Saturday was prom night for Missy! She's been so excited for it. She didn't have a date, but she and a friend were going to hang out together. She got her hair done earlier in the day and looked absolutely gorgeous in her dress. The prom itself was being held at the fairgrounds, under a big tent outdoors, due to the covid protocols (which remain even though most people are acting as if everything is all over). Things started at 8:00; we dropped her off there (saw one stretch Hummer limo on the way) and she met her friend there. Unfortunately her friend had to leave early for some reason, so Missy came home an hour earlier than the prom actually ended, but she said she had a blast. She saw several of her friends, and did dance some. The downside was it was really crowded, especially on the dance floor, and literally there was almost no room to even turn around, plus the dance floor was so loud you could hardly hear the music. All those heels on the temporary dance floor, I guess. And she said she saw 3 other girls that had her exact same dress (but I bet they didn't wear it as well as Missy did). So she was home by 10. Beth and I just looked at each other when she got home, thinking that she must have been really disappointed with the whole thing, being home so early, but she said she had a really good time.....

Earlier in the week, Missy had a job interview at Kelainey's in the Village at Winona. A good friend of hers works there already - was promoted to manager after just a few weeks, it seems - and even though her friend is not the hiring manager, Missy was hired on the spot. I wonder if they're having the same staffing problems that everyone else is too. So Missy starts her first new job next week!....

FCC softball recorded our first victory of the season this week! We played FUM and actually ended the game earlier than planned. We kind of jumped on them early and often. I remarked during one point that if we weren't careful the game was going to be ended soon, and a few batters later it was called. The umpire called over to the dugout asking how many runs we had scored. I yelled over "six!" and he yelled back "ballgame!" So we invoked the mercy rule on them, 16-4....

We had a pop-up get together with Brian and Deanna Myers this week. They recently moved back to Arizona from Cincy, but they were in town for their daughter's graduation from Grace College. We met them at Oak & Alley, which hadn't opened by the time they moved out of Warsaw all those years ago. It was good to see them again.....