This week Beth and Missy finally got to have their getaway. Remember a couple weeks ago when Beth made a hotel reservation for the wrong weekend and didn’t realize it until that wrong weekend was already over and there was nothing that could be done about it? Well, she made some new reservations (much cheaper for the actual weekend they were going, for some reason, which was good) and they headed off this week. They left Thursday morning, and first order of business was the Indy Zoo. Unfortunately it was hot as blazes that day and Beth forgot her hat. But they did see a Lion with the hiccups. They were completely done in from the heat by mid-afternoon and headed back to the hotel to chill. The hotel room was very nice but Beth also forgot her swim suit. On Friday the primary order of business was IKEA for Missy’s apartment this school year. Which was good, and they got a lot of the things they needed, but after the hot zoo day yesterday they were both pretty worn out. Since Beth was away, I made grilled pork chops for dinner (with a roasted brussels sprouts dish as well) and they both came out perfect. Best pork chops I’ve ever made. The girls came home Friday, but had book club in Wabash and didn’t want to miss it, so they came home via Muncie first and then Wabash so they were out late. Nice weekend getaway for them both. 

This week was the big FCC vs. FCC softball game. Team Knight vs. Team Williams. Team first place vs. team last place, hee hee… it was announced on Sunday the last two weeks so people from church could come out to watch the game, and many did which was really cool. We lost the first game of the doubleheader to Christ’s Covenant and then played Dave’s team in the nightcap. We stayed with them for the most part, but they’re basically better than us and eventually won 17-12. But we had fun! I even told a dad joke from third base while Dave was pitching. “We can’t drink any of the pop we brought to the second game tonight.” Why not? “We lost the opener!”

I had one of the most arduous bike rides I’ve ever gone on Saturday. The 2nd Mile “B” group was only me and one other guy (Stuart H) and we took the prescribed route south of town towards North Manchester and back up north through Sidney. Unfortunately it was pretty windy and hot that day, and the wind shifted just so that no matter which direction we turned, we were headed straight into the wind again. It was headwinds all the way out, and all the way back :(  And after I got home again, as soon as I showered I fell asleep for about an hour and a half. It was 43+ miles altogether, but it felt like more than that.