Tuesday, the softball team played a doubleheader. For the first time in a long long time, we played a game on one of the smaller fields. That was the first game, a makeup for the game a couple weeks ago when we didn't have enough players to field a team. The other team let us make it up, so we played an extra game. We played well, and won a close one 8-7. In the second game, we played one of the top teams in the league. They have a lot of young players that hit really hard. So, they were crushing it all night and I was afraid we were going to get mercied and shut out again, but we actually held our own and stayed fairly close, eventually losing 17-12. Most notably for me, I hit a hard single over the head of the left fielder (he was playing me really close) and decided to go for second, believing that with the big turn he had to make after chasing down the ball, I could beat a throw or at least beat a tag on a ball coming from the opposite side of the bag. It would have been close but I think I would have been safe, but anyway the throw got past the 2nd baseman and I did not slow down making the turn because I knew there was nobody close to the ball to get it and make a long throw the third. And there was no throw...so I will count that as a triple. I think that may be my first triple ever.

I went mountain biking again this week. It was fun going last week so on Sunday when I had nothing else to do in the evening I went again by myself. The trails were a bit muddy but not that bad. I rode from and to home so that added a couple miles. 

We finally took a puzzle that Missy completed earlier this year to Hobby Lobby to get it framed. It's been sitting on her floor for a long time now, and we really needed to get it up. Sometime last spring we found some puzzle glue somewhere so we used that to glue it together, it seemed to work pretty well. We told Missy we would get that done for her birthday so I'm glad we finally are.

The "new" truck went in to the shop at Ab & Tom's this week. Basically because it has been making a horrible squeaking sound when I turn left from a stop, but which goes away after a few miles. Plus the AC does not work very well. Anyway, the truck went into the shop on Wednesday, and by Friday it was almost done but I let them keep it until Monday so it could be done and tested out without being rushed. The squeaking may have been from the rear brakes (since they were worn away to almost nothing) or the front wheels (because the emergency brake assembly on both front wheels was trashed: one was sticking and one was completely frozen, and neither worked at all). In their words, "this is a big deal." Unfortunately. So, we will be without the truck for a few more days and play a big bill for it, it seems.