I just got a 15-pack of big manila envelopes and when Mary’s stamps arrive, I’ll slap some on and send off the non-book stuff and the few book pages I threw in. I’m down to two stamps so I want to keep them for individual letters. If they don’t come by the middle of the week or so, I’ll get some more.

The wind snapped one of the poplars in half which I doubt will grow back, and the wildlife tried digging up one of the palms. Except for poisonous plants, we have to start getting bigger trees from now on.

I’m still $11 in debt, so hopefully Mom will give Tom one of her famous 20s for us to split, but I doubt it.

Tom missed playing his electric guitar, so he bought some guitar strings today, but first he had to repair a broken fret. I still don’t miss the guitar or keyboards all that much. My interests have totally changed, save for the singing. I still sing regularly. I also still have my big and small keyboards and my two guitars.

The site I found online agrees that I am 20 pounds overweight. After typing in a small bone structure, a height of 5’, and a weight of 125, it said my BMI (body mass index) was 24. It said I was 28% fat and should be 18%-23% fat. Also, I should be 92-104 lbs. I’d settle for just 110-115 at this point!

Tom got me my cell phone today from Verizon Wireless. I’ll be sending Mary the number to give to her aunt, but I’ll put a hold on Paula for now. It is way cool. A little complex, but cool. I can choose between 25 different ringtones, set different ringtones for specific people, and program people’s names, numbers, street addresses, and email addresses. It’s got a few games and screensavers. The screen and numbers glow a gas flame blue color, unlike Tom’s boring black phone. Tom taught me how to do text messages using the phone, but it’d be easier to do on the computer. It’s got all kinds of stuff on it, though I haven’t learned everything yet.

It’s 30¢ a minute during workdays, 15¢ in the evenings and on weekends, and 5¢ for text messages.