2026 Life Logs, Day 105: Another Day Inside on the Computer
Date: Wednesday, April 15, 2026
Weather: Partly Cloudy and Windy, Still Warm; High Temp 70, Low 49 degrees F
Location: At Home with My Shadow, Falmouth, MA
Today was not as sunny and beautiful as yesterday, but it was definitely a day that beckoned me to be outside in the garden. But no way. I had too many things on that ‘to do’ list that were time sensitive—had to be done today. As I have had to do every day for the past week, I spent a good deal of the day in phone calls about my sister. Today I was working with the Case Manager at the hospital to find a rehab placement for her. And at the same time, I was in communication with the paid companion who is with her a few hours every day. This morning, my sister decided that she is not going to eat and that continued through dinner. So that saga will continue tomorrow.
The wonderful thing about today was that I did not have even one meeting and that allowed me to get things done. But I am still not feeling up to par and that slows things down a bit. When I was a senior in high school, I was diagnosed with pleurisy. Tthe way I felt today caused a flashback to then. This cough feels just like the one I had then. It is so deep that it rattles my whole body. Back then the doctor just gave me an antibiotic and wrapped my mid-section below my rib cage to control the pain when I coughed. Thankfully, this time, I don’t cough often. So, I’ll head to bed, propped up by a mountain of pillows, and hope things are better tomorrow.
I had another flashback in time today. Still thinking about Frances Perkins and what she did to help poor people in this country get through the Great Depression, I flashed back to my parents. They were married 102 years ago today. Married in 1924, lost 2 children by 1928, but then then had 4 babies that survived, one in 1928, then 1931, 1933, and 1935. They had nothing, but somehow my dad always managed to find work. By the time I came along in the late 1940’s, the depression was behind them, but they still worshiped FDR for all the things his administration (really Frances Perkisn) did to bring people out of poverty. Happy anniversary on this April 15th to Ollie and Hayes Martin … wherever you are.
