for the long-ish run here, I'm devoting until March 31 on DDF.

Not all pitches are strikes
Not all pitches are balls
But when there are more strikes than balls over time, eventually the batter is retired. I think ha!