April 2021 -- Atataboys and ACKs!

Didn't see one for this month yet so ... yeah.

Apologies for the unintentionally sexist Attaboys, but Attapersons doesn't quite roll off the tongue nearly so eloquently. Perhaps, in time.

My Attaboy is that I got my 2nd dose of the COVID vaccine yesterday, and (so far) absolutely no side effects. Feel free to slap me at the injection site.

The ACK!, of course, is a tribute to Bill, the cat, from the ACK!! Farside Bloom County comics.

ETA: Couldn't remember it, so I googled Comics cat that says ACK".
The top listing was a pintrest link for "bill the cat, far side cartoons, cartoon ..."
Didn't really pay attention to what it said. My bad!

I got my first shot today (Moderna) and the arm is a little sore, but I swung a kettlebell (44 pounds) and did pushups so it's not that bad.

Going to California for some wine tasting next week...leaving Sunday and I have a fabulous paperback for my flights!

And...wasn't Bill the cat a Doonsbury thing before getting his own spin-off comic?

>2 Bookmarque: Bill the Cat was from Bloom County. I don't think he ever had a spin-off, but might have missed it :)

Ah that was it! I didn’t come up with the right answer but I knew it wasn’t Farside.

Thanks for catching that, >3 tardis: and >4 Bookmarque:.

I got my 2nd Moderna shot today. No side effects so far. :)

>6 chalton: That's good to hear. Am waiting for notice of my second dose of AstraZeneca with a little trepidation.

>6 chalton: Let us know how you're feeling this evening and tomorrow, if possible. I'm scheduled for my second Moderna next week, and I've had a few friends who ended up in bed for a day or two, so I'm nervous.

Yes, I know it's worth it! And I can't wait until I can go about a few normal activities. I'll still be masked, but I won't have to be so fearful. I'm getting a haircut!

>8 clamairy:
I'm getting a haircut!

Show off!

>8 clamairy: I guess I'll be waiting until June... Last I heard we were still to be W@H until end of June so there's no need to get a haircut until then.

Just shoot me now. Our dealership has invested in a "new" property management system for our computers. Chaos. My co-worker, former boss, present office manager, does not handle changes graciously. We have a team of people here to help through the transition, working out glitches, and training us. I get embarrassed by her bitchiness. So tired of it.

I got a haircut! And the libraries are open (sort of)!

>12 haydninvienna: Gee, I can feel superior for once! Haircuts haven't been a problem for some months, and our libraries are almost back to normal. For a longish while they were open Monday to Friday, 9 am to 3 pm, which was a fat lot of use if you worked normal hours. But they're back to proper hours at last. Returned books are still quarantined for 72 hours before being available to the next user, and the selection is as limited as ever.

>11 MrsLee: Big hug!

>11 MrsLee: What a time to introduce innovations!

ACK:
I ate a cat treat.
Not on purpose.
I put two Advils in the pocket of a jacket I wear around the house. Went to get a glass of water, and took (what I thought were) the two pills from my pocket. One tasted weird... So I rummaged around in the pocket and found that I still had one pill, and a bunch of Turkey Temptations cat treats. One star - do not recommend.

>16 Darth-Heather: Your review is duly noted.

We are grateful for your intrepid investigation.

>11 MrsLee: Ack. Best of luck with that.

>13 hfglen: I think most of the hair cutting places are open, I just didn't want to chance it while our numbers were up, so I have only had my hair cut once since the pandemic started, and that was during last Summer's lull. Things here in the Northeast aren't great right right now, but my area dropped to orange from bright red on the map. The library is also open, but everything is left to sit for 3 days after you turn it in, masks are mandatory (as they are everywhere) and you are allowed to ask that your items be left outside on the covered porch in a paper bag with your name on it. I have just been going inside the few times I borrowed a physical book.

>16 Darth-Heather: That's hilarious! =^. .^=

>11 MrsLee: What a pain! Good luck adjusting.

>12 haydninvienna: Yay!!

>16 Darth-Heather: Oh dear :)

Had my own ACK today. Getting older stinks. I sprained my foot pretty badly walking to the kitchen. Yep, just walking. Went to urgent care for xrays just in case and no fractures. My foot is starting to turn a lovely mix of blues and purples and aches like crazy.

