I'm sorry, askye, but it sounds like your grandmother had a good run and your family is pulling together to celebrate her well.

I went out to see a literary reading in the Mission, and we ate indoors (only the 4th time for me since covid started), and the listened to mainstream literary fiction (sigh) in a comic shop (hah!). And now it's raining and I'm watching Leverage. Life could be worse.

Much love to you, askye.

Thanks. Today has been kind of a weird day. But we went to the Gulf Specimen Marine Lab and met Jack there (he owns/runs it and is my aunt's boyfriend) and we got to see him feed some nurse sharks and a few other animals.

And visited and it's been nice. My aunt is getting some alone time.

That sounds like a pretty good day. Do they feed the Nurse Sharks live fish?

I had a bad night’s rest & woke up briefly in the morning & then fell asleep & slept til Noon. When you do that sort of thing in your teens & 20’s? No after effects: not so much as an elderly person: itchy back & knees. Is it any wonder that the older one gets the less you sleep?

Otherwise, I found out that a friend of mine & her husband, who are in their late 60s have come down with Covid. They are vaccinated, but almost 70.

Her husband tested positive first - got monoclonal antibodies on Tuesday which so far seems to have enabled him to sleep well. She took a second test on Friday & was positive. I encouraged her to try to get the same treatment. I understand that they need to catch it early in order for a patient to be eligible. If your lung capacity is 92% or less - it’s too late. Her husband was at 93% when he went in for the treatment. Thank goodness He got there in time.

They had gone out to dinner with her sister & brother-in-law & saw somebody they knew at the restaurant. The next day the friend tested positive so they all went & got tested & at first the husband was the only positive .

I have not seen them in person in months - so am in no danger from that direction.

Timelies all!

Ugh. Mr. S woke up at 5:30 this morning. I am very tired.

I am glad to have gotten a booster, but man, I feel like shit.

I'm glad to have gotten my booster and I still am mostly cautious, but there's only so much I can do at this point. I'm in the midst of work that has me traveling (just arrived in Puerto Rico today and I'm here working all week) and work that has me on events with lots of people. All sorts of vaccination requirements and testing in place, but still, I'm in the thick of it.

Shit, I keep forgetting to schedule a shingles vaccination. I'm going to do that right now.

Folks who've had the shingles vaccination, was shot #1 bad enough that I should schedule it on a Friday, so I have the weekend to feel lousy afterwards?

My arm hurt a lot more than I expected it to, but otherwise I don’t think I felt too bad. But I think I did wish I didn’t have to work, just not badly enough to actually call in sick.