This week has not been uneventful. And everything happened on Tuesday. Tuesday was Laura's 50th birthday, which is neither here nor there, but a few other things also happened. Let's start with the truck. A week ago Friday, and then again last Monday, it would not shift into reverse (but I was finally able to get it into reverse after shifting back and forth several times). Tuesday I dropped it off at Ab & Tom's and got the news later that the transmission was gone. According to the mechanic, when they opened it up, the trans fluid was "gray and sparkly" which means that it was eating itself. Beth and I talked about it and decided to go all in on keeping the truck. Fix the parking brake and the windshield washer while you're at it! I got a loan from USAA to pay for it all but then then they found problems with the front brakes and the differential as well. Yep, fix those too. Even though the loan isn't enough now by a few hundred dollars, but I'll figure it out. They still have the truck now and will until the middle of next week. In the meantime, we rented a car from one of the used car dealers in town to help out during the week. A Hyundai Sonata, which is not a bad car but doesn't fit me very well. We didn't keep it over the weekend. Also on Tuesday, we got a report from Laura about Mom. She's been declining, to the point now that she can't remember how to use the stove or microwave, and Dad has to help her with things like that. It's been a rapid decline. Laura also sent a neurologist's report to us, which tells she is worse than we ever thought. Not really sure what we're going to have to do, but Laura and I are planning to go to Arizona to try to figure that out this summer. Also on Tuesday, Natalie had what appeared to be some kind of panic attack or breakdown at school, where she just couldn't deal with things anymore and pretty much fell apart crying and saying she wanted Beth. Beth had to get her out of school and take her home. The migraines have been better lately since seeing the specialist and getting the supplements but this was new. Also on Tuesday, at least something good did happen. FCC softball is back! We have pretty much the same team as last year, with Josh back pitching after a 2-year hiatus, which means I don't have to, and I'm now at 2nd base. We not only won the opener, we dominated by like 12-3. And my first hit of the season was a double! So the week wasn't all bad.