Edit to add... the cats find my situation highly amusing. Both boys keep wanting to play with my bag of ice - squishing it to make the ice inside move is a fun new game. None of them are scared of crutches which is amazing. My girl kitty keeps trying to rub on the base of the crutch when I move by her which is gives me minor anxiety that I'll hurt her accidentally. Seeing my foot elevated on the couch watching TV was also fascinating as one of them kept trying to love on my toes lol They are three attentive nurses lol My DH finds this all hilarious.

2nd Moderna shot today!

>22 Karlstar: Me too!

>8 clamairy: After I got my second shot and "marinated' for two weeks, the first thing I did was to go get a haircut. I was tired of looking like Grizzly Adams. Now catching up on other things I haven't done in a while, like going to the dentist.

>21 Narilka: sorry to hear about the ankle. Sounds as if you're getting good care. Hope it's better soon!

>16 Darth-Heather: Have you tried any other flavors?

>21 Narilka: Hope you heal quickly.

>24 Jim53: Marinate is the perfect word. Yes, the dentist is on the list, too.

>11 MrsLee: Having endured a fair number of innovations over the years, I know there’s always someone .... Best wishes.

>21 Narilka: As they say, getting old isn’t for the faint of heart. At least the kitties are getting some entertainment.

Everyone: it’s sort of odd how the minutiae of everyday life like getting a haircut (or in Mrs H’s case, getting her nails done) have become cause for celebration. But that’s how it is.

Ataboy:
My daughter who recently moved to Cincinnati with her family got word today that they have had their offer on a house accepted. It was the tenth house they viewed and the first one they put an offer on. She is still in shock. We have watched the realtor's video of the place and my daughter gave us a video walk-through yesterday. It is an amazing place. They put the offer in yesterday and heard this morning that their offer has been accepted. Yay!

Now to get my vaccination jabs and pack. :-)

>29 pgmcc: Hooray! That's great news!

a couple of years back, if someone warned you that getting a haircut might expose you to a deadly virus...

>31 MrAndrew:
And there was I thinking it was the 5G.

And the police enforce that you ARE wearing a mask before you enter a bank.

ACK!!!
The filling I had done (at great expense) a few weeks ago has just fallen out. Words cannot express how unhappy I am about this.

>34 Sakerfalcon:
Big hug! That is so annoying. I hope there is no associated pain.

>26 Jim53: I'm counting my blessings that my cats only have the turkey ones; I think the fish ones would have left an even worse aftertaste!

>21 Narilka: at least you are getting good care and comfort :D

>35 pgmcc: Thank you Peter. Thankfully it's not painful, just a little sensitive. I will survive.

>34 Sakerfalcon: Ouch. That is painful in more ways than one. (Still waiting to get to my dentist here.)

>37 Sakerfalcon: you clearly need to get yourself some little feline nursemaids like >21 Narilka: :)

>16 Darth-Heather: Tears of laughter. OMG. It's a wonder I haven't done the same thing.

Double ACK! The urgent care doctor called back and they spotted a fracture after all :( I'm off to see a specialist. This is my first time breaking a bone.

>34 Sakerfalcon: Ouch! That sucks.

>41 Narilka: Best wishes for a quick and painless recovery.

>41 Narilka: Good luck with your specialist.

>41 Narilka: what >43 pgmcc: and >44 -pilgrim-: said.

Inspired by today’s featured Wikipedia page, I’ve just bought the Rolling Stones’ album “Aftermath” (which I think I have the vinyl of somewhere). The very first sound on it is Mick Jagger going “What a draaaaaggggg it is getting ollllllddddd ...!”. Still better than the alternative.

>41 Narilka: Another voice in the chorus of >43 pgmcc:->45 haydninvienna: here. I broke my ankle comprehensively while still as student, and still have the pins to prove it.

>16 Darth-Heather: The current batch of kitty treats in this household are a chicken analog of the dried sausage that (most) South Africans love; swallowing one would probably not be a big deal, except for the grief one would get from the cat for stealing His Treats.

ACK ACK Update: My foot is definitely broken. They're getting me scheduled for a CT scan to see if I'll need surgery. I'm nervous. I have a lovely grey boot and orders to keep my weight off my foot. The boot was too much for my nursemaids. I get the side eye when I crutch around the house now.

>47 Narilka: Well poop. Sorry hon and hope you heal well without surgery.

>47 Narilka: Oh, so sorry! Hope the pain is minimal.

>47 Narilka: Sorry to hear about that, I hope you do not need surgery.

