Thankful Thursday

Time for another round of gratitudes...

1. The Internet. Yup. I'm thankful for the Internet. I so appreciate being able to look things up when I think of them...being able to communicate with people and businesses near and far from the comfort of my own home...being able to schedule and order things without having to speak to a human, lol. Yup, the Internet is an introvert's friend. :) 

2. Sports & music. Recently, on Facebook, I was "nominated" to post an image of a moment from my kid's life...specifically, as the mom of an athlete/dancer/musician...for ten consecutive days. I mixed it up between all three boys and shared pictures as directed. It was a nice reminder of how thankful I am for the sports and instruments that have been and are part of my boys' lives...for karate, parkour, rock climbing, archery, swim team, gymnastics and soccer...and for piano, guitar, recorder, drums/percussion, chimes, bells, clarinet and violin. Some of those lasted longer than others, but all of them have shaped at least one boy in a positive way. Yay!

3. The library. We've had years where reading has been more prominent in our lives than it is now. Regardless of our lull in reading right now, I'm still so thankful for our local library and the ability to find and borrow books so easily. I'm sure it's saved us tons of money over the years and has encouraged learning about things we might otherwise not have looked into. 

4. Reg. Yes, Reg made my list last week for his winter drivability and safety. This week, he's made my list for being large and sturdy. Last night, you see, Asher and Micah were rear-ended on their way to karate. Fortunately, no one was injured. And Reg only has some bumper damage that should (hopefully) be straightforward to repair. The other driver was lost and it was dark and rainy...the boys were stopped waiting to turn left when he ran into them. His vehicle had to be towed.

Because we have three vehicles thanks to Reg, I was able to get into the van and get to boys within minutes of them calling me. From there, I handled contacting the police and all that (they'd already gotten the vehicles out of traffic and were all waiting inside Karate West where it was warm), and the boys were even able to participate in most of the class they'd been on their way to before the officer arrived and we pulled Asher to fill out the report. Note, I did have Asher help in all the steps of handling things so he could learn what to do and am sure he could have handled things without me if need be, but it helped my mom heart to be able to see them in person to make sure they were okay.

So. Insurance companies have been contacted and now we're just waiting on the other driver's insurance to finish finalizing some paperwork (the other driver had only just purchased the car he was driving...was actually on his way home from doing so...so the insurance company needs the bill of sale to verify before adding the vehicle to his policy). Will hopefully get repairs taken care of before Thanksgiving, though Reg is totally drivable as is. So glad everyone's okay and that I was able to get to my boys so quickly!

5. This blog. I can't even tell you how many times I've consulted a post here to confirm something or figure out when something happened. It's lovely having a record! That's part of why I started scrapbooking way back in 2000. I haven't scrapbooked in years, though, so appreciate having this blog as my digital scrapbook of sorts (though I do acknowledge that I really need to update portions of it, lol). 

Also, happy November to you all!