meara, my records with the state aren't complete - I received my MMR booster and Hep A & B series in '15, and they aren't on there. (My COVID and shingles series, Tdap booster and flu shots are all recorded.) Had to call my doctor's office and ask if they could correct it.

I carry mine in my wallet and have a copy of it on the cloud. In the cloud? In the cloud.

Just had colonoscopy and endoscopy. Thumbs up (not literally). Still slightly loopy. Whee!

I'm getting chicken saltada on the way home.

Saw one of the nurses who cared for me during the Year of the Hospital, so that was nice.

Yay for loopiness and chicken saltada. Not so much for medical procedures. When I had my colonoscopy it was at a surgical center owned by one of my client doctors. When they were putting me under he started singing "Tell Laura I Love Her", which meant I went out in the middle of a burst of laughter. Not sure what the anethesia tech thought, but I was amused.

Texas governor Abbott has COVID. Mind you, he's had the vaccine and is receiving monoclonal antibodies, but still: Karma!

Unfortunately I expect he'll write it off as no big deal. Here's hoping for a terrible reaction to treatment.

If we're real lucky, he infected Paxton.

Dana, that would be lovely!

I have my vaccination card in my wallet. This being SC no one has asked to see it or any proof I'm vaccinated.

I haven't heard an update on my cousin in a bit, except the rehab place he is at had 2 cases of covid and was under quarantine but that should be ended by now. His ex wife had her sentencing and for getting a DUI with property damage and driving on a suspended (or maybe revoked license) while on probation for those same charges she got- 6months with time served so she'll be out in mid Oct, right around when the temporary guardianship runs out. So that will have to be dealt with again. When she gets out she will be on probation and have to go to AA 2x a week and go to a DUI class, not sure how the AA will work if the pandemic.

Various family members and I think she will get another DUI in less than 6 months of being released and will just get the same turn around of a short sentence and probation.

Matilda came home from the second day of school and I had to learn about 17 new names because she was sassing everybody (especially boys), making jokes, talking to the teachers, connecting faces to Zoom classes last year, smack talking in basketball and working really hard to pronounce everybody's name properly (not always easy in San Francisco where we don't have a lot of Bob and Linda).

And I realized that she's going to be one of those social glue people at this school.

I was reminded of the first SAIEW and somebody wondering online if we should have some icebreakers. And Cybervixen said, "We don't need no stinking icebreakers! I am the icebreaker!"

I just ordered a plastic sleeve for my vax card, so thanks for the reminder. I also have it backed up to the cloud. The only people (aside from those personally concerned about my health) who have wanted to know about my vax status are my employers. My university arranged for me to get my shot and, in a flash of competency rarely seen in large organizations, shared those records (with my permission) with the section of the university tracking vax status. So it’s been surprisingly friction free on my end.

I’m pleasantly surprised by my university’s response to COVID overall. It’s private and extremely well funded, so it doesn’t have to deal with a state legislature before making choices. There are higher ups who can say, “We don’t know,” which isn’t always the case. They’re flexible where it makes sense to be. They’ve come down hard on well connected students who think that means they don’t have to follow the rules. They’ll throw money at problems that money will solve. As evil overlords go, they’re doing all right.