>39 Darth-Heather: Yes, I would love some feline helpers! But I rent my flat and am not allowed pets. I miss the days when I had cats so much.

>47 Narilka: Oh no! I hope you are not in too much pain and that you don't need surgery.

Ack: just found this thread today! I’ve been looking all month. Why did it never appear? Weird.

>47 Narilka: sorry about your foot. Definitely no fun! I hope it heals well.

>16 Darth-Heather: I’m surprised that hasn’t happened in my house! We have a plethora of choices as they got tired of the ones they were scarfing down and we had to test a few before finding another one to their tastes.

Yay to all who are getting their vaccines! The Husband gets his second dose today. We have a trip to the coast booked for Memorial Day. We will still take precautions, but it will feel good to get away from home for a bit.

Thanks for the well wishes everyone! My nursemaids have decided the boot of doom is now acceptable and back to their regular help. One of my boys has been my constant lap cat all weekend. He's cuddler but never to this extreme before. It's very sweet :) The other one wants to bite at the velcro straps on the boot which is both annoying and funny. Annoying because the boot needs to stay in place. Funny because if he grabs hard enough for the velcro to make a noise he startles himself lol

This weekend has to be mentioned as having a number of Ataboys.

First point is the relaxing of COVID relaxations relating to the distance we can travel for non-essential purposes. It has been 5km since Christmas and has now been extended to 25Km. That has enabled a couple of excursions this weekend that would have been illegal before.

First trip was on Saturday morning. We got to Howth Harbour and were able to enjoy the fresh air, the view, and buying fresh seafood.



During the lockdown we found a website that enabled us to order fresh fish and have it delivered to the door. The website belonged to a particular fishmonger on Howth Pier. There are several fishmonghers on the pier and we were not sure where this paricular shop was located. Anyway, given that we had the freedom to visit Howth this weekend we decided to make our way there and find this fish shop. It is called "Dorans" if anyone is interested.

Well, we arrived in Howth about 9:45am thinking we would be able to get parking relatively easily. We were wrong. We toured the car parks, we toured the areas next to the car parks. I was getting fed up and was about to just go home.

My wife suggested driving down the pier to see if we could find a spot. I agreed but with little hope of success in my heart. A few 100 yards down the pier we saw someone reversing out of a spot. We could not believe our luck. He came out and we parked. We were looking forward to finding Dorans and selecting some nice fish.

When we parked the car we climbed out and looked around. Directly behind us on the other side of the pier was Dorans fish shop. Had the pier been empty of cars we could not have found a closer spot.

Well, we went in, picked mackeral, plaice, salmon, rainbow trout, crab meat, mussels and cockles. We told the the shopkeeper we had been ordering delivery from them during the lockdown and were delighted to get a chance to visit the shop in person. He smiled but did not appear to register anything more than mild interest. He registered our purchases and I paid with the card. As were were arranging our items in our bag the shopkeeper came out from behind the counter, went over to shelving behind us, and when he returned he put a big packet of smoked salmon in our bag.

Their deliveries have been quick and their produce excellent. We have been very pleased with their delivery. Obviously they know how to look after customers.

As a result of that trip we had mussels in white wine sauce yesterday for dinner and cockles with brown bread for breakfast this morning.

The Ataboys do not stop there.

For the first time since Christmas we have been able to travel to Blessington to meet our grandchildren in a park. That happened today.

I hope to be making crab mornay tomorrow evening for dinner. :-)

What a great day, Pete!! So glad you can move around a little more freely. We had no such thing in the US and I can't even imagine it.

>54 pgmcc: Good food and family - what a blessed way to spend a weekend!

>55 Bookmarque: The Guards (Irish police) have checkpoints on the roads to catch people exceeding the distance limits. There are fines for breaching the restrictions. We passed through a checkpoint on the way bo meet up, but were not stopped. We were stopped on the way home. Luckily we were not going beyond 20km. We were going exactly 20km.

The rule is, you can travel anywhere within your county, but if you are crossing a county boundary you cannot travel further than 20km from your home. We live in County Dublin and were travelling to County Wicklow. There is a website where you can pinpoint your home and it will show you the circumference of 20kms on a map. Very handy. You can slecet other distances if you like. The original lockdown in March 2020 had a 2km limit.

>56 -pilgrim-: it was indeed a good weekend.

