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Let's talk about COVID-19 vaccination. Have you and/or those you know been vaccinated -- or had difficulty getting vaccinated? If so, talk about that.
A few weeks ago my grandma got vaccinated, my Mom drove her to the drive-in vaccination site, and I tagged along. The vaccination site was actually the airstrip at Pratt and Whitney! It was right next to Rentschler Field, so we all joked that we were taking Grandma to a football game. Once we got there, the site was packed full of people. There had to he hundreds of cars, and the staff there was a mix of what appeared to be healthcare professionals, DOT people, and members of the U.S Army dressed in camo. We stopped in a holding area which was pretty muddy, and we listened to instructions on the radio. There was actually a car that was stuck in the mud in the first area, and needed to be pushed out by the workers. After waiting for about 30 minutes in that first area, we were redirected to another line, which is shown in the photo. Grandma even had an appointment, but by the time she got her vaccine and we left, we had been there for over 2 hours. Being able to talk with Grandma and my Mom made the time go by a bit faster, and Grandma was relieved that we were there to go with her. With the huge wait time and the army men being there, Operation Warp Speed felt like Operation Slow Speed.
March 8, 2021
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Since the pandemic started, does time feel any different to you? Does it feel slower than usual, or faster than usual, or basically the same? If time feels different, give an example or two of what has changed.
Omg time is such a mess. My daily, weekly, and monthly rhythms are all completely thrown off. I keep forgetting to make credit card payments and finally had to put a reminder on my phone (I swear they removed the automatic payment feature to cash in on our collective pandemic brain). I’m usually super on top of my bills and I pay in full each month but I’ve literally been late three times in the last year! I’m lucky my credit hasn’t taken a huge hit. I’ve been too embarrassed to tell my husband each time but here I am blabbing it to the universe haha! I finally got a new credit card under my husband’s account that he will manage the payments for, and am weaning myself off of my old card. I hope when life becomes more normal -whatever that means- I’ll be able to be more conscious of time.
May 15, 2021