Thankful Thursday!

Today's the day!  My internist confirmed that my Polymyalgia Reumatica is either gone or in remission.  While my SED rate is higher than it has been in the past (pre-PMR), it is also in the totally NORMAL range.  Either way, I am done with Prednisone and that makes this one "Thankful Thursday!"

Duh . . .

I went swimming at the Y this morning at 6:30 a.m., not my "normal" time.

Lifeguard 1:  "Why are you here so early?"

Me:  "There's no swimming lessons today and I wanted to have a lane to myself."

Lifeguard 2:  "Why are you here so early?"

Me:  "There's no swimming lessons today and I wanted to have a lane to myself." 

Aquatics Direction:  "Why are you here so early?"

Together we said:  "There's no swimming lessons today . . ."

I guess "Halloween" is a holiday at the Y!  And, yup, I had a lane to myself . . .

Farewell to Sand Creek . . .

With tomorrow's group cancelling on us and me not being able to work this coming Saturday (I'm teaching CPR-PR at the Y), I'm pretty sure today was my last day at Sand Creek for the 2019 season.  As always, it was another great year, filled with all sorts of wonderful, fun-filled memories - except for the mice!  Until next season . . .  

Only at Sand Creek . . .

Today's tip was not what we expected, but before we go there . . .

Ethan and I had a group of six zippers this afternoon who were either attending or had graduated from the University of Minnesota at Mankato or Mankato State (depending on your year of graduation).  I went to Mankato State and Ethan is attending the University of Minnesota at Mankato.  Same place, different name.  We had fun!

It turned out that the oldest male in the group also happened to be the head boy's basketball coach at said college.  Our tip?  Let him know anytime we wanted to go to a game, and he'd get us free tickets.  

Somehow, I think Ethan may get more use out of this tip than I will!  

Unofficially Speaking . . .

After eighteen months on Prednisone for Polymyalgia Rheumatica, I took my last pill on October 15 - I hope!  

I had a blood test yesterday for my SED rate and just got the results back.  If I'm reading them right, my SED rate is NORMAL for someone my age.  Before I do the "happy dance", though, I have to meet with my internist and get his interpretation.

That will be next Thursday.  I'm hoping for a Happy Halloween! 

Only at Sand Creek!

Imagine my delight today when the very first customer to arrive at Sand Creek was a dear friend that I had not seen in twenty-two years!  We had worked together for eight years at Bloomington Schools, then life happened.  It was a wonderful time of reconnecting and sharing pictures and catching up - and letting the guys I work with do the work so we could talk!

It was a downright windy day today so we all "cannonballed" down the first zip.  Sadly, out of sixteen zippers, poor Tim had to rescue two that got stuck. 

Things went much better after lunch.  We had a Prior Lake Girls Hockey Team out for a team build and we had a blast.  Tim and I work well together and things flowed so smoothly.  It was glorious!

We ended the day with two out of five scheduled zippers showing up - which meant we got to go home early!  A rarity at Sand Creek . . . 

Why, O Y?

Some days you just have to wonder - "Why?"  Yesterday we were wondering "why were these kids signed up for swimming lessons?"  We offer seven lessons.  One of my students showed up on the first day only.  I haven't seen him again, not that it was his fault - he's only four.  Two of Ana's kids came the first two days and again on the last day which was yesterday - meaning they missed four weeks in between.  Sadly, we had to ask them their names because we had NO IDEA who they were!