Mega-ACK: There is a massive wildfire raging on Table Mountain. At present, we are told, 150 fire-fighters are doing their utmost to contain the blaze, without success. It has destroyed Mostert's Mill, one of the oldest historic buildings in the Cape. But that is not the worst ACK. Pictures on this evening's news show the main library of University of Cape Town burning fiercely. The voice-over mentioned 85 000 irreplaceable books, documents and pictures going up, including a number of Rudyard Kipling's manuscripts and drawings. It also mentioned that the fire is heading for the suburb of Newlands, which means that the equally irreplaceable collection of the Kirstenbosch Research Centre is in danger. The weather after the news showed wind speeds of 65 km/h over the Cape Peninsula. WAAAAHHH!!

>59 hfglen: That is dreadful. I hope the winds die down a bit and rain falls.

Any injuries? How many people have been made homeless?

Two firefighters in hospital with burns. Students in hostels at UCT have all been evacuated. No reports of the fire reaching suburbia yet. It's a month or so before the Cape's rainy season usually starts, so the vegetation is tinder dry (like that helps!).

>54 pgmcc: A nice weekend! So happy for you.

>59 hfglen: That's awful! The loss of history and books! AAACK indeed!

>59 hfglen: oh my God. How awful. How utterly, utterly awful. Best wishes to South Africa, Cape Town and the University. Strength and endurance to the firefighters. As an Australian with some experience of this sort of thing, I know how much they will need it.

>59 hfglen: That is terrible. I am glad that the students are safe, nevertheless the losses of both buildings and library contents are irreplaceable. My thoughts are with you and your country.

>59 hfglen: Oh no! This is heartbreaking. I hope at least there are digital copies of the manuscripts and artwork. I know it's not the same, but it might make things less painful if those copies exist at least. :o(

>54 pgmcc: what a nice weekend!

>59 hfglen: oh no! Fires are so awful! We’ve already had three in my area. Two of which caused evacuations. Sure hope they get yours under control soon.

>59 hfglen: How awful, a real tragedy.

Many thanks for the sympathy, all of you. Today's news is that it was a vagrant who lit a cooking fire and then just walked away. Fortunately he was seen and has been arrested. However the fire currently threatening a suburb on the slopes of Devil's Peak, above the CBD, is believed to be (copycat?) arson.

>65 clamairy: Last night's news indicated that most of the manuscripts and illustrations that were burning had not yet been digitised. :-(

>50 Karlstar: Oh no, that is terrible news. So much damage done and treasure lost, because of one person's selfishness. I hope the library had a disaster plan and was able to evacuate some of the special collections.

>54 pgmcc: What a wonderful day! So glad you are enjoying your freedom of movement.

Update on the news in #59: The south-easter blew at gale force all day, grounding the helicopters, but the wind is expected to drop somewhat tomorrow. The fire department say the fire is more-or-less under control, but will take a week to put out. The reading Room of UCT library is completely gutted, but at least some (I gather not all) of the special collections have survived. The UCT spokesman on this evening's news indicated that the damage might not be quite as bad as they thought last night.

>70 hfglen: That is better news. Thank you for the update.

>54 pgmcc: That looks like a lovely weekend :)

>59 hfglen: Oh no! That's horrible news :(

Further to #59 and #70: Tonight's news says that the wind dropped somewhat, and several helicopters worked hard water-bombing the fires, which are now "under control". The fire brigades expect to have them out only in a week's time. In the meanwhile, the immense task of cleaning up the mess is starting.

>74 hfglen: Cautious sighs of mitigated relief. It's not good when "good news" is "not as bad as we feared it was".

>74 hfglen: Reading your tragedy is all too familiar from our recent years of fires. My heart goes out to all there. We are already fearing a very bad year for fires as our rain level has been way below average on top of several years of the same low average. I do not look forward to the hot season (it is already windy and in the 90s (F) here.

>54 pgmcc: What a lovely write up of a lovely day. Thank you for sharing with us.

>53 Narilka: May your healing be quick and as pain-free as possible.

The training on the new system at work is going pretty well. Still exhausted every day when I get home. The baby shower was lovely, it was pretty warm outside, but instead of the high winds we are having now, there was a gentle breeze which made it all bearable. I cooked way, way too much food, but was able to send home large trays of food for my brothers, sons and a nephew. Now Mark and I are eating tacos, burritos, taco salads, tostadas and every other form of leftover variation one can imagine this week.

