2026 Life Logs, Day 118: Website Handoff
Date: Tuesday, April 28, 2026
Weather: Another Gorgeous, Sunny Day; High Temp 56, Low 42 degrees F
Location: At Home with My Shadow, Falmouth, MA
I titled this log ‘Website Handoff’, but maybe it should have been ‘Taking Back a Little Piece of My Life’. I have definitely over committed my time to volunteer work to the point that I barely have time to eat or sleep properly. But finally, I am slowly finding ways to get back little pieces of time. I love being busy, but not as busy as I have been the past 8 months. It was last summer when I realized that I had to get deeply involved in fighting for our democracy, This was something I could not allow myself to watch from the sidelines. I was already on the Encore Board as Co-President moving to VP of Programs, Treasurer of the Board of Library Trustees, a new member of the Falmouth Immigrant Rights Coalition serving on the Media Committee, co-leader of two very active Newcomers/Encore activities, and first and foremost, an on-call Oma for my grandkids. Then Indivisible Falmouth was formed, and I became deeply involved serving as a member of the Steering Committee. As things got busier and busier, it became evident to me that my grandchildren and Indivisible Falmouth are where I want to put my energy. But I couldn’t just quit the other things. So, as I can, I am handing off responsibilities. My time on the Encore Board will end the middle of June and that will give me back a huge chunk of time. And today I handed off the responsibility of the Indivisible Falmouth website to another member of the Steering Committee. I got involved with the website because I volunteered Justin to build the site for us. He will remain the webmaster, but someone who knows more about technology than I do is taking over the day-to-day responsibilities. This doesn’t give me back a lot of time as I really didn’t spend much time doing the job. But I spent a huge amount of time worrying about the fact that I didn’t have the time to learn to do the job. I will still communicate with Justin when we need help, but knowing I am not responsible is like lifting a huge weight off my shoulders.
And then there is the responsibility I bear for my sister’s health care. Of course, I will continue to do this. There are weeks when there is little to do, but the past three weeks have been intense. Today, however, it looks like she will be leaving the rehab and going back to her apartment at Terra Bella Lake Norman on Friday. I spent more time on the phone yesterday during the Boston field trip talking on the phone to make these arrangements than I did listening to the tour guide. But it was still a great trip. Patsy has made an amazing recovery from double pneumonia and Covid. She is still struggling with fluctuating blood sugar numbers, but her primary care can deal with that when she is back in her own apartment. I think just being at home will help. I have spent countless hours on the phone for the past three weeks talking to doctors, to nurses, to her paid companions, to physical therapists, and on and on. If all goes smoothly between now and Friday, I will be so happy to have her back at home. Dealing with the staff at Terra Bella is not easy, but in the past three weeks, I have learned that dealing with the devil you know is way easier than dealing with the devil you don’t know.
One last piece of good news. My grandson Sam left the Netherlands yesterday and headed to Paris. He will fly home from there on Thursday!!! He is spending tomorrow doing a tour of Normandy and then spends Thursday flying home. It will be so wonderful to have him back on this side of the pond.
