2020 Life Logs, Day 295: October Summer Day
Date: Thursday, October 22, 2020
Weather: Foggy Early, Then Warm and Sunny; High 70, Low 52 Degrees F
Location: At Home in The Cottage, Falmouth, MA
It actually felt hot today. The 70-degree temp, along with the sunshine, definitely made this an October summer day. I spent part of my day sitting down by the dock reading, soaking in the sunshine, and playing ball with Shadow.
I took a selfie photo to document the occasion. Shadow and I also took a long walk down a neighborhood path that took us through the woods, out onto the main highway, and then back through the neighborhoods leading home. I picked Ollie up after school and we then went to pick up Jonah. Jed was in Cambridge today and Heather took Sam to his rowing session up near Hyannis. Ollie, Jonah, and I headed to the skatepark, but both boys decided they wanted to drive to a skatepark in Sandwich. I tried to discourage that as we did it once before in late summer and the park so jam-packed with kids that we didn’t stay. But they wanted to try it again, so off we went. It was about a 20+ minute drive and it turned out to be a no-go. When we arrived, they both said, “No way. I don’t want to get Covid.” The park was packed, so we immediately drove back home to our Falmouth skatepark and spent the last hour of sunshine there. Then I spent my evening watching the last Presidential debate. My only comment is that I really, really don’t want to hear Donald Trump say one more time that the coronavirus is “. . . going away.” My response was simply, “Liar, liar, pants on fire!” But I thought the moderator did a remarkable job and we finally got to see an exchange of ideas in debate form from these two candidates. That was a very nice ending to a beautiful day.
