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Redbird ([personal profile] redbird) wrote2022-09-09 03:51 pm

boosted, again

I had a bivalent covid booster a couple of hours ago, plus a flu vaccine since I was going to be at the pharmacy being vaccinated anyhow. Right arm for both, because I sleep on my back or left side.

I had a longer wait that I expected; apparently the appointment timing was thrown off because the pharmacy had fewer people working there this morning than they expected. So far, I am feeling OK even though I climbed some stairs I wasn't expecting. I'd somehow thought that the only Green Line station that wasn't accessible was Boylston Street (which probably never will be); Hynes isn't accessible either, and the backs of my thighs were already sore.

However, I had a sweet potato pastry (so labeled, from the French bakery part of HMart) before being vaccinated, and onion soup, good tea, and a hot fudge sundae afterward. I'm feeling OK so far, a couple of hours after being jabbed.

I think the pastry was vegetarian; the soup definitely was. The server asked if I wanted the soup vegan, even though I had just asked for dairy milk for my tea. This was at Veggie Galaxy, which along with the entirely vegetarian menu has a nice patio, and is between the drugstore where I was being vaccinated and Toscanini's Ice Cream.

Between the pandemic and geography, I hadn't been back to the Central Square branch of Tosci's since it reopened; it looks very much like I remembered. I had raspberry-blackberry ice cream in my hot fudge sundae, since sweet cream wasn't on offer, and bought a pint of orange ice cream with chocolate chunks to take home.
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[personal profile] readerjane 2022-09-09 10:37 pm (UTC)(link)
Ooh, orange ice cream with chocolate sounds wonderful.

Hope your reaction to the vaccines is minimal!
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[personal profile] landofnowhere 2022-09-09 11:03 pm (UTC)(link)
Veggie Galaxy! I miss that place, glad it's still around.
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[personal profile] sabotabby 2022-09-09 11:13 pm (UTC)(link)
Congrats on the vaccine! I hope it's effective.
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[personal profile] dewline 2022-09-10 01:03 am (UTC)(link)
Having just gotten my fourth dose last month, I'm going to waiting until next January for # 5. I'm hoping that it'll be at least that bivalent edition, or something better still by then.
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[personal profile] bibliofile 2022-09-10 04:05 am (UTC)(link)
Happy armstick day.

YOur lunch sounds very tasty.
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[personal profile] cmcmck 2022-09-10 09:13 am (UTC)(link)
We're due to be getting both some time this month.

Glad you've been duly jabbed.
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[personal profile] minoanmiss 2022-09-10 11:18 pm (UTC)(link)
Ahahaha the building next to the one with the Tosci's, across the parking lot, is the one where I work. I would love to see you if you have another errand that way.