2020 Life Logs, Day 104: Recovery Day
Date: Monday, April 13, 2020
Weather: Rainy and WINDY; High 56 degrees, Low 51 degrees F
Location: At Home in The Cottage, East Falmouth, MA
In yesterday’s log, I reported that I had talked to my friend Lynne Kirwin in New Zealand last night. This morning I got this image from her via email.
Just had to share that with you.
I continued to busy myself today with food preparation. I made my favorite Greek chicken thighs with artichoke hearts (minus the kalamata olives as I don’t have any) and I tried a new banana bread recipe. I don’t often eat baked goods these days, but I had three bananas that were begging to be used. I found a recipe with no sugar that uses almond flour instead of wheat flour and chopped dates instead of sugar. I am happy to report that it is delicious. But other than a little cooking, I did absolutely nothing today. But I am also happy to report that if I had a head cold, it magically went away. This leads me to believe that I did really have an allergic reaction and those daffodils that were sitting by my computer. Just in case, no more indoor flowers for me. And the last happy report is that my back gets just a little better each day. I’m not going to be hauling a lot of heavy boxes in the near future, but I think I can ‘gently’ get back to normal activities. This evening Peter Baranowski dropped by to bring me one of his spare back support belts that I can wear when lifting things. I put it on and it felt great, so I won’t hesitate to use it. Thank you, Peter.
The weather was the big story of the day. I took my long walk with Shadow at 7:30 am thinking I would avoid the rain that was forecast to arrive around 8 am. It came early and we got soaked, but we enjoyed the walk. We ate breakfast and then we both went back to bed and slept most of the morning away. I would normally think this was being lazy, but with both the mending back and the ‘instant’ allergic reaction, I figured they were telling me I need rest. For once, I listened. We got up just before 11 am and found that the wind and rain had increased. I then checked my Voice Mail and found I had a message from my electric provider telling me that an extended power outage was a possibility because of the high winds. I’ve never gotten a warning like that before, so I took it seriously and got the battery-operated lights ready, just in case.
Mid-afternoon, Midge Frieswyk dropped a little bag of goodies inside my storm door. She was delivering muffins to all in our dining-in group just to brighten our day. We had pre-arranged that she would put the muffins inside the storm door and then knock to announce their arrival. 
Thank you, Midge. As she walked back to her car, I opened the door to get the muffins and wave to her and saw that her husband Bill was in the car. I haven’t seen him since November when a fall landed him in rehabilitation facility. And there he fell and broke his hip and didn’t get released until Thursday, March 12, just when the coronavirus shutdown was happening. We were all so glad he could come home and I was delighted to get the chance to wave to him this afternoon. But I almost lost my glass storm door in the process. When I tried to close the storm door, the wind caught it and took me with it. I battled with the wind and had to pull really hard to get the door shut, but in the end I won. I think that was at least a 30 mph gust. Right now it is still windy out, but I think it is settling down. When I heard about all of the destruction in the southern states today from tornadoes and high wind, our windy day seems like nothing.
