This will be a short update, as it’s hard to type with splints on both hands. I took leave last week so I could do some studying for my finals and get a bit of time away from work. The finals went all right, and the time off was very relaxing. So relaxing in fact, that I decided to use some of that fancy new economic stimulus money the President was kind enough to hand out to stimulate the economy down at Lowes. I dug up all the flowers / weeds that were growing in the flower beds on the front side of the house, planted some new bushes and a pine tree, and laid down some creek rock. No more weeds! Unfortunately it seems I also over worked my delicate wrists a bit. I’ve had really bad pain in both arms since then, and a weird grinding sensation that started a few days ago. It got to the point last night that I just couldn’t take it anymore, so I made a doctor’s appointment to have it checked out. The short version is I have a pretty nice case of De Quervain’s Tenosynovitis. The Air Forces solution? Slap on some splints and give me some “anti-inflammatory medication”, i.e. motrin. I don’t think I’ve ever walked out of an Air Force clinic without motrin. They really love the stuff.

There’s not much else is going on around here. The weather is finally warm enough that I think we’ll be opening up the pool here soon. Maybe this weekend if my little girl wrists can handle it. I uploaded a few albums of pictures that we had sitting around. If you click on the link I stuck up in the sidebar on the right called “Recently Added Albums” it will take you directly to a listing of the newest stuff, so no more fishing around looking for things.

Enough typing for now. I need to get one of those Steven Colbert wrist stong bracelets to show my solidarity for the wrist challenged out there. Together there is nothing we can’t do! As long as it doesn’t involve lifting anything over about five pounds.