Sports

Saturday afternoon the boys went to watch a Northwood volleyball game.  They were down one game to Ashland when we arrived, but they dominated the next three straight games to win the match.  Then Saturday night out church had a kick-off dinner for Forty Days of Purpose.

After playing basketball Tuesday night, I noticed that my right calf was a little sore on Wednesday.  I assumed it was just a normal bruise or sore muscle.  Saturday night around 9:30 PM, I stood up and it hurt much worse.  I reached down to touch it and felt a big bulge on the side calf.  I pushed on it, felt it move like a big bubble of fluid, and a sharp pain.  I tried to go to urgent care, but it was closed, so I went to the emergency room.  They thought it was a hematoma but did an ultrasound of my legs to make sure there wasn't a clot.  I got home around 1 AM.  The next day I walked around of crutches (called "crunches" by Finn), and by Saturday I was walking fairly normally but gingerly.  I don't remember getting kicked or anything traumatic in the basketball game, but maybe it was just too much running, jumping, and landing for an old man.

On Saturday we went to Northwood University's Kid's Day.  The Timberwolves beat Findlay 34-17 in an exciting game with several long pass plays, an interception returned for a touchdown, etc.

Adult softball leagues are popping up around the country...

The MS 150 Bike Tour was this past weekend.  It was my 8th tour (4 in TN and 4 in MI).  I did 107 miles on Saturday and 84 on Sunday.  The weather was good most of the time: overcast and not too hot.  Saturday was my first century.  It went OK though I had quite a bit of back and shoulder pain.

Here is someone else's blog from the ride with a bunch of pictures, etc.

Here is a picture of Kip and me after finishing the ride on Sunday.