Otter and I both got our shots today. I picked her up after work, we stopped at the UPS box to clear it and then we both needed to go to the bank so we did that. We stopped at Wallyworld, yeah I know - on a Friday afternoon and a holiday weekend Friday at that! But we got in and out of there fairly quick. It was a required stop, I got our post-shot ice cream at the grocery store yesterday but I told Otter I'd get hers as well. We took her ice cream (and cranberry juice) to her apartment and then we went to Walgreen's. When we took out our new insurance, they said that flu shots were covered but that it had to be done at a doctor's office. But the clerk ran the insurance through to check and it turned out that it did cover the shots at pharmacies as well, so we saved $64.00. We had to wait about 20 minutes until the technician could give us the shots.
It was about 5:30 when we got them, and I felt the first hint of the Wave hit me at 5:32. The first thing I noticed was a sudden feeling of coldness, more like a wind hitting me than a chill and I thought it might be breeze from an a/c vent at first. We went to Subway to pick up dinner, where we were waited on by the slooooooooooooooooooooowest sandwich maker ever and were stuck behind the ditzyest mother and daughter customers ever. We were probably waiting in there over 30 minutes. We discussed going to another store, but it was peak traffic time so we decided to just stay there and wait. By the time we left there, I was really feeling tired and my (left) arm was beginning to feel a little sore. We went into the liquor store in the same shopping center - where Otter was promptly carded - and that was at least quick.
I dropped Otter off at her apartment and then I headed home. I didn't get home until around 7:00. The sandwiches were good, they just took a loooooooooooooooooooooooooong time for the girl to make them. But I think she was fairly new and she was just trying to be thorough, she was nice and it was obvious she was trying to do a good job so we didn't say anything about the lack of speed.
Bill spent lat night on the couch again. He was feeling bad last night but the congestion was beginning to loosen up. The air was a little dry and that was causing him problems, so I set up one of the humidifiers for him. He still needed the fan, he figured out where to put the fan so that it didn't blow away the steam from the humidifier. I heard him sneezing and coughing a few times - in the opposite end of the house, other his fan, my fan and the humidifier. He felt feverish last night but he didn't feel feverish this morning. He wants to sleep on the couch again tonight with the humidifier, so I'll make him another nest. He doesn't get a flu shot, but he does get ice cream since he has to put up with me after I have it! He just had a bowl and he said it was good. He feels better but he's still sick. He's still insisting that it's allergies, but I think he has what I had last week. It takes a few days to work it's way out. Otter said that J might be coming down with it, too.
I'm probably going to bed early tonight, I feel really tired. My arm is a little sore, I had to take the bandaid off already because of my allergy to the adhesive. I did bleed a little bit, but not much at all - even for a non-red! I think a big part of the way we react is probably due to the RedHead Curse. I'm hoping not to have a bad reaction, but then that's what I say every year. But I'd still rather put up with the reaction and not have to deal with the flu itself.
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