It's been a rainy week, but it always seemed to hold off when we needed it to. Tuesday, for example. It was threatening rain all day, and it did rain some, but it dried up in time for the softball game, which was a rout, not unusual, but we won it, which is. We won the game 20-2, jumping all over the team that beat us in the opening game. We won mostly because their pitcher wasn't there and their backup walked something like 13 in the first inning. I walked 3 consecutive at-bats myself, without a single strike thrown. It felt wrong. Anyway, Beth was at a work dinner party at the Boathouse so she missed a win again. Back to the rain, Friday evening was a fundraiser sale of Nelson's chicken for the Cedar Point trip, and it threatened rain but didn't. We sold out by around 7 pm, including some 50 or 60 people who bought tickets but didn't show up to claim their food, so we re-sold it. An older couple showed up to get theirs just after we sold out, but it says on the ticket to claim it by 5. Missy was at a birthday party while we were selling chicken. Funny story about that. Not one but both kids forgot major amounts of homework this week: Alex was supposed to turn in a large algebra study book by Friday and did not, Missy was supposed to do several reading counts tests and did not. For both, serious drags on their grades. Beth not happy. She had to run a lot to try to get things taken care of by the end of the day (including getting Missy away from the party at Pottery Bayou) and could not, so it'll have to be taken care of on Monday (had to talk to all the teachers). Both kids got themselves grounded from electronic games until school is out. Missy almost lost going to the party but it almost seemed more punishment to make her go back to it. Then it rained most of the rest of the weekend, so we cleaned house!