I went to the doctor recently because of my pulled back muscle, and she loaded me up with a ton of medications - Skelaxin (metaxalone, a muscle relaxant), Flexeril (cyclobenzaprine, another muscle relaxant), Lipitor (atorvastatin calcium - to control lipid levels), Ibuprofen (to reduce swelling), and even a referral to Nevada Physical Therapy (at the sports medicine complex at UNR) for electrical stimulation to lower back muscles, lumbar stretches and stabilization, ice, etc.

We wrote a letter to Dave recently, as it had been awhile. We're in the process of trying to find a good grocery store close to us, but are really having a tough time. So far, we've tried Raley's, Super K, and Albertsons, but they all suck compared to the Wal-Mart Supercenter, but since it's on the south side of town, and gas being as expensive as it is, I don't want to keep driving that far for groceries. Raleys, Super K, and Albertsons are all almost twice as expensive as Wal-Mart (for identical items), so we might actually keep shopping there, unfortunately. I guess what we need over here is another Wal-Mart Supercenter.

Had some raisin bran with no raisins today, not the best thing. (Becca likes the raisins, so she picks them out of the box.) We like our new ward, very friendly people. It seems like everyone in the ward is just as new as us, so everyone is constantly walking around introducing themselves to one another, it's actually quite funny. I guess our church records got sent to the wrong ward, as we had two different Relief Society presidents calling us.

You know the old saying that "a picture is worth a thousand words"? Well, I think that phrase needs a disclaimer. Honestly, not every picture is actually worth 1,000 words - some are probably worth more, some definitely less. Perhaps it should be restated something like "A picture can be worth a thousand words".

Misti's packing for hospital already, only 6 weeks in advance. Not bad, actually, considering last time I think we were ready to go 3 months in advance.   =)

Finally got DSL transferred over (was 'offline' at home for a few weeks) - the trick to having the DSL people activate your line for you (so you don't have to install the crappy Yahoo software) is to tell them that you're running Linux, Amiga, BSD, etc. (since the software only works on Windows or Macintosh), or I suppose you could say that you don't have a CD-ROM drive (since the software is on CD), but in either case, I didn't have to install the crap software and then immediately uninstall it like I had to last time. Score. UPDATE: you can also just visit their website (from someone else's computer) to activate.

Misti changed our address with everyone we can think of as far as bills, magazines, DMV, etc. - a pain in the butt process, really, especially since they never seem to actually start mailing to the new address until two (2) phone calls to them. (You call once and tell them your new address, and they say 'ok', but don't change it - so you call back a second time, and they say 'oh, yeah' and actually start to use it.)

Becca has this doll that she got for her birthday (I think), and she's named it "Baby Maite" (pronounced 'my-tay'), after Misti's little sister. Tried the new Trident White gum, which tastes a little nasty, but supposedly whitens your teeth as you chew.

Blogger's become a lot better lately, with many of the Blogger Pro features becoming available to free Blogger users. Spell check is back, draft posts, future posts, titles, uploading files via Blogger, pinging weblogs.com, etc. Cool beans.

I'm currently at Level 17 on Neoquest. Cool RPG.