2026 Life Logs, Day 313: Birthday Celebration and Jonah’s Soccer Game
Date: Monday, November 9, 2026
Weather: Partly Sunny; High Temp 57, Low 51 degrees F
Location: At Home with My Shadow, Falmouth MA
Sandy Faiman-Silva founded the Falmouth Immigrant Rights Coalition when Trump was re-elected, but she works for social justice issues with many different organizations. One woman who has been working with her for the past year and half found out that yesterday was her 80th birthday, so she planned a low-key surprise birthday celebration at Coffee O under the guise of a meeting. It was great for all of us to meet and not have to do work. We just got to enjoy each other’s company and which Sandy a happy birthday.
Ollie was home sick today. We knew yesterday that might be the case, and I had said clearly that I would stay with him and not go to Jonah’s game. But he really didn’t want to keep me from going and I finally agreed. I really wanted to see Jonah play what might be his last high school soccer game, but I really didn’t want to leave Ollie alone for so many hours. But he finally talked me into it, so as a surprise, I went to Walmart and bought a Lego set for him to work on in the hours we would all be done. Heather was in Vermont and was to meet Jed and I at the game. And friends had room in their van for 2 more people, so Jed and I piled into the van belonging to Johan’s good friend Jean Luc’s parents. Traffic wasn’t as bad as we anticipated around rush hour, but it still took about 3 hours to get to the field at Lowell Technical School in Tyngsborough, MA, almost on the New Hampshire border. Lowell is #10 in the state and Falmouth is #23. But we won, 2-1! Because it was an away game, Falmouth was wearing white tonight, not the usual crimson. Winning tonight means Falmouth advances to the next game in the state tournament–time, place and opposing team to be announced.
