Double Vaxxed

 

Second COVID  jab is in me!

My whole family went this morning and got our second doses. 

Ottawa Public Health and the Nepean Sportsplex did a great job with their clinic. It was safe, efficient, and well-staffed.

Very good timing as well, since I've got my first in-person respiratory appointment in over a year next week. And it sounds like Ontario will enter its Phase 2 of reopening shortly, so I may even be able to get a burger and a haircut some time soon if I'm lucky!

A huge relief to have this all over and done with, finally.

Cheers!

A Better COVID Birthday

 

Last week, I celebrated my 36th birthday. 

It was my second during the pandemic, but so much better than the first!

Last year, things were only just starting to open back up a little, with an announcement about small businesses being made the day of my birthday. So, no movies, no going out to dinner, and no comics until two weeks after the big day.

This year, we still really couldn't go anywhere thanks to stuff being shut down, but the day was pretty eventful.

A couple decent movies in the family theatre (read: basement) viewed at different times throughout the month, lunch and a trip to my favourite comic shop, then dinner with the family: fajitas and a chocolate cheesecake topped with chocolate syrup and dulce de leche, surrounded by yummy churros!

Gifts included snacks, a Mortal Kombat t-shirt, and World Travel: An Irreverent Guide by Anthony Bourdain, the last book he wrote.

A good day, but my wish would be for 37 to be spent somewhere without my face half covered and hands smelling like alcohol.

Cheers!

Searching For Some Hope

 

I've been off the blog for the last month because every time I've felt like writing, it's seemed like a really negative rant. Fourteen months in, I can say that the COVID situation is getting to me.

We're on the very tail end of a lockdown here, but for how long? Despite a good number of people having been vaccinated once, and registration for the second finally beginning to open up, I'm not optimistic. I can just see someone doing something stupid and ruining it for everyone else. Hopefully I'm wrong!

At least there's the second vaccination to look forward too, as well as a few doctors appointments this month (some of which I've been putting off). And current projections here in Canada have theatres opening by mid-Fall and provincial borders opening by Christmas, so that's good.

Just trying to stay as positive as possible.

Cheers