>74 hfglen: What >76 MrsLee: said. I remember Mt Stromlo Observatory west of Canberra being destroyed in 2002.

>53 Narilka: More best wishes from here.

>54 pgmcc: Ah, Howth! Don't half envy you.

>76 MrsLee: Sounds like a really good party. More envy.

>54 pgmcc: As everyone else has said, a wonderful post. I sure mussels, cooked just about any way. I've been doing mine over white wine with garlic and shallots, served with crusty bread.

How do you prepare the cockles?

>78 clamairy:
I do my mussels the same way you describe. Shallots & parsley sautéd in butter before putting in white wine followed by the mussels when the wine has heated. We often do chips (French fries to you but big ones; not the thin potato straws McD's give you.) to have with the mussels; that is a favourite in France, "Moules frites", a dish, I am informed by one of my French friends, that is Belgian by origin but that the French stole and are happy to have people believe to be French. :-)

I had cockles for the first time in the 1990s. I arrived at a hotel for a meal and was waiting in the bar for a few friends to arrive. I was sitting at the bar and there were bowls of cockles and plates of brown bread for people to nibble on while having a drink. They left a lasting impression of deliciousness on my mind. In the intervening years I have found mussels everywhere but not cockles. Also, like yourself, I was not sure how to prepare them.

On our excursion to Howth last Saturday the fishmonger had bags of fresh cockles. I decided to get a bag and use that new contraption, "The Internet", to look up preparation. I had watched a video last year in which someone on the south coast of England prepared cockles, but his process appeared quite complicated and arduous. On Sunday I found a simple way to prepare them and I can tell you the result was excellent.

Boil a cup of water in a pot with a splash of lemon juice or white wine vinegar. dump the cockles in the pot and put a lid on the pot. Within minutes the cockles will have opened and be ready to eat.

You are probably aware of the precautions against a bad mussel or cockle. Lest you are not: when fresh any cockles or mussels that are open should be tapped on the table or given a sharp tap. If they are fresh they will close. If they do not close then dump the open cockle or mussel. After they have been cooked they should be open and the insdies easily removed for eating. If a cockle or mussel has not opended during the cooking process then dump the unopened cockle or mussel.

For our cockles I used white wine vinegar and had them with what I would call wheaten bread. It brown and full of wholemeal.

If you bring a rake to one of your beach walks and rake the sands at low tide I expect you will find some cockles. I do not know what the water quality is like in that area so you would want to check if it is safe to eat the seafood there.

I hope you like any cockles you manage to get hold of.

E.T.A. Sometimes I chop up some chorizo and throw it into the mussels during the cooking process. It adds a nice kick to the mussel flavour.

>79 pgmcc:
"In Dublin's fair city
Where the girls are so pretty
I first set my eyes on sweet Molly Malone
As she wheeled her wheel barrow
Through streets broad and narrow
Crying 'Cockles and mussels
Alive alive-o ..."

>80 hfglen:
Hugh, here you have Molloy wheeling her wheel barrow through streets broad and narrow.

Ah yes, the Tart with the Cart. You just knew I'd come in and say that, didn't you Peter?

And here's the Prat in the Hat:

>81 pgmcc: Is that going to be an inevitable wardrobe malfunction? Reminds me about my mother's rather off-colour story about waiter training at the Ritz ('at the Ritz, we always use a silver spoon').

>79 pgmcc: We don't have cockles here, exactly. We do have mussels, scallops, clams and magnificent oysters. The water is fine. One of my friends who lives in the water grows oysters right off her dock. The water is routinely tested by the health department.

Our scallop population had a boom a few years ago, and then something (they aren't sure yet what it was) killed almost all of them off again. It's very distressing, and not just because they are delicious.

>82 haydninvienna: Are we going to be joined by the Floozie in the Jacuzzi? Truly, Dublin has some wonderful statuary.

>82 haydninvienna:
Let us not forget the Floozie in the Jacuzi.

>85 hfglen: >86 pgmcc: I didn't know about the Floozie in the Jacuzzi. Also, the Prat with the Hat has a ruder name that I won't sully the GD with.

ETA:

>83 Maddz: Is that the limerick of which the last line goes "Pops them back in again with warm spoons"?

>87 haydninvienna: Along those lines, yes! Except the waiter popped them back in (ahem) manually, and was told off by the the maitre d' for not using spoons... (This was in the days of strapless décolleté evening dresses - of which my mother had more than a few stashed in the attic.)

