second and final injection

My wife and I drove to the same location on I-Drive (actually, it was from Universal Blvd, which runs parallel to I-Drive) and were given our second injection of Moderna. Once again, no muss, no fuss. Just following the signs and roadway cones and people directing traffic until we stopped in a spot and were given our injections. Then back out to a parking lot to wait 15 minutes, just to make sure our toes didn’t curl up or something. On the way out they gave us each five face masks. We, or course, were there with out own face masks.

Unfortunately infections continue, as do the deaths. Nationally we’re up to nearly 500,000 dead from COVID-19. And now we’re being told about the ‘variants’, i.e. the mutations that have developed because a sizable portion of the population were too damn stupid to just wear a mask and keep a six-foot distance from others, to block the transfer of the virus.

We will continue the use of face masks and social distancing until such time as the infections and deaths really do go down to nothing. I don’t know when that will be.

biden’s in

The view from my LG TV at home

I’ve been waiting for this day, these moments, for over four years, ever since 45 managed to finagle his way into the presidency. It’s been a long continuous dumpster fire. Today was the day. I watched early in the morning as 45 slunk out of Washington on Marine 1, then watched him with the volume turned down to 0 as he gave his little speech of lies before boarding Air Force 1 and flying down to south Florida.

Once out of site, all attention was on the festivities of swearing in Biden as the 46th President of the United States. And tracking other news items being published in real time over his becoming the official President of the United States. Here are a few captures from my iPhone.

Good actions have already started to flow out of the new President and his staff. I could count them all off, but I need to wait for a later time to let this sink in a bit. I am exhausted at the moment, mentally and physically. I’m elated that Biden is the new President, but in a state of mourning that the ex-president is going to live down in south Florida.