Quite the adventure on Thursday this week. I rented a U-haul car trailer and Natalie and I went to Ohio again, for what should be the last time, to bring back her car. All I knew about the car was that the transmission lines leaked so it had no fluid in it, I didn't know if it would run or anything. The dolly-type car trailer that the U-haul place has was rented out, so I went with the trailer which wasn't too more, but that meant I really had to hope that the car would run or else it was going to be awfully hard getting it onto the trailer. Anyway, I got the trailer at around lunch time after working in the morning, and Nat, Churro and I headed east. We got there with no problems, I put in the battery (I'd had it charged up at Auto Zone, which they do for free) and crossed my fingers, and when Nat turned the key it started right up. Loading it onto the trailer was scary...I legit thought that Nat was going to drive it clear off the front of the trailer...but as I held up my arms and yelled "Stooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooopppppp" she did. One of the guys she had been living with helped us get it on, and it was really a good thing it started because when we were trying to just push it up the last bit of the ramp it was obvious that if we had to push it up, there was no way it was going to happen. But once we had the car loaded and tied down, it towed behind the truck with no problems. We got it unloaded in Warsaw at Boggs Automotive (they were expecting us) who very nicely said we could leave the car on their lot until they could get it into the shop to diagnose and hopefully fix the problem. Car unloaded, trailer returned, and Nat is moved out of there for good.

The following day we went to the BMV to get her vehicle titled. She bought it nearly 2 years ago, but it has never been titled in her name, registered, insured, or any of all that car stuff. She also doesn't have a license. She wasn't ready to take the test again but we did get the application for the title processed and sent in, which means that we can sell it. By the weekend I had heard from Boggs that the transmission lines were shot and needed to be replaced before they would be able to tell if the transmission itself had problems. That is going to be about $515 so I told them go ahead, probably against my better judgement...

Friday evening Beth and I went to a play at the Wagon Wheel Theater. First time in a while to be there for us. They were putting on "Funeral for a Gangster," which is a sort of audience participation murder mystery. The play is the setup for the murder, in which the victim is the gangster's widow. Then there is a break while the audience receives a sheet of clues and puzzles to decode, in order to solve a riddle about the murder. You also have to figure out who did it and who killed the gangster. Beth and I worked with a lady who was there alone, and we got all the puzzles solved and correctly guessed who sold out the gangster but not who killed him or who killed the widow. Although, I don't think the audience had enough clues to figure out that last one without guessing. Anyway, it was a fun time.  

FCC Softball is back! The season is starting in a couple weeks, and I took the unusual step this year of arranging a practice before the opener. I reserved the ZB softball field for yesterday and got both teams together for some time to shake the rust off. We're having two teams again this year, and honestly we're probably not that far away from having enough for 3. Dave's team is in the B division this year (back to divisions, which is good) and my team is in the C division. The low expectations team, that's us...