Softball had a great game Tuesday against one of the top teams in the league, and one that jumped all over us earlier this year. We beat them 12-8, in a game that we had a big lead on them but they chipped away at it until the very end. They came into the bottom of the 7^th trailing 12-8, but with momentum, and then the first guy hit a hard single…then the next guy bounced one to the pitcher, who started an excellent 1-4-3 double play. Bingo bongo, two out, none on. Next guy popped it up, game over. Sweet revenge…Friday I finally got Alex’s new phone. Beth and I have regretted getting him that smartphone ever since we got it, and we’ve been getting him used to the idea that he’s losing it ever since it was time to get the girls phones. We cannot afford 5 smartphones, plain & simple. So, the girls have slider phones and now so does Alex. Or at least, he will as soon as I figure out how to migrate his number to the new phone, and mine to his old one. He’s figured out how to migrate everything he wants to keep off of the phone and onto his Kindle, so he’s gotten used to the idea now (after a long period of getting ready for it). Now I just have to get around to it. Yesterday, I did some shopping at Green Earth, bought a new pair of running shoes (now that my toes aren't bleeding any more). She also showed me some of those anti-chafing socks, which sounded like an excellent idea so I got a couple pair of those too. Later on we headed up to Michigan to pick blueberries, somehow or other Beth had heard about some nice berry farm not far from Gobles, so we went up there in the early afternoon and filled several buckets with blueberries. This must have been an extraordinarily good year for them; the bushes were heavy with all the berries. With the berries in hand, we headed for Kalamazoo (and changed clothes in the restroom of a Biggby Coffee) to catch a production of “Annie” featuring Lauren as one of the orphan girls. We got back pretty late, and overslept and missed church. Again.