2022 Life Logs, Day 101: Quiet Day at Home
Date: Monday, April 11, 2022
Weather: Partly Sunny, Windy; High 57, Low 44 degrees F
Location: At Home in the Cottage, East Falmouth, MA
Today was a quiet day at home, but I spent a great deal of the day dealing with backing out of social commitments due to secondary exposure to Covid. I have not had direct contact with Heather since she was exposed to Covid last Tuesday, but I have had contact with the grandkids and I did go into Heather’s house on Saturday. I was masked and she was masked and at a great distance, but still I felt the need to let people know. I was supposed to host my book club here on Wednesday, but after sending an email explaining my situation, a decision was made to meet via Zoom. I was supposed to go to a Mah Jong class tomorrow, but again when I explained my situation, just as with my book club, people whose young grandchildren are coming to visit this holiday weekend, some babies, did not want to take the chance. And I don’t blame them. So, I won’t go to Mah Jong tomorrow.
Heather‘s Covid symptoms are very mild and now she is taking Paxlovid, an antiviral medication developed by Pfizer, and she is very hopeful that she will be okay to fly to Puerto Rico on Sunday. I heard tonight that Nancy Pelosi is now testing negative after only four days after her positive test result. I sure hope Heather can replicate that! In addition, the rest of us just needs to stay healthy. I was also in contact with Justin and Jo today to make plans for our arrival. Arriving on Easter Sunday on an island that basically shuts down on Easter weekend requires that Justin and Jo do some food shopping and preparation to get us through breakfast on Monday. Some things will be closed on Monday, but hopefully there will be some place we can buy food.
I did leave home long enough this evening to pick Ollie up from soccer practice and take him to Cub Scouts, but other than that it was a day at home. Tonight, I watched the last of the two-part Ken Burns’ Benjamin Franklin documentary. I heard about it when I saw Ken Burns on the The Late Show with Stephen Colbert and knew I had to watch it. It was a fabulous documentary that truly captured the brilliance of Benjamin Franklin. The man had faults, as do we all, but watching the documentary you realize that without his constant participation and dedication, we might not have become the United States of America. He was a true diplomat and his ability to help people reach compromise was crucial in the development of our republic. We need a Benjamin Franklin right now.
