to vaccinate or not? any comments?

 It's certainly a big decision.  I am mulling and considering, and I have an appointment to get one this Saturday...(so if you don't hear from me after that because I'm dead, it was the vaccine!...that's what I hate..when someone has a stroke the next day, and they declare it a coincidence...).   I do not trust Uncle Sam, not near nor far, not in a van, or in a car.  

But.  I do have some respect for the vaccine, mostly because of my sister.  You all know my sister Cheryl, she's my bestie, ten years older than me, so very young, ha, and not in the best of health.  We really thought that if she ever got this virus, it would be the end of her.  She has bad asthma, is in remission for breast cancer, has kidney issues, ect.  We still don't know if it was prayer, or that she had the first vaccination a week before she got Covid.  Of course it WAS prayer, but it seems that vaccination helped too.  

Going through having Paul sick has also been rough.  He's in much better shape than I am, and if it kicked  him, what would it do to me?

Then again, I lived in a house with him, in close contact, and with the two girls who had it, and didn't get it, so do I have immunity already?  I mean, one morning, after Miss Smartypants lost her taste and smell, she decided to take a swig of MY coffee, just to see if she could taste it, which she couldn't.  The stupid part was that I picked it up 30 seconds later and took a drink, and right as I did it, I realized DUH, I shouldn't...so I decided What The Heck, I'll just drink out of the one side...then I got up to do some things, took a last drink of my coffee, from the other side of the cup, where she had sipped....  yet, unless all my phantom aches and pains were real, I didn't get sick.  I did not get a fever, and shh, yes, I checked my temp a few times.  A few times a day!  

I was waiting for it.  Waiting for the worst, and day after day, well, it didn't happen.  I WAS sick last year when I got home from California, with a cough and fever, but it was so mild.  I wasn't exhausted or anything, just no appetite (call 911 if I lose my appetite!), and the cough and very low fever, 99.5-ish.  I tend to run low, 96, 97...so for me, it WAS a fever.  But nothing like the sickness that Paul just experienced.

So between now and Saturday, I have to decide whether I want the vaccine...it will bring some semblance of peace of mind, but also, what if it kills me?  I know, I am a DRAMA QUEEN.  

I did go on a nice walk this morning, as part of my JUST DO IT campaign, Valerie, you just do it too!!!!

Last evening, there was junior activity club, for the 2-4 year olds.  There are only 7 in the group, and Mariel was my co-mentor last night, she will be switching off with Emily, as we plan to do it every week.  Five of the parents stay too, they try to be a bit hands off, to let the little ones experience socializing with peers without them, but it's good to have them there at this age.  We made birds:

I cut out all the bodies, then the eyes and beaks, and brought string, the hole puncher, feathers ,googly eyes, and pipe cleaners for feet...some of them did their own gluing and taping (we taped the feet on the back, and the feather too.   They seemed to like making them.  

They also played play dough, ran around, played a simple game of passing a ball around while sitting in a big circle, then snack time and coloring.  It's a fun thing to do, I just wish we didn't have to wear masks.  I will admit to pulling down my mask and smiling at a child sometimes...shh.

Orange Guy likes the new stroller...

He thinks I bought it just for him.  I'm going to have to vacuum it before I give it to Margaret.  She is going to leave it here until she moves into the house, they're moving at the end of the month.  We're going up there this afternoon to help paint...

That's Jon painting the dining room...

Evelyn, and Miss Camille...

Margaret with Tennyson, and Miss Charlotte Claire

Margaret is a multitasking mom...with her boys, Wulf and Ten...

(these pics were from the other day, and yes, they're getting new flooring!)

(after painting all day, we had a zoom bake-a-thon...Margaret made these, carrot cake cookies with cream cheese frosting...)

(Grace made brownies with Peanut Butter Monster Mix in them, Mariel and Ashley made browned butter white chocolate macadamia nut cookies, Camille and I made molasses cookies from Paul's grandmother's recipe, Molly made chocolate peanut butter keto cookies, and Kathryn made peanut butter cookies.

I wish we could have tasted all of them, but you can't do that over zoom!)

Jonathan seems to be having a nice time in California, Aaron took him to see the Pacific...

So it's a lovely day here today, all sunny and warm.  I've vacuumed several rooms, washed some clothes and a load of towels, which are drying out on the deck, done dishes, put things away, puttered around, and here I sit.  There's always a bit to do, letting the dogs in and out, writing a list, checking the weather...but I do need to get a job one of these days I think...