Holiday weekend. We're finding that the kids' work schedules can really put a crimp in things sometimes, but sometimes it works out. Take Saturday, for example. Alex worked all day, and the rest of us had nothing planned. We though geocaching would be fun for the rest of us, so we took off in the direction of Roann to find a few I'd solved puzzles for last year during the lockdown. On the way we found a couple others too, and one was conveniently right near an Amish grocery store. We stopped in there because Missy had to pee, but it turned out to be a really nice shop with all sorts of bulk foods and goodies, plus a garden center and outdoor furniture. So that was a good find. Just a bit later we went through Roann and there was an antiques shop in the "downtown" area with a sign saying 'antiques and other neat stuff' on the wall, so we stopped because we all like neat stuff. The girls all found a few things they liked and bought. We found a couple more caches, didn't find a few others, then over to Wabash for a drink an heading home, but since the pet store where we originally bought Nibbles was right there, we stopped there too. So it was overall a really good expedition.

On the other hand, Monday I had the day off so Beth and I thought we should all go to the beach. We checked out the Lake Michigan beaches and thought Warren Dunes would be a good choice, but Alex was working in the evening so we downsized the plan to Waubee Lake instead. Then none of the kids really wanted to go so Beth and I went by ourselves, which was fine with us!

Softball was rained out again last week, and again I should use air quotes because it literally stopped raining for good just as soon as they called it off, which was around 4:00. The rest of the evening was clear and dry.

Beth had another MRI this past week, same place as before. This time though it was on her knee, which has been much worse than her back lately. The bulging discs they found in her back seem to be doing much better (with a lot of chiropractic, acupuncture, and PT), but the knee is worse and worse. However unlike with her back, she got a physician's referral for the MRI on her knee, which means it gets covered by insurance and therefore is a lot cheaper. So now she goes in to the orthopedist next week to have it analyzed and see what the path forward is.