Thankful Thursday

As we all wait...

Here's my list since last Thursday...

1. Costumes. Halloween was quite different this year...not only due to Covid but also because, well, teenagers. ;) But. Micah and I did get a wee bit into the spirit with costumes that we wore to Ascent last Friday. It had to be something we could climb in... 

Micah is a character from an anime show called Attack on Titan. I'm Ruth Bader Ginsberg. :) Glad to have celebrated at least a tiny bit.

2. Darkness DeSENDS. We wore the costumes to Ascent and Micah had his normal team practice. Confession. When we got there, we both chickened out and changed out of our costumes because we didn't see anyone else in costume, lol. Sigh. But. We had costumes and took pictures, so I'm counting that. After team practice, Ascent had an event called Darkness DeSENDS where all the lights were turned off and everyone climbed by headlamp. It was at this point that more people showed up in costumes. We stayed with our headlamps and had a fabulous time!

Most of Micah's teammates stuck around also and they had such a good time relaxing together and just climbing for fun. I even finally sent a route I'd been working on over on the ramp (like a little cave area) with my headlamp and was quite proud of myself. :) Thankful for the awesome event!

3. Pickleball. The next afternoon, Nathan, Asher, Micah and I all went to a nearby park to finally try out our new pickleball set. We don't know how to actually play and have never really played any racquet sports before. Micah looked up the rules and tried to explain, but we ended up mostly just being thrilled when we got the ball across to each other, lol. It was lovely to get out of the house and just have some fun. Even if we're not good at it. :)

Do you like Micah's outfit? :) He's been wearing the knee sleeves lately in our attempts to help with the arthritis flare ups in his knees. They seem somewhat helpful and are quite the fashion statement...especially when he also opts for shorts and dress socks, lol. 

After that, we went home to catch up on some shows while not handing out Halloween candy. It's a first for us but it just didn't seem worth it this year. :( On the plus side, we enjoyed the evening all together rather than some of us out trick or treating and some of us at home answering the door and such. So that was nice.

4. Children's Hospital. On Tuesday, Nathan and I took Micah down to Children's for a check up regarding his juvenile idiopathic arthritis. (We'd been scheduled for the follow up back in March but obviously ended up canceling that due to Covid.) It was a good visit and we had a nice discussion with the doctor. We'll be scheduling some follow up ultrasounds on his knee and ankle to make sure that the inflammation is sticking just in his tendons (due to the arthritis) and not also in his joints...since he's been having flare ups more frequently than we'd like and it seems to be spreading a bit. After that, we'll decide what's next. Thankful to have such resources relatively nearby.

Okay. That's my list for now. Back to everything else. ;P