Missy has returned to college. The nest is emptying out again. I took Thursday off so I could help her move and we could all go out to breakfast at Crazy Egg Cafe, and just after brunch we all headed for Muncie. I had the truck with some of the bigger things, like the bike and chair and fridge, and Missy drove her new van. Well, it's not new and it's not hers but she's keeping it with her at school. She didn't want to drive on the interstate all the way down so we took a shorter but slower route through Wabash. We got everything all moved in, and she was very adamant that she did not want us to help her unpack and put things away and organize the furniture. So we just got her loaded up and found a place she could park the van, and then we took her out to Roots Burger Bar for some really good craft burgers. Then the rest of us headed home and she is back for her junior year. 

Softball is over for the year. We lost to the last place team on Tuesday, but in our defense they lost a lot of very close games over the year and they are better than their record. We beat them when they were short a couple times. But they kind of roughed us up this time, we never got anything going. So that's that for this year, and I'm looking forward to rehabbing over the offseason. No way I'm playing coed league...

Speaking of rehabbing, on Saturday morning I was out on the group B bike ride and had a smallish spill. Inevitable, I suppose, since I cashed in some Ignite points from work just last week and used them to buy a Garmin watch on Amazon, and I had it for maybe 18 hours before crashing and landing on it. A bit. What happened is I was riding too close to the edge of the pavement and went off onto the shoulder, and there was too much of a drop-off from the surface to the dirt so I couldn't quite get back up onto the road and went down. Scratched up the bezel of the watch but not too badly. Gave myself 3 separate road rash spots on my left knee and another on my left shoulder, but didn't hurt my hands or elbows somehow. Finished the ride, we were about 8 miles from home. Bruises showing up on both knees now...

After the bike ride, Beth and I went up to Michigan to visit with Marve and Beth at their house. They were hosting a pool party, but I gather there are still some hard feelings among some in the family because Ric/Steph were not there. Judy & Neill, Ted & Monica, and Beth & I were all there though. We swam in the pool for a while and had BBQ chicken. Then we played Trivial Pursuit, a 1984 edition of the game so I rocked. I haven't played that game in years and years. Beth and I left for home around 9.