Booster Blues

It’s been almost two weeks since I received my Covid booster shot.  And I’m finally beginning to feel normal again.  Just like with the original Covid shots (Pfizer), I had significant side effects that lasted for a long time.  The chills, aches, mild headaches, fatigue.  I’d like to think that I’m helping prevent getting Covid or at least reducing the strength of the virus if I do get Covid.  Like the flu shot I get every year.  But these side effects — it makes me want to never get another Covid shot again.  And the variant strains that continuously emerge just makes me realize Covid is not going away.  Even if I don’t want Covid to be a dominant force in my daily life, it creeps in every time I watch the news or go to the store, or think about traveling.  As long as I feel okay, I can deal with life’s problems.  But when I feel sick, it’s a different story.  I’m just like anyone else.  It’s easier to be positive when I’m feeling okay.  I feel like I lost most of November because of that booster shot.  And when I look at all of the work that has piled up – the yard work, the indoor chores I postponed, I just want to crawl back into bed.  I don’t like cold wet weather so it’s harder for me to go outside now.  That’s just a flimsy excuse, and I will start working outside.  But probably for shorter amounts of time.  I’ve got to go through the closet and pull out my cold weather gardening clothes.  Hopefully everything still fits.  I’ve put on a lot of weight this year.  It’s going to take me twice as long to get rid of it.  I’ve really got my work cut out for me.  Hi ho hi ho.