National Fajita Day

It's National Fajita Day, and although we wanted to celebrate with something a lot more grand, we used our fajita slices to make something simple at home.  Our appetites were pretty low, at least Mom and I have had a pretty low desire to eat food for the past few weeks.  As you can imagine, we've lost some substantial weight.  I've lost at least twenty-five pounds since April, and about seven or so pounds since this latest battle.  I'm not sure how much Mom has lost.  Anyway, we had some of those fajitas, but we'll have to try something a little more elaborate later on.  In the meantime, Maddie was celebrating with her small group, which is a place you can always find out about obscure holidays.  Camille was speaking with Lauren to the girls in the small group, continuing the FC Youth theme and discussion from this past Sunday, but the game segment - where the kids all play a game together online - was something new, and it's usually related to some obscure holiday that each Wednesday happens to be.  Today is National Fajita Day, and to help out, I made this game for the girls in the group, a game where they see these closed fajitas and have to guess which one has the good peppers in it.  One point for the good pepper, two points for the two good peppers, and minus a point for the mean pepper.  

They had fun.  I'm not sure who actually won the game this time around because Maddie has no other competing events tonight - she has no piano or taekwondo.  Therefore, she can do the entire small group from home, and she usually takes the computer - or the phone - up to her room where she can enjoy all the messages, games and conversations in the privacy of her own room.

It's been two weeks since we've been sick, and finally, the queasy stomach is going away for me.  Although the appetite is still gone.  Mom can't taste things, which makes a cup of tea a miserable experience, because she loves tea.  I've signed up for a test, and it'll confirm the obvious.  The reason we haven't been to any doctor lately is because the general prescription we've heard from others with this same ailment is that we just need to take the appropriate medication and "ride it out."  So that's what we've been doing.  

Maddie was working hard tonight on some geography homework, and she also did some work with geometry and ELA.  She's keeping busy now that school is in full swing.  She's doing well right now, keeping up with things, so she's not stressed out.  That's good.  We're super proud of her for staying diligent with all this work.  She sets up at the kitchen table with her headphones, listening to music, studying, writing, creating, and just staying focused on her work. 

After she was done, we had enough time for the latest edition of "What If?"  It was such a great episode, so bittersweet though.  It's Chadwick Boseman's last performance as Black Panther, and as for the episode itself, it was so well done.  It's so great, so much fun, and just a lot of creative fun.  Just like the last episode.  But it sinks in again that this is Chadwick Boseman's last performance, and it's like a punch to the gut.  I can't wait to sit there and watch it again.

We read tonight afterwards, afterwards, we prayed.  We're starting to feel better here, and that's good news.  Lots to be thankful for in our prayers - we're making our way through it.