2026 Life Logs, Day 192: Holding My Breath
Date: Saturday, July 11, 2026
Weather: Gorgeous Day; High Temp 83, Low 61 degrees F
Location: At Home with My Shadow, Falmouth, MA
I desperately wanted to go to Boston today to see the parade of tall ships as they sailed into the Boston Harbor. But I would have been going by myself, and last night I decided that I just didn’t have the energy to do it. Mark and I saw the Parade of Tall Ships from the water in 2000 aboard Skybreaker. The USS Constitution had to be towed, but as it passed by Skybreaker, it was the thrill of a lifetime. And then Sam, who bought Windbird in 2016, met me in Boston for the Parade of Tall Ships in June of 2017. So I have seen this spectacular event, but today was special because it was in honor of the 250th. My friend Midge Frieswyk did go today, and she sent some phenomenal photos. I enjoyed this parade of tall ships vicariously.
I spent part of my morning going for a nice long walk with Shadow and then worked on planning for this week’s Indivisible Falmouth’s monthly meeting. Then I went to the Saturday rally for democracy on the Village Green, came home to have lunch, went to Heather’s to have her help me with more technology issues, got to say welcome home to Ollie, and then I was off to Bridges to see Patsy.
It was a gorgeous day, so we had a nice walk in the garden. She commented on the beautiful blue sky. I told her that color of blue is what I call Cape Cod Blue and that now that she lives on Cape Cod, she will see more of those blue skies. That seemed to please her. So, I am holding my breath in the hope that Patsy continues to make the adjustment to her new home.
There are so many things I still need to do to get my sister’s medical issues settled, so that constantly weighs on my mind. But for the third day in a row, she has been in such a good mood when I go visit, and she looks so good. I am holding my breath, thinking this is too good to be true. But for now, I’ll take this new Patsy. She talks with me and tells me very ‘interesting’ stories that I know have some base in reality, but she has no sense of time or place. But the Life Enrichment staff at Bridges actually got her to play Bingo today and they said she seemed to understand the game. Since she moved to Terra Bella in North Carolina in 2021, no one has been able to engage her in any sort of activity. Again, I am cautiously optimistic.
I have spent way too much of my evening watching soccer. At 5 pm the England vs Norway played. The entire living room at the Goldstones were cheering for Norway, but I stayed home this evening to watch with Shadow, and I wanted England to win for no specific reason. Maybe I chose them in honor of my daughter-in-law Jo who is from England. England won in overtime and then there was just time to go outside with Shadow and come into fix dinner before the Argentina vs Switzerland quarterfinal started. For this game, Argentina was my team because of Messi. The are the reigning champions and I would like to see Messi and company win one last World Cup. They won tonight in overtime and will play England on Wednesday.
