Thankful Thursday

Last Thursday of October, y'all. I'm not really sure I ever wrapped my head around it being October at all. It didn't really feel like an October. 

Anyhow.

Here's my list of things I'm thankful for...

1. Getting Micah registered for his classes for next semester. Micah had his advising appointment last Friday (virtually) and we're feeling pretty set for next semester. It's nice to have at least one of the boys' schedules figured out, lol. Asher had his advising appointment in September but can't register for classes at the community college for another week or two, and Noah's registration isn't until later in November. Also, Micah had his virtual induction ceremony for the National Honor Society last week (a bit boring and all but short and thankfully done, lol). 

2. First time climbing outside. On Saturday, Micah arranged to go climbing outside again with teammates and this time it worked for me to park and join them. Mostly, I just watched them and got a better feel for the area; but, toward the end, I actually tried a route, myself. It was, obviously, a totally easy route. I think Micah told me it's actually just called "Warm Up," lol. But I don't care...I climbed and it felt doable and I'll probably get braver. :)

Oh, and the boy climbed, too...

He, obviously, tried harder routes and is a better climber. ;)

3. Snow. And then the next day it snowed...and snowed. Overall, we got more than a foot, with up to two feet in the mountains. It wasn't a fire season ending snow, but it definitely helped and gave the firefighters a brief respite. 

On top of helping with the fires and smoke in the area, it also is helping our parched yard. Due to a long scheduled maintenance project on one of our local water sources, all yard watering was stopped on October 1 and we've not had much (if any) moisture since then. 

4. Nathan. On Monday, Nathan started his new job! Won't get into all the details but he resigned at his old job (where he was the last remaining founder still with the company) and has been working diligently at landing this new job where he's going to be able to focus more on the type of work he actually enjoys and have more time for family things before these boys are all done with high school. 

Feeling so fortunate that he has skills that are in high demand...that he had his pick of new positions so was able to go with one that he wanted and was a good fit...that he continues to take such good care of us all. 

While I'm at it, I'm also really thankful that he takes care of the math and science homework now. :) Boys have a number of tests this week and it's been rough some nights. 

Okay. I think that's it for now. We're in a bit of a "heads down and just keep moving forward" stage here at the moment...with schoolwork and college application processes and the new job and everything else. Here's to the coming weeks and hopefully many more things to be thankful for...