Lunch in the garden of the local pub! First time since forever.

>89 haydninvienna: So happy for you. Both that you got to go and that you have a garden to eat in at your local pub. Covid has forced a ton of places to add outdoor dining here, so I hope to be doing likewise soon!

>89 haydninvienna:
Excellent. Enjoy.

My wife is pushing for the local village, Lucan, to have some streets closed off for a few hours at weekends to facilitate the local restaurants when outdoor dining is allowed.

>90 clamairy: >91 pgmcc: Thanks people. I’d post a picture (perfect spring afternoon and the garden looking spectacular) but of course it was taken on an iPhone and loads to LT inverted. Sigh.

>92 haydninvienna: Try flipping the file 180° on your phone, saving that file and then loading it to LT. This is not just an iPhone quirk, btw. It has happened to me as well.

>91 pgmcc: that is a good idea! Our town closes off a block of Main St on Saturdays for farmers market in nice weather, and the restaurants all rush to put out cafe tables.

>93 clamairy: Tried that, but it still comes through on LT upside down. Thanks for the thought though.

Bicester has a street market on Fridays, and every week I get the job of buying two 3kg bags of carrots for Mrs H’s horses. Lots of fruit and veg, bread, cakes and people selling clothes and dodgy CDs. No books that I’ve ever noticed. And although the market area is a pedestrianised street, there’s no place to eat in the open except for the guy with the hamburger van. There are cafes and cake shops and what not, but few of them seem to have tables outside, even though as I understand it, under current rules if a restaurant or cafe wants to provide sit-down meals, it has to be in the open.

Our markets have been moved from the main street into the car park as the stalls can spread out better that way. We have a Monday & a Friday market, and a Farmers Market twice a month on Saturday. Apart from the burger van and the weird Chinese fusion people, there's no eats, and no need to put tables out.

Our local baker (whose cakes are exceedingly better than Mr Kipling) has a few tables outside; that's been going on for years. His shop is set back from the row, and he runs a cafe/tea room as well. Obviously his inside seating is closed. A cafe by the river also has outside tables, and one of the town centre pubs puts tables on the street in good weather.

Had my second AZ shot this afternoon. No side effects so far.

Take some aspirin or such before you go to bed. You may feel awful in the morning.

>97 haydninvienna:, >98 2wonderY:
I concur with 2WonderY. I felt fine that evening. It did not hit till the next day.

>98 2wonderY: >99 -pilgrim-: Thanks. I still feel nothing unusual (7 hours later), but I have some ibuprofen standing by.

>97 haydninvienna: Great news. Well done.

We received texts this evening informing us we get our first AZ shots on Sunday. Yay!

>100 haydninvienna: Yeah, they do suggest you actually wait until you feel badly to take something. Because feeling like crap means your immune system is doing it's job, and if you take an anti-inflammatory before that point you might interfere.

>101 pgmcc: YAY!

>103 clamairy: Precisely!

My second shot is booked for Saturday morning - got the text on Tuesday. Hopefully I won't feel as crap as I did for my first AZ shot - had it at 9am, by 4pm was on paracetamol until Wednesday morning. The injection site was tender to the touch for over a week.

>105 Maddz: I wish you much luck. I definitely felt worse after my second shot, so be prepared.

>106 clamairy: Just what I don't want...

It's a holiday weekend for us, and I'm hoping to dig over the vegetable patch after doing some clearance last weekend. This assumes lil' sis doesn't turn up with sprogs and excavates the seriously overgrown clump of bamboo she wants for our mother's house.

As Busifer says I'm holding my thumbs for you. My sister is 75 and she got the Moderna shot like I did and she had no issues. I think she said she noticed her arm was a little sore. Everyone reacts differently. You may be lucky!

It seems the Moderna vaccine is the easiest to deal with. Everyone I know who has had a different brand has complained of fevers and such.

My first dose caused a mildly sore arm for a day and a substantial amount of nap time for the better part of three days. My second dose (a month later) - bupkis. Five minutes after I got the shot, I doubt I could have pointed out the injection site; and that's it! No side effects at all.

Two of my sons are vaccinated. The other one says he's going to, but feels there are a lot more people (locally) who have a greater need for it.
He works from home, and has his groceries delivered. The fellow who rents a room from him brings in the mail and takes out the garbage. My son has not been outside in over a year. He takes after his maternal grandfather - a dyed-in-the-wool hermit.