2022 Life Logs, Day 183: Not a ‘Do Nothing’ Day As Planned
Date: Saturday, July 2, 2022
Weather: Rain Early, Then Mostly Cloudy with a Few Raindrops; High 74, Low 66 degrees
Location: At Home with Sam, Falmouth, MA
Today was supposed to be the day when I was going to do nothing. That didn’t happen. I took Sam to work in his mom’s car, came back and had Sullivan Tire call a Lyft ride for me to come pick up my car, drove Shadow home to get his breakfast, and drove back into town for an 11 am program at the Museums on the Green called Celebrating Independence! with introductions by my dear friend Olivia White.
I was ten minutes late, but at least I made it. Afterwards Bruce and Jane Woodin invited me out to brunch
and when I got home, I took Shadow for a walk. As we walked past my neighbor Andrew’s yard that the Goldpebbles mow, I noticed it was looking a little shaggy even though Sam cut it less than two weeks ago, but it definitely needed a trim. So, I decided to mow part of it since there are no boys here to do it. It didn’t take long and I did then come inside to do nothing. The problem was that it was almost time to go pick Sam up from work. Maybe tomorrow will be a ‘do nothing’ day.
By the time I have gotten around to writing my logs the last few days, I have been too tired to think straight and have left out some very important details. Here they are:
The most exciting news is that on Thursday, Heather and Jed heard from the owner of Eider, the Cape Dory 36 they have been trying to purchase. He agreed to reduce the asking price to cover the cost of some of the issues found during the survey and sea trials. As of Thursday, they were scrambling to set a new closing date. Soon they will be Eider’s owners and we will have a sailboat in the family again!!! Congratulations, H&J.
More good news is that Heather is feeling a little better and her fever has subsided. The bad news is that results of blood test to determine if she has a tick-borne disease came back and revealed that she has Borrelia miyamotoi. This tick-borne disease infects humans through the bite of one of several species of hard-shell lxode ticks. These are the same critters that spread Borrelia burgdorferi bacteria that causes Lyme disease. So related, but not the same as Lyme. Borrelia miyamotoi infections have been successfully treated with a two-to-four-week course of doxycycline, so hopefully this will do the trick.
