Covid-19 Vaccination

Update II:: Booster was/is recommended because of waning, so most of my coworkers and I got our booster shot.  I had mine on Friday, October 8, 2021 and I felt the same as my first and second shot.  Just tired and sore arm where the shot was given.

Update I:  I got my second dose on Monday, January 11, 2021 at 1400, went to work and started feeling soreness in my arm earlier at around 1700.  I basically had the same symptoms as I did the first dose, a little headache, more sore arms, some runny nose and more tired.  Having said that.   Everybody reacts differently after first and second dose. The number of symptoms and severity you feel might be different from mine as proven from talking with friends from work.  This is just how my body reacts.  

Here is a link to the CDC about the vaccine.  Here is a link to our local hospital about the importance of Covid vaccine.  Here is the link of the vacccine I got Pzifer-BioNTech Covid-19 Vaccine.

The controversy for this vaccine is very high.  Predictably understandable though, since the virus itself is new and the vaccine has not been studied long enough for some people to feel comfortable with it.

As for me, my thoughts were, if I am to get a severe reaction to it, my body will react THE SAME way if I do it now or next year.  Our family has been vaccinated with all the vaccines approved and recommended so why shy away from it now.

So, when an email from our hospital mentioned about the availability and that we can sign up for it.  I took the first available one that is convenient for me.  See, I work right next door to the ER.  So if I end up reacting badly to the vaccine, my co-workers can easily just push by body to the ER.

I had my shot yesterday, Monday, December 21, 2020 at 1450.  They told us to stay at least 15 minutes after the shot to see how we feel.  The nurse who gave me my shot has a gentle hand and I did not feel a thing during the injection.  Then I went to work.  Did not feel any soreness until about 2200 when I started feeling something whenever I move my left arm or bump it.  I thought it was just because we were  not so busy by that time and my brain was concentrating on the shot. Got home about 2345 and felt the soreness more when I had to lift my arms to change.  I would feel the soreness every now and then during my sleep whenever I turned to my left and I would get woken up by it.

This morning, I woke up with my temperature a degree higher than when I got my shot.  My temperature was 96.2 during the shot and I woke up 97.5, with some throbbing headaches every so often.  The arm is still sore but very negligible, I already had my breakfast and walked our Bandit a few minutes too.  

I already had my second shot appointment booked for January.  The hubby said the second dose is going to be more sore according to Dr. Radio show which he is an avid listener to.

I will keep this updated of any changes.  Thank you for stopping by...

A Woman Is Not A Man

This is a must read if you love learning about other cultures.  Thank you to my friend "K" who recommended it.  It is an eye opener and makes you sympathized with women in cultures where women are very restricted and abused. 

The book is about three generations of Palestinian women in the United States.  It is very heartbreaking and makes me want to cry a lot but I still can't put it down. 

I want to think that not all women from that culture are treated in an abusive way these days.  But if you really think about it, some women here in the western world are still victims of domestic violence and other inequality.  When can women really be treated fairly and equally as their male counterpart?  How can we make it possible? 

Kudos to Etaf Rum for writing this very courageous book.

The Lincoln Lawyer

I love reading legal thrillers, so when the library app "Libby" recommended this book, I got intrigued by the title and borrowed it.  Michael Connelly delivers on all account.  This is a great read.

This is the first book in the series about the defense lawyer "Mickey Haller".   If a client can pay, he will defend them to the best of his ability.  His office is in his "Lincoln Town Car" where he is driven around from court house to court house by his chauffeur.  His clients are usually repeat offenders for drugs, prostitutions and gang related crimes.

As a private defense attorney he has to do a lot of advertising and he has to keep the facade that is expected from those who left the district attorney's office for private practice.  He has four Lincoln Town Cars that he rotates.  Haller lives in a rich neighborhood but is behind in his payments.  So when he is called to defend Mr. Roulet,  a high paying franchise client who is charge of committing a crime against a prostitute.   The twists and turns of events as the case moves forward will keep you reading until the end.

The Winner Maker

This was my first Jeff Bond book and it will not be the last.  If you love mystery, thriller and suspense, Jeff Bond will not disappoint you.

Bond created characters you can relate.  Fiske, a high school english teacher  and football coach have an inner circle of kids he called as "The Winners".  Everybody wants to be part of this winner's club.  They are supposed to be the group who will grow up successful later in life.  He disappeared along with a young high school girl.  

