by Judy Handley | Jun 2, 2025 | 2025 Sailing Logs |
2025 Life Logs, Day 152: Sam’s Week
Date: Monday, June 2, 2025
Weather: Sunny; High Temp 62, Low 53 degrees F
Location: At Home on Lakeview Avenue with My Shadow, Falmouth, MA
In my mind, this week is all about Senior Sam. There is shopping to do and food prep for the graduation party on Saturday. And of course, the graduation itself on Saturday. Tonight was the Senior Banquet. As I noted yesterday, Jed is in DC until Wednesday evening and Heather had meetings tonight, and again tomorrow night. So, I was the lucky grandmother that got to see Sam and Robert off as they left for the banquet tonight. So handsome and grown-up.
Tomorrow is the Senior Walk of Honor where the seniors go back to walk the halls of their elementary school. I wish I could be a fly on the wall for that. I remember taking the photo of an exuberant Sam walking to East Falmouth Elementary for his first day of kindergarten wearing those brand new red suede shoes. I get emotional just thinking about it.
04 Sam Waves to Oma’razzi’
Sam works at the bike shop on W-Th-F, but Thursday night is Falmouth High Awards Night. The whole family will be attending that. Jed’s mother and my friend Lynne arrive on Wednesday. I lead an all-day field trip to Provincetown on Wednesday and return just in time to go to Ollie’s middle school Spring Concert. Whew! A lot to pack into the next five days.
by Judy Handley | May 31, 2025 | 2025 Sailing Logs |
2025 Life Logs, Day 151: Outside, Inside
Date: Saturday, May 31, 2025
Weather: Rain Early, Sun, Clouds, WIND; High Temp 64, Low 52 degrees F
Location: At Home on Lakeview Avenue with My Shadow, Falmouth, MA
I started my day outside. There was a little rain overnight, but by 8:30 am the rain disappeared. There was a mix of overcast skies, then sun, then clouds, then more sun, then more clouds. But it was nice enough to lure you outside. Shadow and I took a long walk and then I came home thinking I would spend my day on the computer getting caught up on all the little jobs on my ‘to do’ list—emails that needed to be returned, Encore documents that needed to be updated, communications with possible program speakers for next year that needed to be written. But I looked at my calendar and saw that Ollie had an away soccer game in Yarmouth, and I decided to chuck the work and go. I sent a text to Heather and got an invite to go with her. So off to Yarmouth we went to watch number 23 play soccer!.
On the way home, the wind picked up and it continued to build. When we got home, I went outside to do some planting, but it was actually too dangerous to be outside. I big branch fell out of a tree right next to where I was working, so that was it for gardening. I drove to the hardware store to get something I needed. On the way, another branch came flying out of a tree and hit my windshield hard enough to leave a very long crack on the passenger side.
hat was it. I went home and stayed inside for the rest of the day and evening. It is 10:30 pm and I have been sitting at this computer since 5 pm. I am proud to report that I got a huge number of the computer jobs on my list done. Hurray!
by Judy Handley | May 30, 2025 | 2025 Sailing Logs |
2025 Life Logs, Day 150: Last Class, Boat Work, Dinner with Friends
Date: Friday, May 30, 2025
Weather: Mostly Cloudy with Sun Breaking Through; High Temp 64, Low 57 degrees F
Location: At Home on Lakeview Avenue with My Shadow, Falmouth, MA
This day can be divided into three parts.
Part 1 took all morning. I attended my last ‘Beyond the Whitehouse’ class. Thomas Jefferson built a university. John Quincy Adams became a member of the House of Representatives … for 18 years. Grover Cleveland lost his re-election, and then came back to win another four years, the only President to do this until our present king. William Howard Taft had always wanted to be on the Supreme Court but ended up as President. Beyond the Whitehouse, he finally got appointed as Chief Justice. After a failed Presidency, Jimmy Carter became an international negotiator, an election watchdog, and best-selling author while building house s for Habitat for Humanity. And I can’t leave out Geroge W who left politics total behind and became an artist. What would you do in your post-presidency?
I didn’t get home from class and running errands afterwards until 2 pm. Part 2 took the rest of the afternoon. I went to the boat to apply teak oil to the teak surrounding the cockpit.
And finally, Part 3 was spent having dinner at Terry and Olivia White’s, with Olivia’s friend Renu who lives most of the year in Switzerland.
Tomorrow. Who knows? I am to tired to even look at the calendar.
by Judy Handley | May 29, 2025 | 2025 Sailing Logs |
2025 Life Logs, Day 149: Grand Aspirations
Date: Thursday, May 29, 2025
Weather: Overcast with Periods of Light Rain; High Temp 60, Low 56 degrees F
Location: At Home on Lakeview Avenue with My Shadow, Falmouth, MA
Today I had ‘grand’ aspirations to catch up on all of the correspondence and related list of ‘to do’s’ by 11 am and then move on to cleaning house. It is after 10 pm, and I am still just finishing up the correspondence and am starting on the ‘to do’ list of things that have to be done on the computer like writing the Encore Programs budget for next year. That is just one of about 12 things like that, and all 12 need to be done in the next week. Then I can think about cleaning house. Maybe, just maybe I can get those 12 tasks done tomorrow and think about cleaning house this weekend. Obviously, I am overcommitted, but I am determined to get things done. I just need to remember that everything takes me at least 4 times longer than I anticipate! My daily goals need not be so grand.
But on the bright side, this morning I did email Justin to ask him to help me figure out why for the last month my printer has not been printing in color and has not been printing double-sided without me turning the paper over and reinserting it into the printer. I have tried every setting and nothing has solved the problems for me. When Justin called, he took over my computer through an app called Duet. It took him about half an hour before he admitted that he couldn’t figure it out either. So, he suggested resetting the printer to factory specifications. That did it. Hurray. Hurray. Dealing with this day after day has been so frustrating, so I am celebrating that victory tonight. Thank you, Justin!
by Judy Handley | May 28, 2025 | 2025 Sailing Logs |
2025 Life Logs, Day 148: Visiting My Friend Helaine and A Little Shopping
Date: Wednesday, May 28, 2025
Weather: Partly Sunny; High Temp 66, Low 55 degrees F
Location: At Home on Lakeview Avenue with My Shadow, Falmouth, MA
We are all missing Alan, but today I dropped by to visit with Helaine to see how she is doing. All family members have now gone home, so today was her first day alone since Alan’s death. And the good news is that she is doing really well. She had already been to exercise class by the time I arrived and this evening she was going to dinner with friends. I was able to help her with a couple of issues. We went to visit the nearest Social Security Office to find out exactly what she needs to do, and she made an appointment to return in mid-July to finalize things. After taking care of business, we went out to lunch. It was wonderful to be with her for a few hours.
On my way home, I stopped at Costco for just a couple of things. More importantly, I needed to go to the New Balance outlet near Costco to get a new pair of sneakers. They had the newest edition of the 1080’s that I have worn out. Hopefully this new pair will be as comfortable as the old.
by Judy Handley | May 27, 2025 | 2025 Sailing Logs |
2025 Life Logs, Day 147: A Little Gardening, First Official Library Board of Trustees Meeting
Date: Tuesday, May 27, 2025
Weather: Partly Sunny; High Temp 68, Low 54 degrees F
Location: At Home on Lakeview Avenue with My Shadow, Falmouth, MA
I finally got outside to do a little gardening today. Hurray! And tonight, I attended my first Library Board of Trustees as an official member. And as I do every Tuesday, I pick Ollie and his saxophone up from school and then take him to his saxophone private lesson. Just a day in the life.
