Project 52

[mrs_sweetpeach]

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For me, this was another quiet week. For jebra, not so much. We're both fighting off side-effects of the shingles vaccines we had last week (not feeling great and feeling as run down as if we'd had the flu), and he felt poorly enough he didn't want to travel north to see his folks and brother. If he'd gone he'd have missed the Dorsai meeting on Zoom. I thought that would take a couple of hours. It took six. I guess they got a lot done but I'm not a Dorsai and don't know what all they were taking about. I was allowed to join the meeting about an hour from the end to hear a presentation about COVID-19.

I spent nearly all of Saturday on my corner of the couch, working on crochet. Sunday was a combination of crochet and laundry.

Monday was work followed by crochet, and Tuesday was a trip to the dentist for a cleaning followed by work, then home for the first official guild meeting of the year. We were given a virtual tour of a lovely yarn shop (Wool & Honey) in the tiny community of Cedar, Michigan. They have some stunningly beautiful yarn and I now want to visit the shop the next time we venture that far north.

Scrapbook papers & elements from the kit Bohemian Breeze
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Comments

[siberian_skys]

I need to get my shingles shot. I'm terrified. How long were you guys sick after? I have one friend who has had it and she said it hurt like hell, but she never got sick. The pharmacy said that I could have it with the flu shot just in different arms. Oh, hell no. I'm going to try and get my flu shot tomorrow when I pick-up my inhaler. I have an errand come up at the last minute, so I might have to wait. Then I'm waiting a month before the shingles. OMG--Ugh.

[mrs_sweetpeach]

It's been a week and three days since we had the shot. Other than being tired, I think I'm fully recovered. I've given the matter some thought (even before I saw your question) and have decided that I'd much rather cope with feeling bad from the shot than in agony from Shingles. My grandmother had Shingles and it was awful.

I think I'd put a week or two between the flu shot and the shingles vaccine. In fact, that is what we did. We had the flu shot first. That went without any side effects, so a week and bit later we went for the Shingles vaccine. The side effects weren't horrible, just a constant low grade headache for three or four days plus feeling very tired. Where I got the injection was quite sore if I put any pressure on the area and it did swell up and turn the entire area under the bandage red. I thought maybe I was allergic to the adhesive, but removing the band-aide didn't help. It took around four days for the redness to disappear and the lump at the injection site to disappear. Compared to the getting the flu, the shingles shot was a walk in the park.

I encourage you to get both shots as soon as you can (although not at the same time so that if you have side effects you know who to blame)!

[siberian_skys]

Very good advice. I've got to get myself together tomorrow. It's only 4 things. I've just been dragging. I just feel paralyzed. It always seems like too much to do. And then I saw the news. I have no excuse. I keep seeing this caregiver interviewed. It's so sad. It's a major life lesson in someone else always has it worse. I've got to stop bitching and get it together.

[mrs_sweetpeach]

I can totally relate to the feeling like it always too much to do. I struggle with that daily and I *know* I have it tons easier than millions of people. The feeling from the inside is just so powerful. The intellectual knowledge that other folks are struggling is there but it doesn't feel the same as what we feel on the inside.

So hugs and a gentle nudge to go and get it done!

[siberian_skys]

I feel guilty. I have a friend who always reminds me about 1st world problems. She's so right. I have a roof over my head and food in my stomach. I so need to get it together. I did manage to get my flu shot this morning. And I made three business calls, so there goes several things off the list. I really need to work on the cleaning. This place is a mess. I think I'm going to eat lunch and get some writing done first. Sometimes you just need to do for yourself first.