Alex turned 16 this week. Unbelievable. He chose to go to Flat Top Grill for dinner on his birthday so we drove out to FW for dinner (and dessert) and back on Tuesday. We gave him a couple of video games he wanted and $50 to put towards the VR set he wants (the one he’s trying to rebuild the computer to run). Friday, he had another of his standard video game sleepover nights, and once again the girls left me alone with them and stayed the night in a motel in town. I stayed in the kitchen on the computer doing genealogy research most of the evening and went to bed at around 11:30, while the crowd was still all up and shouting at the TV in the living room. I think they all went to sleep around 3:00 or 4:00. Alex was pretty tired in the morning and most of the next day….Beth is sick. She was coming down with something for a few days last week and it really hit early this week. She was off work on Tuesday, and tried to work Wednesday but got sent home. Thursday she went to Medstat and had an upper respiratory & right ear infection with laryngitis…This weekend I replaced the third brake light on the minivan. It's been broken ever since we bought the van, but now that Alex is driving I feel better with it working. I found the part online somewhere and found a YouTube video about how to replace it, so I was able to get the old one out and the new one in without too much trouble. I have also bought a replacement side view mirror since Beth has repeatedly smashed the one on the passenger side against the garage door. I also found a video of how to replace that, so I'll give that a go soon.