Thanksgiving with Booster Side Effects

My parents received their booster shot a couple of weeks ago and have been questioning me about getting mine. I know I needed to plan my shot wisely because the last two COVID shots did not go well for me.

I keep thinking,

My body is finely tuned, like a microchip, and the flu is like a grain of sand. It could literally shut down the entire system.

Chris Traeger, Parks and Recreation

I try to exercise. Take vitamins. Drink plenty of water. Stay away from alcohol and tobacco. Get rest and sleep.

But when I get sick…I feel it for days if not weeks. My co-workers can attest that I get the man flu every tax season, which seems very sexist. But I can’t disagree. I get my sappy self of wallowing in look at me and give me some sympathy. Because I need it. It may not make me better, but it doesn’t hurt to try.

So, last week they opened the booster shot for anyone over 18 years old so I planned to get it Wednesday morning so I could sleep late on Thursday and relax all day.

In honor of Chris Traeger, that is literally what I did all day.

I tossed and turned restlessly last night with slight body aches and chills. Nothing as earth shattering as last time, but still I woke up around 4am and couldn’t fall back to sleep. Until I fell back to sleep at 8am. (Where’s your sympathetic words?)

Woke up and pigged out on thanksgiving food and then immediately napped again.

Not the best Thanksgiving, but I was still around my family.

I mean, if I didn’t like my family I could have used my booster shot as an excuse to get out of seeing them. I wonder if more people will do that at Christmas time.

Sorry Mom, I can’t come to Christmas dinner with crazy Uncle Larry and touchy-feely Aunt Darlene and their menacing kids that pick their nose and then touch all the sugar cookies. I scheduled my booster shot for December 23th. Tell them…well, them whatever you want, but I won’t be there.

Yes, I can see this being a trend going forward to get out of things people don’t want to do. No more, my grandmother died – even she has died 9 times by now. Now it’s, “I got the shot.”

Who could negate that?

So, yeah, today was a little different, but oh well, tomorrow I will either feel better or have another few days to binge watch Seinfeld.

I will most likely be watching Seinfeld either way.

Peace and Happy Thanksgiving!

And if I invite you to something and use the shot as an excuse out of it, I will be asking to see your CDC card.

Really I will.