
I've got things going on via my camera, birding, day trippin', and such. But on Monday morning when I first got up from my long winter's nap [nighttime snooze], I opened up my cellphone only to read the local news and the top story headlines told me that our county had a couple thousand Johnson and Johnson one dose Covid vaccine. This is what Bud and I have been waiting for. Neither of us likes needles. Yes, we avoid them at all costs. But, this is a situation we can't ignore. And I jumped on the wagon and went out to the health department to register the two of us that instant, without delay. 
All in hopes of getting a reverse alert text saying we were scheduled the next day. [Tuesday was the day the J&J shots were going to be 'distributed'.] They may be less effective [85% instead of 90% and one can only trust the companies no matter which one is chosen], but the vaccine is touted to keep us out of the hospital and dying from the virus. Side effects are minimal. "Just what the doctor ordered". For the two of us anyway. Monday night we both received our text alert that we were scheduled to receive the vaccine at 9a.m. - thru noon - less than 24 hours from registration to the appointment. So, we left home around 6:30 a.m. [o'dark thirty], arrived at the county fairgrounds still dark, parked and got in line...we were #29- and #30 in line. There were thousands lined up by 8 a.m. They opened early...around 8:30 instead of 9 as posted online, and before 9 a.m. we were leaving again for home. Of all the nightmarish blog posts on getting scheduled to get the two doses, and having to go at different days for multiple family members, the two of us were able to get them done the same time/same day. And the setting was so very efficient, it was mind boggling. We only suffered a minor headache with no sore arm, no other woes. I feel now, if something happens to one of us, and we do need to enter a hospital, we are more protected. Maybe not from catching the virus, but at least we are 'safer' and will suffer less tragic events like others in the past year.
Tomorrow I will get a post scheduled for some day trippin' taken in the last few days.