Former "Winners" reunite to find him.  Clues brought them back to "prom night".  Secrets from decades ago will destroy their lives.  The quest to find Fiske will test their loyalty toward him and to each other.  Who can they trust?  Will they be able to survive these events and still have their lives intact?

Jeff Bond will keep you guessing until the end.

Placemaker

I was given a copy of this book by Handlebar in exchange for an honest review.  

I give this book a four star.  Because it took me a while to get into the rhythm to find that reason why I have to finish the book.  Some books you read the introduction and you continue reading because you want to know how the characters end up being.  This one is more of an autobiography about Christie and her life journey.

This book describes the places Christie Purifoy and her family lived through the years and how they try to make every place their home.  How every move brings them closer to the ultimate place where they finally belong and decide to pour all their money, time and energy to make into the home they wanted.  You will learn a lot about trees, plants and flowers throughout most of the book.

Here are some lines I would like to share from the book:

"A home is a place to make and a place that might make or unmake you."

"Many of us long to put down roots in some particular place, but we guard ourselves against heartbreak by waiting for the perfect place."

"Perhaps that is precisely where the power lies; not in the choosing but in learning how best to live with our choice."

The Dream Peddler

If you can order a dream with satisfaction guaranteed or you get your money back.  What would you ask for?  That is what the dream peddler, Robert Owens offer the small farming town where Evie Dawson lived.  Her son disappeared the same morning that Robert arrived.

This is a first novel written by Martine Fournier Watson, she has her own beautiful writing style that will keep you turning the page to the end.   The book is set in the old days when life was simple and yet Martine is able to give us a book with just the right amount of twists and turns to keep you reading. 

Using dreams to find adventure, to escape or to find happiness is temporary albeit satisfying.  One scene that resonates with me is when Robert was having a conversation with a young guy telling him that life is an adventure, whether you choose to leave or stay, the adventure is here, as he touched his heart. 

The Store

This book is a bit dragging compared to other books written by James Patterson.  A few pages in and you know what company is being fictionalized in this book. 

These days we only need to enter one company name and they sell everything you ever need or want.  But, what really goes on behind The Store?

Jacob and Megan Brandeis accepted a job at The Store with an ulterior motive.  What they did not know is that their lives will not be the same once their family moved.  The goal of knowing how The Store operates inside and exposing the truth, end up being a fight for their lives.

  Privacy is something some people worry about these days, yet we have all these social media, cameras and drones popping up all the time.  They are slowly becoming part of our everyday life.  What if these things becomes a constant?  Can you imagine a life where you are constantly being watch?

The Biggest Lie In The History Of Christrianity

This book was given to us by our church in December.  It is a quick and very easy book to read.  Matthew Kelly, is the founder of The Dynamic Catholic Institute, a speaker, a business consultant and an author.  

This is my first Matthew Kelly book and I would recommend this to anyone who would like to read  about living our lives to the fullest, to be the best versions of ourselves and to strive to flourish instead of just surviving.  He does not try to convince us to be Catholics or to scare us to his belief.  He implores and inspires us to exercise One Holy Moment at a time.

In this fast zoom zoom modern era where everybody is just eyeing for the next promotion, next added digit to our salary, next bigger office,  nobody really care about kindness, respect, or even more so for holiness.  Most of us think holiness is just attainable to just a chosen few.

How can we promote holy moments when we struggle just to be nice to ourselves and to each other.  We wake up in the wrong side of the bed, had a bad hair day, don't have enough caffeine,  then we easily succumb to being mean and rude.   Instead of congratulating a person for getting more responsibility or promotion, people end up testing his/her character just to prove that they are better.  But with so many books like this being given away, we can only hope that very slowly... one holy moment at a time... we are all going to try to be more humane to ourselves and to one another.

Origin

 

Robert Langdon attended the unveiling of a discovery made by a billionaire friend and student Edmond Kirsch.
The twists and turns of events in this book will keep you guessing until the end.   The waiting to find out what the discovery that could answer the two oldest questions of our origin and destiny as human race and to find out who really masterminded the assassination of Kirsch was suspenceful enough to keep you reading to the end of the book.

If you are religious, keep in mind that this is fiction and the plot revolves around the discovery of an atheist.  

Indian Lake 2018