Anelle

Arm is still sore but other than a tiny lil bit of red at the injection site no lump or anything, so pretty standard for a muscle jab type shot for me. Better than typical, really, I got sensitive everything so usually I have more reddening at sites. Stomach's a lil torn up and I've got a bit of a headache but so far that's about it. Lee seems to be doing great. edit to add that we got the Moderna version for anyone wondering

Teachers belong in this wave imo. Cops can get fucked. There's a looooooooot of fuckery going down with scheduling for this, it's so disheartening. Apparently there was some kerfuffle in the DFW area because a very affluent area was magically having a lot of vaccines doled out.... to the point where our shithead governor was like cut that out or we're taking them back. Then magically we get a call that we're up for one, and since we're in the "medical condition" category it was quite a surprise, we thought our numbers would come up end of Feb or in March. We jumped on it of course, but now that I'm paying more attention to what's been going down it's SUPER suspicious. The setup for it all was like fuckin' clockwork though, so proper work was put into making it run smoothly and efficiently. It's absolutely possible to get this shit going at a good pace but it feels like people are just sitting on their hands and I want to just scream. According to my aunt, Alabama has given out about 39% of what it has, and people like her and my parents who are over 65 but under 75 but have medical conditions like heart shit and diabetes are being told basically I dunno lol you'll get it when you get it.

Higurashi talk that features spoilery talk featuring the wider universe this is set in, so feel free to ignore

Yeah, I can't really blame anyone for seeking information but at the same time oof for the workers. I seriously cannot believe how coordinated and informative our city has been, we lucked the fuck out. My parents have signed up to be on a list but have no idea when they'll be able to get one, and that seems to be the way it is for a lot of people who qualify for current rounds...just no info. What a mess.

Shot #1 done! An hour or so after the fact and I definitely have soreness at the injection site (but really not any different from a normal muscle jab so far) and a smidge of achiness all over, but i dunno how much of that was already there because the weather has my arthritis goin' nuts. I'm one of those people that always seems to get moderate side effects from flu shots for a day or so so I imagine this will be similar. So far Lee is fine!

Higurashi gou

no no i used poor wording again, I was saying the feels were not good as in "positive" they were good as in they were powerful because the feels have been painful I AM SO BAD AT COMMUNICATION I think the show is good! First ep I was like well either this will be good or it will be visually pleasing and blah and I will still enjoy it but as of now I think this is a good series and am excited for more!

I empathize with people who are hesitant over it because everything is scary and stressful but jesus christ we haven't advanced science the way we have and gotten nothing out of it

god that is such horseshit

DAMNIT I DIDN'T WISH YOU HAPPY BIRTHDAY BECAUSE I DIDN'T THINK YOU CHECKED HERE MUCH BUT I SEE YOU ON THE LIST HAPPY BELATE BIRTH MY DUDE

oh man wonder egg priority comin' in with some good feels, this series might actually stay pretty good to clarify by "good" I mean ones that resonate, not GOOD

hell yeah, get that bread hopefully it keeps up because they fucking OWE y'all shit's ridiculous

We majorly lucked out in that our city is fuckin' on the ball with scheduling and outreach for it. Local officials have posted info on stuff like facebook and nextdoor and keep a good eye for topics and answer questions. There's been a couple old people on nextdoor who have posted praising the whole process and how quick and smooth and easy it was and people immediately jump in with HOW DO I GET ONE WHERE DO I GO and bam, there's an official with details. Grocery employees should be right after healthcare workers IMO, there's nothing else as essential. Everyone gotta eat. Hopefully it's a Texas spring, considering we had spring weather today, and you'll get yours soon

you might kinda fudge the truth to her about the second one then, it can be rough. Lee's mom felt pretty crappy after shot 2. She bounced back pretty quick but she said it's definitely kinda harsh. She's apparently downplaying the after effects of it to her parents though because they're already anxious about it. Maybe if we put the vaccine in a piece of cheese we can slip it to people like they're pets! "No that's not a needle in the cheese what are you talking about *jab*"

My dad called literally minutes after we saw the email and once I excitedly told him the news his attitude suddenly shifted from what it's been ("welllllllll I just wanna wait and see I don't want to be in the first rounds just to seeeeeeee" type shit) to "oh wow that's great I sure wish I was getting mine that soon" so maybe this will make him seek his way to getting his. He talked about how Alabama as a state is incompetent and is ranked dead last in getting the vaccine distributed, and all that is true but he absolutely qualifies and if he actually starts making inquiries he'll get on track to get his. MIL got her second dose last week, grandparents in law will get their 2nd one soon, so I'm basically same boat... a LITTLE bit of relaxation. Just a lil. I ain't gonna unclench until 2nd shots are done and the take hold period has passed, but it's a damn nice sight to glimpse a lil bit of light at the end of the tunnel.

we just got emails, we're on track to get our first round of vaccines through our city on thursday!

I strongly advise anyone wanting to enjoy next week's ep to avoid social media about AoT because I'm seeing manga folks going out of their way to spoil some stuff because no one's allowed to have fun and enjoy things I guess

yeah we've had a couple times over the past year that we've had vague "uh oh is this it" and lee had to get tested at one point because of his dumbass cousin but this is the only time where the timing and symptoms have really lined up to where it was panic mode. I'm surprised the whole ass planet hasn't gone grey haired from stress

been feeling increasingly shitty past couple of days and realized it was just over 2 weeks since i'd had a medical appointment where an endlessly coughing woman assured me she had allergies and checked my temp and it was climbing so i imploded and we went and got me a rapid test. It was negative though, so I just have absolute dogshit timing with seasonal crud it seems. I think I aged like 15 years in the time it took us to find a clinic and get it done. I'm so tired of this but I'm so thankful it was negative.

I'm just dumb, instead of reading your whole comment I stopped on the name and was like wait who is this did I miss something and like mentally checked over character names I knew in my head and then kept reading and was like OH i was briefly convinced I'd missed an entire scene

it took me way too long to realize you were referring to Geraldine. God bless subtitles, I would never know anyone's name ever

welp i was like "i'll just watch higurashi while i eat lunch!" and that was a mistake

yeah, i saw some of the talk about it and read a few chapters of the manga and won't be watching it.

Gave Wonder Egg Priority a go So far I like it I think! I'm not sure if it'll be something I'd call "good" in the end but it hits buttons I like. The horror aspect, the art, the weirdness.