Health officials are warning those in northern Cal all the way down to the Central Valley not to go outdoors cuz of the smoke. I was surprised because I haven’t been able to smell it in two days. Tom says that’s just cuz I’m used to it, but that it was horribly thick in Carmichael and even gave him a scratchy throat. Guess that explains why it’s still hazy out there. They even canceled the 100-mile marathon that was to run from Lake Tahoe on up to here.

I got my temp tat from Kiwi, plus a code to input for two stickers and 100 more points, but found no place to input the code on the page they directed me to.

When we’re insured I may go to a doctor to try to find out why my body ceases to respond to diets after I lose just a few pounds. Tom still thinks I’ll lose more if I stick to it, but I’m pretty sure 142 pounds is as low as I’ll be able to go. Nothing’s more frustrating, though, than making all the right moves just to fail. I swear I’ve been sticking to it and the exercising, but after the initial 5-pound drop I had during the first few days, I’ve been waking up 142 pounds every day. I’ve been at it a whole week now, too.

The rats are finally growing. In fact, they’re a lot bigger now. Still won’t let us handle them, though they’re better than the last two.

They finally speeded up our connection! The funny thing about it is that we had to downgrade in order to be sped up. We’re not as fast as a cable modem, but we’re twice as fast as we were before. Hope it stays that way, too! Now I can watch movie previews and do the flash sweeps I haven’t been able to do very well.