Hi all,

It's been an incredibly busy and draining fall for me. My gout is *still* not all the way gone, though it's nearly there.

We just bought a new car yesterday--a lovely bright red Toyota Prius (it's a hybrid). We're enjoying that. It's to replace our 15 year old Mazda 323 which is really past the point at which we want to keep sinking money into it. It's kind of hard to swallow a car payment again--haven't had one for almost 4.5 years, but it's nice to have a new car and I've been wanting a Prius since they came out.

Rachel