Tuesday was the first day of school! All 3 of the kids are now high schoolers. That does simplify the ride in to school. I’m taking them in, and Beth is picking them up. None of them were particularly looking forward to it, but I think it’s going to be just fine for all of them. Alex and Missy even have a programming class together, hee hee. Beth is also now back to work at Lincoln after last year off, her first day was actually Monday. She’s been incredibly stressed about it, but really was enjoying it once she get started. She also got exactly the job she wanted, which helps..…The softball tournament started on Tuesday, and we continued on the stride we’ve been on lately. Once again we played Fellowship Baptist and jumped all over them, scoring early and often. They got a few here and there but we beat them 13-5, and for the third time this season. We’re really clicking lately, hope we can keep it up…..FCC Kids started on Wednesday. I didn’t want to do it again this year but I know it’s hard to get people to do this sort of thing, so I said I would as long as I didn’t have to do the teaching. My counterpart for the year couldn’t come this week, but she should be there from next week on. To fill in, I had Bob most of the time this week. I have the 1st – 3rd graders this year, there are 8 and all but 1 are boys, and a couple of the boys are, uh, challenging…..Alex had a sleepover on Friday night for a friend’s birthday party…..Saturday Laura came for a quick visit. She had flown to Chicago to see Monica for a day, then drove to our house to see us. She arrived around lunch time, and we had lunch and visited for a while and then headed to Fort Wayne to visit Mom. Laura didn’t really want to but she did. The visit went as well as any has lately, Mom didn’t want to go walk around but we were able to get her to anyway. She didn’t talk much but she wasn’t agitated, and what she did say didn’t make sense. The most amazing thing was she remembered Laura’s name. We went to walk outside, and we saw one of the nurses coming inside who asked her who this was, and she said ‘Laura.’ We had said it before we went outside, so we’re not sure if she just remembered it because she had just heard it, or if she really knew who Laura was. It’s hard to tell if she actually recognizes us, but I think she does to some extent. She was also short of sheets and towels so Laura and I went shopping for her at Kohl’s to pick some up. It was a hard visit for Laura but I thought it was one of the better ones lately. Laura stayed on our couch overnight, then left after we went out for breakfast....today we all went out to see "Christopher Robin," which was a bit cutesy but serviceable.