Five year old gets her kindergarten evaluation this afternoon, and starts up Tuesday. I expect Porsche kids will start showing up then.

I resumed the icy hot water baths last night (both feet this time), it does seem to help, this morning my ankles would actually bend! That and lots of ibu will keep me going until next week's Drs. appt.

It looks to be a thankfully low key Labor Day weekend, for several reasons. First, due to familial strife, mother in law is not coming. Second, due to familiar strife there's been a med adustment, making someone kind of tired. Third, the kids will be gone camping until Sunday. Fourth, it's going to be cold and rainy tomorrow, perfect weather for sleeping in, then cuddling up with my copy of Panzer Grenadier: Airborne for a few hours of recreating the Brecourt Manor Assault. we'll probably watch some movies, and eat pot pies, too.  I'll probably read some Trafalgar, too , I think it's an English version of Hollywood Squares, but with Trafalgar instead of Hollywood, and Admiral Nelson instead of Charles Nelson Reilly.

Monday will be more active. We may cookout, I hope to work on my bike's starter, and in the spirit of minimizing the Labor movement, the phone company is having dish network installers come by. Yeah, we're switching to the dish instead of cable.

The economics are staggering, right now I pay about $170 a month for phone, DSL and cable. Getting the equivalent all from the phone company, with a DVR thrown in, will be about $80 for the first year, and maybe $130 the next. I did check first with a co-worker up the street, the reception is good he says.

This is good, it will help me get closer to a balanced budget, which I need since I just had to tap my 401k again. I took a loan out for a very good reason, though. I was reading a mailer on adult ed courses, and Mrs. Ha was interested in the phlebotomist course, it's only about $1600 and a month long. This is something Mrs. Ha says she would like, it's in the medical field and it's hands on (she's a hands on learner). So, a loan to pay for that, with the rest to pay down more credit cards ( which gives me about an 18% return, beat that in today's market). Plus, if Mrs. Ha gets a part time phlebomotist job, the money will really help (she might triple her take home), and we can save time and money on all our bloodwork!