2018 Life Logs, Day 318: From Soccer to Scouts to Right Whales
Date: Wednesday, November 14, 2018
Weather: Mostly Sunny and COLD; High 42, Low 22 degrees F
Location: At Home in The Cottage, East Falmouth, MA
So proud . . . Sunday my oldest grandson’s soccer team won the league championship. Congratulations to Sam and all of his teammates.
And tonight, the three G’s—Sam, Jonah, and Ollie—were all in the Scout honor guard opening of the Falmouth Town Meeting.
It is amazing to watch these little guys grow.
The big news of my day is the low temp of 22 degrees F forecast for tonight. That’s COLD. So, yes, my dear friend Lynne Kirwin, you were right when you told me to accept that summer is over. I now see that there is no hope for another day in the 70’s until next summer. I must embrace the Cape Cod winter which starts tonight with that low of 22.
I started my day by going to a physical therapy appointment for my knee. It was two weeks ago today that I went to PT and was told I was doing so well that I didn’t need to come back for two weeks. Then that very night, I had my ‘stupid’ fall on the front steps. I am very grateful that my knee bounced back quickly, but according to today’s PT evaluation, it is nowhere near where it was before the fall. And after PT today, it is more painful than it was yesterday. The recommendation is more heat, more biking, and more hoping that it will be better next week. After PT, I did some Thanksgiving dinner food shopping, and I went to Heather and Jed’s to do some laundry. I put a load in and headed to downtown Falmouth to do some more food shopping and to have the fish aquarium water checked. It is finally balancing out and soon we will be able to add more fish. That was happy news. I then returned to H & J’s to put the laundry in the dryer.
Then I was off for an early dinner at Karen and Peter Baranowski’s. They invited me to dinner and to then go to a presentation on right whales. Peter Corkeron was the presenting and he had led the large whale research for the Northeast Fisheries Science Center for NOAA in Woods Hole since 2011. His focus has been the endangered North Atlantic right whales. Basically, the presentation made the case that there are less than 500 of these creatures still alive today and that their demise has been caused by decisions made by humans. It is unclear if this species can be saved, but certainly there are those that continue to work toward that end.
Update on Justin—After a little setback with a stomach virus, Justin continues to battle his way back to health after the surgery to drain the abscess on his right arm. He is certainly feeling better today than yesterday. So let’s all hope that trend continues.
