We have struggled through another week. I took most of Monday off so Beth and I could have our meetings at the school regarding taking Natalie out. She’s over 16 so she can legally drop out, so I don’t think there’ll be too much problem with her not being in school until we can get her enrolled somewhere, but as of Monday she is no longer officially enrolled at Warsaw High School….. I took the van in Discount Tire Monday to check out one of the rear tires that hasn’t been holding air lately. They found a piece of metal in it and fixed it, so that’s better, and it was free…..Beth worked all week as she was able to get soups done for a show in Columbia City on Saturday. Tuesday the kids were off school because the teachers’ union had a rally or something in Indy. Protesting their wages, I guess. Warsaw does have to lowest teachers’ pay in the state, from what I hear. So over 20% of the teachers had requested the day off so they cancelled school altogether with no e-learning! Missy hung out at a friend’s house pretty much all day; Nat walked as far as the health food store in town and then had an episode so I had to go get her and bring her home……Beth was in Shipshewana on Tuesday visiting with Stephanie. She came back feeling refreshed; Stephanie gets her and gets what she’s going through…..Our nice new van was back in the shop on Thursday because the engine has been rattling and roaring at low rpm, and one of the things they found was the same suspension problem that Best Deal was supposed to have fixed. If they did fix it in the couple days they had the van when we bought it, it apparently didn’t show. Plus a bad axle in front. The fixes were around $1100. It’s better now, but the engine still is pretty noisy at low rpm especially when it’s cold. Sigh…..The Yuletide Treasures craft show in Columbia City was this weekend, and Beth did well. We made around $840 in sales, selling out of 4 different kinds. But not the curried lentil, such a big seller at the show a few weeks ago. We only sold 4 all day, and many people tried it and made a frowny face. They loved it at the last show. But we also sold out of chicken noodle, which has never happened before……Today we got a pop-up text from Marve asking if he and Beth could come visit for the day. Out of the blue. So they did, and were at the house around 4:30. They stayed to visit for a while and have dinner with us before heading back home. Long drive, short visit, but it was nice because nobody ever comes down our way…..