2021 Life Logs, Day 74: Two Times Cold
Date: Monday, March 15, 2021
Weather: Partly Cloudy, Windy, and Cold; High 28, Low, 18 degrees F
Location: At Home in The Cottage, East Falmouth, MA
It is not only winter-time cold outside, I woke up this morning with cold symptoms. I felt fine, I just had sinus drainage and a runny nose. I think this is an allergy-related sinus issue rather than a cold, but what started the allergic reaction? This has happened to me in the past, and in each case, the next day I woke up symptom free. So, I’m hoping for that. But in any case, I will go get a Covid rapid test in the morning to eliminate that possibility. In the meantime, I asked Jed to pick up Ollie today. If it is Covid or just a cold, I don’t want to pass either on to him as he is already dealing with Lyme disease. His little body immune system doesn’t need a second assault.
And the weather outside is frightfully cold for mid-March. It was in the teens last night and did not get above freezing today. As I write this log, it is 24 degrees F outside but feels like 13 degrees according to Weather Underground. That is due to the wind from the north. Tomorrow will be a little warmer and then Wednesday and Thursday we will have time temps in the 40’s before it cools off again for the weekend. I’m hoping the forecast for next week with highs in the 50’s and lows above freezing is correct. The first day of spring arrives on Saturday and I’m ready for a little warmth.
In my writing, I made it half-way to the Marquesas Islands today. Hopefully I can complete the chapter on the twenty-one day passage from the Galapagos to the Marquesas tomorrow and maybe even begin the next chapter about our Marquesas visit. After spending a week writing about our time in the Galapagos, today’s progress was encouraging.
I made a couple of corrections to last night’s log online but should set things straight here as well. First of all, my lack of knowledge of football was made blatantly clear when I misquoted Dr. Fauci. Don’t spike the ball before you reach the end zone, not the in-zone as I wrote. And I misunderstood what Heather had said about the date for sending all Falmouth students back to the classroom full time. The return date is April 28th, after the week of spring vacation, not the 1st of April. That gives teachers almost five to six weeks to prepare, not just two weeks. I still worry that we are moving too fast, but I do understand how important it is to get students back to school. I just want it done in a way that is safe for all.
