2025 Life Logs, Day 01: A Happy New Year’s Day
Date: Wednesday, January 1, 2025
Weather: Mostly Cloudy, Late Rain, Wind Building; Temp 48, Low 36 degrees F
Location: At Home on Lakeview Avenue with My Shadow, Falmouth, MA
I am a chronological order person. I always feel compelled to start at the very beginning when writing about my day. But on this first day of 2025, I am going to reverse that. Is this an omen for the coming year?
Late afternoon I got a text from Heather saying, “So. This happened.” That caught my attention, but when I looked at the photos, I saw what she was referring to. Sam, Jonah, and Jonah’s friend Kaiden took their first New Year’s Day polar plunge this afternoon. I am not sure whose idea this was, but in the photo, they all look very proud of themselves!
I received that text just as I was getting home from an afternoon New Year’s Day Open House at Margaret Souz’s. I went last year with a friend who could drop me off at the door because I could barely walk. I remember going in and immediately finding a chair to sit in, where I remained the entire time. Standing was so difficult. What a difference a year (and back surgery) makes. This year I could stand and walk around freely. It was a wonderful reminder of just why I am so thankful. While I was at the open house, I got a call from Justin. It was late afternoon and he and Jo had not been out of bed all day. Coco, who had whatever it is first, was up and about for the first time since before Christmas yesterday. Ziggy, who got whatever from Coco, texted this morning telling me he was feeling a tad better today. But Justin and Jo are still down and out. I asked Justin if the power blackout in Puerto Rico was affecting them and he responded that since they have the solar back up, they haven’t noticed. They had turned off the AC and opened the house before the blackout because dryer, milder winter weather has arrived. He noted that if the blackout happened during the summer, it would be a different story. So, here’s hoping for everyone in Puerto Rico the milder temperatures continue and that everyone at Finca Maravilla is feeling better very soon.
My first day of 2025 was carefree and happy. I hope that your day was the same and that all of your days in 2025 will be the same. But I do have to share that the one project I chose to start the New Year has already been derailed. In cleaning up to get the house ready for guests while I went to Puerto Rico, I managed to put the very important pile of papers that were on my desk somewhere safe where I can’t find them. Tomorrow will begin, not with checking something off my To Do list, but with a search for that stack of papers. Instead of starting out the new year getting something productive done, I will be chasing my tail. Some things never change.
