Dad’s birthday was Monday, which left me a bit melancholy.....Monday evening Warsaw was hit by a tornado. Beth was just getting home from somewhere as the weather started kicking up, and Missy looked out the back window and remarked that the wind was really blowing hard. Which it was; I looked and saw a bunch of trees across the ditch just being whipped around, but it didn’t look like it was that strong closer to the house. Which turned out to be good since it was a confirmed tornado, practically skipping over our house after touching down near Pike Lake, and then touching down again just across 30.....Tuesday we finally got to make up the softball game that has been rained out twice. We played FUM and once again only had 8 players show up, and once again we won it, 13-10. We won with only two players in the outfield. Scored early and often, and held them off. Gotta love beating that team, they are sorta whiners and talkers. So we're going into the tournament on a hot streak! I also took a bouncer off my knee (still got the guy out at second) which had left a gnarly bruise by the end of the week, complete with a pattern from the laces.....Beth has been spending most of this week shopping for back to school clothes for and with the kids. Holy cow are we spending a lot of money. Nothing fits them any more, and their shoes are all trashed. It's also very difficult to find school-appropriate shorts for the girls, we're finding...Saturday we all went up to Michigan to visit with Judy and the rest of the family. We went first up to Judy and Neill's cottage on the lake and visited with them most of the day. The flood waters have receded a little bit but the lake is still really high there. Ric and family came over a bit later and we all had a cookout for dinner. Judy also gave us a roll-top secretary, which is very nice and I think will replace the little computer desk in the dining room at home. It took a bit of doing to get it to fit into the back of the van with the back seat up, though. Anyway, things broke up just after dinner because everyone had places to go, but then we all headed up to Marve and Beth's house to visit with them for a while. We all swam at their pool for the evening, and when it started getting dark we played Farkle. We headed for home late, like 9:30 or 10, and in the process of packing up our stuff I managed to walk into the rear lift gate of the van and split open my head on it. Put about a 1" gash just under my hairline on my forehead. So that delayed our leaving by a bit as I worked on stopping the bleeding. I don't think stitches are needed but it will probably leave a scar.