Two days post vaccination... and here's the update. Sore arm in the vicinity of the injection. Makes it tricky to sleep on my left side. Right arm is sore from favoring my left arm while vacuuming and shoveling snow. Had about 4 hours of chills late last night, but it had passed by morning.
Next jab is scheduled for St. Patrick's Day, a month from now.
Meanwhile...
Yesterday's snow, which was a ½ inch dusting on top of frozen rain, disappeared by noon. Temps are heading back towards seasonal (whatever that is in a world of climate change). Texas is just regaining power after catastrophic blackouts.
Reminded me of the time Lou and I drove down to visit Paul in Houston after Christmas. We left Los Alamos and it was 35°. Arrived in Houston and it was 28°! Burst pipes created frozen water sculptures in people's front yards. The Botanic Garden was a frozen, grey, desolate place even with an amazing collection of trees in the arboretum. We went down to Galveston Bay and walked on a freezing cold beach, then retreated to the battleship Texas. Damn, that hunk of metal was sooo cold. I'm sure that under steam she'd be a toasty place, but not on that day.
Somewhere during the trip, Paul took us to a favorite oyster shack. Lou was uninitiated, so we thought to order a dozen fried and a dozen raw, to see which he favored. The guy behind the counter asked, "Each?" We thought he was asking if we wanted a dozen of each. We replied in the affirmative. Instead we received 3 dozen fried and 3 dozen raw, one full order for each of us. We devoured them all. Might've left a few French fries on the table. Yumm!
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