2019 Life Logs, Day 352: Worse, Not Better
Date: Wednesday, December 18, 2019
Weather: Periods of Misty Rain, Turning to Wintry Mix; High 43, Low 14 degrees
Location: At Home in The Cottage, East Falmouth, MA
Whatever I have is getting worse, not better. Maybe tomorrow will be the turning pointing, but I have to say that I really don’t remember feeling this bad ever. I’m sure I have, but painful memories have a way of disappearing. So, I drink tea with honey and lemon (and early this morning with whiskey), eat veggie soup with extra bone broth, and sleep. When I woke up this morning, coughing was extremely painful, thus the little dash of whiskey. That, plus getting myself upright, stopped the awful cough. All day, I slept on the sofa sitting upright. But sleep, I did. So far, Shadow has been very accommodating and sleeps with me most of the time. Tonight the temp is going to dip into the teens (ouch!) and tomorrow will be below freezing all day. I will still have to take the puppy outside, but I will put on my warmest coat, felt-lined boots, and cover my head. Then tomorrow morning, Shadow has a 9 am vet appointment for his next round of shots. Today my only foray out was to go to Heather’s to pick up the Amazon packages that were delivered there and I stopped at the drug store to buy a thermometer. I know I own two, but I couldn’t find them. The new one shows that I really don’t have a temperature. So hopefully that means I have no infection and don’t need an antibiotic. Just more R & R.
Justin and Coco called via Skype this afternoon and we had a great conversation. Ziggy was in a lesson, so they had time to talk to Oma and Coco wanted to tell me about school. Yesterday was the last day of school for them for three weeks. They had a beach party to celebrate the holidays. And as we talked, dark descended here while it was still sunny with bright blue skies in Puerto Rico. Nice!
And now for an announcement from my daughter Heather. She will start the new year in a new job that will allow her to focus on her passion, climate change. Congratulations to my beautiful, brilliant daughter!
From Heather’s Facebook Page today: As we close out the decade, I’m closing out an amazing chapter in my career. I’m leaving WCAI-FM, and the last episode of Living Lab Radio will air December 30th.
Then what? Starting in January, I’ll be leading communications at Woods Hole Research Center. I’m very excited to put all of my energy into an issue about which I am so passionate – climate change.
As it is with transitions, it’s bittersweet, and overwhelming, and amazing. I wrote more about what’s driving this shift for me: https://www.capeandislands.org/post/announcement-living-lab-radio#stream/0
