Just typing that number ’15’ out, I had to think twice. But, yes, as hard as it is to believe, we have a 15 year old in the house!
The day before her birthday, we went out to dinner together at our family favorite restaurant, Fireworks Pizza. Normally, we’ll bike to Fireworks from the W&OD trail, but earlier in the week Nina hyperextened her knee in track practice. She also over-stretched her MCL and had a minor displacement of her patella, so we we opted for the safe option of driving to dinner since the high school athletic trainer recommended she go really easy on activity for a few days. Regardless, it was great to be out to dinner as a family (something we haven’t done out at a resturant since COVID hit) and the pizza at Fireworks is just the best.
She wanted a very low-key celebration for her birthday this year, so we did the traditional donut breakfast and her gifts in the morning, then she had three of her friends over for hanging out, dinner, and cake (all chocolate, of course) that afternoon/evening.
On a side note, her knee is healing. She had to miss the last two track meets for the high school regular season, but with lots of help from the trainer, she should be able to participate in regionals this Wednesday which she qualified for in the 100m hurdles, the 300m hurdles, high jump, and the 4x100m relay. It will be tough since she’s been unable to run, jump, or hurdle in two weeks, but we know she’s fortunate that her injury wasn’t a major one, and we hope she’ll continue to feel stronger in the next couple days and enjoy her shot competing at regionals.
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