July 31-August 4

In Lititz on Wednesday morning to make arrangements for my mother, there is a firm there that her side of the family has utilized for generations. Many years ago she and I had discussed this eventuality and at that time I freely admitted that there was no way I could handle this by myself. She worked for many years with a woman named Norma and they were best friends, it was decided that she and/or her daughter Melinda would assist when the time came. Unfortunately Norma's health is not the greatest anymore, Melinda was present to lend her help and it was greatly appreciated. I had planned to go to the ballpark in the evening for the youth tournament semifinals but the schedule was changed thanks to weather. The second game on Tuesday was suspended by rain (it must have been an isolated storm, I never saw any rain anywhere I was), it was completed on Wednesday with that night's original schedule pushed back a day. Thursday night found us at Reservoir Park for the opening night of summer dek hockey. On this night Blue met Gold and Green played Orange, those matchups happen again on the 13th and 22nd. Saw on the Internet where the Jr. Tornado lost in their semifinal game on Thursday, the championship game on Friday featured Lititz vs Manheim Township. I was there even though I had no rooting interest, it was just an excuse to get out of the house on an otherwise uneventful weekend. The game turned out to be a barnburner, Lititz rallied from behind to win 9-7. With the Barnstormers (obviously) out of town and the ballclub in York on the road as well Saturday lunch with Jenny was about all else that happened. Take care, thanks for reading.