What a week I'm having
Dec. 6th, 2021 02:09 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
gwyn(Quote by Eugene Levy in Splash, something I say at least monthly.) We have had: Massive power outage affecting most of the area—tens of thousands of customers; massive internet outage a few days later, meaning I missed my weekly zoom meetup with friends; flooding from the relentless fucking rain; and a car accident in the intersection on the corner of my front yard. Eventful!
FINALLY I am boosted on my Pfizer vaccine. It has been a complete clusterfuck round these here parts, because of the city basically abandoning my little peninsula here in West Seattle where we are mostly trapped with limited options. There are only a few pharmacies that do the shots and they have very limited hours for vaccinations, the city essentially shut down everything here after the initial rush of vaccinations last summer, and a lot of the private businesses that offer shots elsewhere in the city don't offer them here. Twice I've gone somewhere and been turned away, and that doesn't count the time I could have got one but I couldn't wait the hour or more in line.
The earliest appointment I could get was right before Christmas, but there was a clinic at this community center and I'd heard misinformation that it required an appointment for the couple days a week they offered shots--turned out they did take walk-ins, so I went yesterday, fearing I'd be standing in line for hours. I was in and out in less than ten minutes, even with paperwork and getting into the wrong line, like the doofus I am.
They were excellent people--a woman-owned local business, super friendly and incredibly efficient even though they got slammed right as I got there (also gave you bright tie-dyed Band-Aids). But of course, the city is now fucking them over and not continuing to work with them, so they can only offer their clinics on Sundays. They stepped in to fill a huge need when the city took away the only vaccination site here and then when little kids were cleared for vaccinations, for instance, and they're here for those of us who are having trouble getting boosters, and they were working without a contract even, despite the city basically giving up on us (our lil peninsula isn't really all that little; we're a significant percentage of Seattle's population). I am making sure to send them a thank-you, because I was starting to get really discouraged at getting my shot anytime before the holidays from the for-profit companies.
I feel so guilty that I have not had the extreme reactions to vaccinations other people seem to have. The worst for me was my first shot, but that was still mild compared to a lot of folks, and I had nothing but a super sore arm for the second and this booster, though last night I extremely uncharacteristically slept like the dead. OTOH, I understand that people who had COVID-19, even mild, did have stronger reactions to the first shot than the second, and that made me 99.9 percent sure that I had indeed had it back in March/April 2020, when I thought I did. But there were no tests for people who weren't rich and famous, so I will never absolutely know for 100 percent certain. I haven't escaped unscathed from other vaccinations: the shingles shots last year were brutal, my last flu shot was rough, and so was my last tetanus booster.
Thanks to everyone who sent birthday wishes; I had a nice day, and got lovely cards from people here (thank you, you guys!) and had brunch with friends and watched a hilariously terrible show with someone, so it was nice. Plus I got to see my BFF from way back the night before, now that he's moved back here to the PNW.
Is there anyone who's familiar with the Expanse books who might be willing to chat with me? Ideally I'd love someone who might be willing to voice chat (we don't have to do video) because my hands are so bad right now, but I'll take any help I can get.
FINALLY I am boosted on my Pfizer vaccine. It has been a complete clusterfuck round these here parts, because of the city basically abandoning my little peninsula here in West Seattle where we are mostly trapped with limited options. There are only a few pharmacies that do the shots and they have very limited hours for vaccinations, the city essentially shut down everything here after the initial rush of vaccinations last summer, and a lot of the private businesses that offer shots elsewhere in the city don't offer them here. Twice I've gone somewhere and been turned away, and that doesn't count the time I could have got one but I couldn't wait the hour or more in line.
The earliest appointment I could get was right before Christmas, but there was a clinic at this community center and I'd heard misinformation that it required an appointment for the couple days a week they offered shots--turned out they did take walk-ins, so I went yesterday, fearing I'd be standing in line for hours. I was in and out in less than ten minutes, even with paperwork and getting into the wrong line, like the doofus I am.
They were excellent people--a woman-owned local business, super friendly and incredibly efficient even though they got slammed right as I got there (also gave you bright tie-dyed Band-Aids). But of course, the city is now fucking them over and not continuing to work with them, so they can only offer their clinics on Sundays. They stepped in to fill a huge need when the city took away the only vaccination site here and then when little kids were cleared for vaccinations, for instance, and they're here for those of us who are having trouble getting boosters, and they were working without a contract even, despite the city basically giving up on us (our lil peninsula isn't really all that little; we're a significant percentage of Seattle's population). I am making sure to send them a thank-you, because I was starting to get really discouraged at getting my shot anytime before the holidays from the for-profit companies.
I feel so guilty that I have not had the extreme reactions to vaccinations other people seem to have. The worst for me was my first shot, but that was still mild compared to a lot of folks, and I had nothing but a super sore arm for the second and this booster, though last night I extremely uncharacteristically slept like the dead. OTOH, I understand that people who had COVID-19, even mild, did have stronger reactions to the first shot than the second, and that made me 99.9 percent sure that I had indeed had it back in March/April 2020, when I thought I did. But there were no tests for people who weren't rich and famous, so I will never absolutely know for 100 percent certain. I haven't escaped unscathed from other vaccinations: the shingles shots last year were brutal, my last flu shot was rough, and so was my last tetanus booster.
Thanks to everyone who sent birthday wishes; I had a nice day, and got lovely cards from people here (thank you, you guys!) and had brunch with friends and watched a hilariously terrible show with someone, so it was nice. Plus I got to see my BFF from way back the night before, now that he's moved back here to the PNW.
Is there anyone who's familiar with the Expanse books who might be willing to chat with me? Ideally I'd love someone who might be willing to voice chat (we don't have to do video) because my hands are so bad right now, but I'll take any help I can get.
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Date: 2021-12-07 12:21 am (UTC)You've been in my thoughts lately because of the BS in the Pacific Northwest. Glad you're safe; sorry it's been such a clusterfuck.
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Date: 2021-12-07 12:56 am (UTC)YAAAY for booster shots. It's already starting to be a fustercluck even here in Cap Hill re going to websites and finding "no available appointments" and misinformation.
They kept reccing the shingles vax to me, how bad was it?
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Date: 2021-12-30 09:48 pm (UTC)All in all, probably better than most people get from the COVID shots, but definitely worse than a standard flu shot.
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Date: 2021-12-07 02:43 am (UTC)Glad to hear you had happy birthday!
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Date: 2021-12-10 06:02 pm (UTC)Happy Belated Birthday!