Yesterday afternoon, Lisa and I went to Walgreens and got our flu shots and COVID boosters. That's our seventh COVID shot, by my count. As I'm going to SMOFCon at the start of December, I wanted to have time for the immunizations to settle in before then ( Read more... )

This afternoon, Lisa and I got our flu shots and the new COVID vaccine. It was so new that the local Walgreens only received it this morning, and they'd initially called to tell me that they wouldn't be able to give me a vaccination for which I'd made an appointment because they didn't have it, but then they called me back later to say that we ( Read more... )

When I saw my doctor last week, he gave me my 10-year TDAP (tetanus, etc.) booster, and when I mentioned that due to my planned China trip later this year, a doctor friend had suggested I also get a Hepatitis A shot, he agreed. Because he doesn't recommend getting multiple vaccinations simultaneously, he suggested that I wait a few days and get the ( Read more... )

Today, I had another vaccination. Not a COVID-19 vaccination, although in light of Cheryl Morgan reporting that she joined the large number of people who attended Eastercon who caught COVID, I would have been happy to get another booster. Apparently Lisa and I misheard booster information, and once you've that bivalant booster that she and I had ( Read more... )

We tried to take Lisa to a dental practice yesterday that had a lot of high-sounding good intentions on its website about how they protect their clients from COVID-19. But it was all for show, and possibly just left over from a couple of years ago and never taken down. None of the front-office staff were masked, and the person who came to get Lisa ( Read more... )

I had today off for the holiday, but the dentist who has worked on Lisa in the past was working today, and so we went to Reno for what would have been Lisa's first dental appointment since 2019. It was a big disappointment.

( Ignoring COVID Precautions )

This final day of SMOFCon 38 started with the Stuffie Panel.

( Kuma Bear Sends His Regrets )

Just before brushing my teeth and turning in for whatever sleep I can manage, I took a COVID-19 test.

( No Worries )

Today is not a blanket holiday for my company. We get a couple of "floating holidays," and most of my teammates are taking today off, but a few of us have to work to support our customers, many of which are working today. (I will use my floating holiday next Wednesday as I fly to Montreal for SMOFCon 38While waiting for some reports for which I'm ( Read more... )

Yesterday afternoon, Lisa and went to Walgreens here in Fernley and got the latest COVID-19 booster. We'd had our previous shots at the Safeway pharmacy in Sparks, but their website shows no availability for any date at all, despite their site trying to direct people to make appointments. Maybe they've stopped doing them? There was plenty of ( Read more... )