Our Weekend

So. It's been a full weekend. :) 

On Saturday...

• I worked out while visiting with Lynne on the phone...(yeah, okay, it's mostly visiting but we *do* exercise also, lol)
• made a smoothie for Micah's breakfast and got Nathan up...
• sent the two of them out the door for Micah's new job...(Micah hustled his friends and got a couple of them to get him a job where they work...so it's just him and a handful of friends doing manual labor type warehouse stuff part-time. It's great because he did it all on his own, after being discouraged by the lack of places hiring 15 year olds other than fast food and grocery stores. And we wouldn't let him work at either of those situations given Covid and his immune system issues.)...
• attended a virtual housing showcase for UNO, gathering more information about Asher's living situation next school year...(actually got a lot of good info and feel better for it!...will finalize a number of things soon)...
• finally got Micah's new prescription sorted out and officially ordered...(only took (since Wednesday) 11 phone calls, 134 minutes of talking on the phone--which I hate, and 8 messages back and forth to the doctor...whew...but it should be here tomorrow (or likely Tuesday depending on the weather, lol))...
• picked up Micah's local prescriptions for continuing the previous treatment plan...
• Nathan picked up Micah and the grocery orders as the snow was beginning to fall but hadn't started sticking yet...
• and that was all before lunch. Whew.

After lunch, we vegged and watched shows together and Micah took a nap... 

(Usually we let him sleep in considerably on Saturdays after his injection on Friday nights, because it knocks him out. His new job, though, is weekend mornings. He's pretty motivated to make it work but was wiped yesterday afternoon.)

And then today we woke up to at least a foot of snow. Micah got the word that he shouldn't come to work today, as did most people. Which made sense because driving would have been tricky and everyone was being advised to stay home if at all possible since we're under a blizzard warning until midnight. So we went back to sleep for a bit, having lost that hour thanks to daylight savings anyhow. 

Nathan and I eventually got up and headed outside to shovel and knock snow off of trees (to keep the branches from breaking under the weight of the heavy wet snow). 

Our patio heater got blown over. We're not sure of the damage yet but are thankful that seems to be the extent of things so far.

Despite the giant piles of snow, we had a nice time actually. One wonderful neighbor brought his snowblower over and handled most of the heavy work, and we got to chat with a number of neighbors. One of the families has adorable little boys who totally reminded us of when ours were little and happy to play in the snow...

These were taken in the big snowstorm of March 2003...our first winter in Colorado. I think we had more than two feet of snow and were literally stuck at home, as we couldn't dig out the van. (Incidentally, thankful for having a garage!)

And this one was taken in November of 2004 (our first winter in this house). We made a giant snow train out front. :) Happy memories.

Anyhow. Since then, we've been inside catching up on chores...with boys enjoying the start of spring break. We've also been back outside to shovel again since the snow's just been falling all day. Will probably need to go out at least once more tonight.

Oh, and it just happens to be the anniversary of the day Nathan and I met! Twenty nine years ago this guy walked into my life and I'm so very thankful he did. 

And that's what's been going on here. Hope you're all staying warm and had a lovely weekend!