Ugh, msbelle. I hope the investigation yields some positive changes. May the memorial be comforting.

{{msbelle}} I hope the memorial is good

Dang on the workplace! At least something is being done, I guess.

I have thrown on a caftan and logged on to work AND my arm isn't even sore from the flu shot so my day is better than expected so far!

I have an appointment for Monday for shots. Won’t kick in before my trip next weekend but better than nothing. Several places around here when I had tried to sign up a week ago didn’t have the new covid vaccines yet.

Hope you're feeling better this morning, David.

I had a doctor appointment last week so I got my flu shot and my first shingles shot. They weren't going to be getting the most updated covid shot so we agreed I should just get it from the pharmacy. I need to schedule my shingles follow up shot, but the first one really knocked me out so I'll probably need to aim for late afternoon on a Friday so I don't find myself snoozing at my desk.

I hope your friend's memorial is comforting for you, msbelle.

Work remains a cluster. Boss is now on admin leave and there is going to be an outside investigation into allegations of a hostile workplace and unethical practices. Giant poop show.

Yikes! At least there is an investigation, not a "sweep it under the rug". Hope it yields some good results.

The shingles vaccine is a doozy

Several places around here when I had tried to sign up a week ago didn’t have the new covid vaccines yet.

Yeah, it feels like we were slower to get them out here than a lot of places. I only got mine as soon as I did because I was checking all my local pharmacies' websites daily. So far I haven't had any real side effects, just a sore arm. One of my coworkers got hers over lunch yesterday and mentioned a couple hours later that she had a splitting headache, but given the stress levels we all currently have due to Workday Finance, which is the WORST, we agreed it's hard to know where to place the blame. (I cried at work yesterday--briefly, it was one of those things where you dash furious, frustrated tears from your eyes and dive back in, but I don't cry easily and can't remember the last time I did so over WORK.)

The pharmacy gave me a coupon for 10% off my grocery purchase. It's not where I usually shop and I didn't need much, but I grabbed some 8-packs of seltzer, several cans of soup that were on sale for my church's food pantry donation box, assorted snacks including a pack of Oreos because it'd been a long week and I wanted to treat myself, and two nice bottles of wine for my contribution to a dinner I'm going to tonight. The bagger, who was giving off snarky grandma vibes, looked at it all and said, "You know you're not supposed to shop hungry, right?" I took in the spirit I thought it was meant and laughed, though I was thinking, "You know you're not supposed to critique your customers' life choices, right?"

I just realized that this super-irritating guy who's one of our client's SMEs is an energy vampire. No wonder meetings with him are so exhausting and repetitive.

Oooh, rough, Dana. At least you figured it out. Not sure what you can do about it, but surely knowing is better.

Susan, that is why I like self checkout. I am always self-conscious about my shopping whether anyone says anything or not! I don't know what someone would say about toilet paper, cat food, three bags of Halloween candy, more little wheels of cheese than most people would pick up and a couple of premade things from the deli but I know I don't want to hear it.

I would just like to say that if, for some reason, there's a problem with me flying home tomorrow, I will do my absolute best to spend my extra night at Sweeney Todd again.

Edit: Or the matinee. I'm not picky.

Several places around here when I had tried to sign up a week ago didn’t have the new covid vaccines yet.

Yeah, it feels like we were slower to get them out here than a lot of places. I only got mine as soon as I did because I was checking all my local pharmacies' websites daily. So far I haven't had any real side effects, just a sore arm.

I got the Covid booster Monday night, and by mid-afternoon Tuesday I felt awful -- achy, chills, headache (Tim is apparently very secure in my love for him, because he came in the bedroom where I was buried under a pile of blankets and said "Wow, you look AWFUL! ...I'm going to take a walk! Bye!"). But I felt basically fine by the next day.

I'm waiting until mid-October to get the flu vaccine, because that vaccine lasts about 6 months, and flu season runs through March (ish). I already got my shingles shots, and I'm too young for the RSV or pneumonia vaccines. So once I get the flu vaccine, I should be good.

Of course, then I'll probably get some illness for which there's no vaccine, like pleurisy.