Anyway, it was a good day with beautiful weather and great company of course. The news Ye-Ye had was so wonderful too - we have been worrying about a cyst and symptoms in his abdomen, and with tests and so on there's been a lot of mystery and concern for some discomfort. Ye-Ye let us know today that they just found out it was something fairly simple: a really large unmoving kidney stone. It seems so simple now, but for several weeks there was this understanding that it was more likely a cyst, and there were questions about it being benign. So this was joyous news!
The other news of late is that Ye-Ye and Nana are moving. Nana's recent fall and other factors have led their decision to downsize and even move in with Shain. So there was a bit of melancholy about this possibly being the last year this Thanksgiving in this house.
But the joy about the good news of Ye-Ye's health was there, and the warmth of family being together was there. We had a really nice Thanksgiving together.
The rain up there really added to a pretty cool atmosphere with the lumbering giants. This morning was a nice morning. We watched the Thanksgiving Day Parade of course, and wow it was raining there. But the party on the streets was super festive, and the balloons looked so awesome floating down the streets with the fog and rain, these giants floating along the parade route. The performances were fun, and it was great being able to see it on our tv this morning.
Afterwards, I got to do my Turkey Trot. I ran a 5K, because this is one of those things that you're supposed to do on Thanksgiving. It was all virtual and on the treadmill, of course, but it was fun running amidst hundreds of other people, some dressed up as turkeys or at least in festive colors.
Tonight before bed, we watched "The Santa Clause," and yeah, we were pretty tired. We got to bed early, and read "Hogfather" for a bit before bedtime, after which we said our prayers. There is a lot to be thankful for.
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