2022 Life Logs, Day 346: From Cape Cod to Boston to Charlotte, NC
Date: Monday, December 12, 2022
Weather: Dusting of Snow in MA: High 54, Low 33 degrees F
Location: At Home with Brian and Judy Thompson on Lake Norman in NC
Today was a traveling day. I dropped Shadow off with Heather at 11 am and headed to Sagamore to catch the Plymouth & Brockton bus to Logan airport. I arrived earlier than I needed to, so caught an earlier express bus to the airport than I had planned. But that gave me time to have a nice lunch at the airport before my flight to Charlotte, NC. I arrived in Charlotte at 6 pm, picked up a rental car, and headed north to Mooresville to see my sister Patsy. If you read my log last night, she is my Rosemary Clooney sister. Patsy is 89 and was five years younger than Rosemary Clooney, but there were always the similarities between them in my mind.
It took almost 45 minutes with the traffic to get from the airport to my sister’s assisted living facility. When I arrived, I was pleasantly surprised to see her happier and healthier than when I visited in August. I left an hour later with a bag of dirty laundry with specific directions on spot removal on some items. That is what sisters do. Right? They deal with dirty laundry? But I understand. Patsy is so particular about washing clothes that she doesn’t trust anyone else to do it. So, she hides it until someone she trusts comes along. Tomorrow, we have to travel quite a distance to a bank south of Charlotte to close her account. Another ‘have to do it’ day, but once the laundry and the bank business is completed, I am hoping we can spend some quality time together.
Tonight, I am with Brian and Judy Thompson, good friends of the family. I take care of Patsy’s medical issues and Brian deals with the financial end of things. But I am here to help with that this week. Brian and Judy have a lovely home on Lake Norman here in Mooresville. It is actually going to be near the freezing point tonight down here, but somehow the evening felt warm to me. I had to shed my winter coat when I arrived at the airport. It is supposed to be in the upper 40’s the rest of the week, with nights in the 30’s. A little warmer than at home, but not tremendously. But I am not here to enjoy the weather. I am here to be with my sister and that is a joyous thing.
