Beth and I went to see "Wicked" on Friday. We've wanted to go see it for a while now, and it seems to be leaving everywhere very soon. In fact, the only place we could find it to go see it this weekend was in Goshen, so we did a road trip. There were only a couple other people in the theater with us. Anyway, both of us really liked it. Beth had really wanted to see it for a while and she loved it, and I liked it a lot better than I thought I would. 

Saturday, we all went to Fort Wayne to get Beth's cross-stitch cross framed. She started work on that floral cross several years ago, worked on it off and on for a few years, then washed it and the red dye ran. The red stained the fabric around the edges where it ran off from some stitched flowers, and Beth was so upset and disappointed with it that she put it away for another 2 or 3 years. On the sly, I fixed it as well as could be done by stitching some more flowers or improvising some other background to cover up the red stains, and in the end you basically can't tell that that ever had to be done. I gave the finished stitching with the red stains completely covered for Christmas. She loved it...I think it was a good move to give it to her for Christmas and call it a present so she wouldn't be mad at me for messing with her stitching, even though I think she never would have gone back to it. Anyway, we picked out some really nice framing and matting for it and can pick it up in a couple weeks. 
Secondly we went to Three Rivers Running Company because I got a gift card for my birthday a year or two ago from Laura and found it recently, and thought maybe I'd find a good new pair of running shorts there. Not really, everything there is pretty expensive. So I took a flyer and bought one of those not-quite-fanny-pack phone holder running belts, and a bunch of goo packets with the balance of the card. Now if I can only get past the looking ridiculous with the thing on. 

More tire drama with the truck this week. Last Wednesday the right front tire was pretty darn flat when I got out of work, and I no longer have a working inflator. So either roll the dice and drive to a gas station or call roadside assistance again. I took my chances on the road, and drove very gently to Monteith Tire on Detroit Street where they have a free air hose. And guess what, it didn't work! I got a little air but not enough, so I drove even more gently (on US 30) to the Family Express across from Medtronic, and guess what, it didn't work either! So I drove as gently as possible back past home to the other Family Express and inflated there where it finally did work. I was afraid I'd destroyed the tire altogether but a few days later it still seems to be holding air again.