Got my first Moderna shot today
...my wife has had hers, and my two sons get theirs today. We're all in the same house, and my sons have been masking around us for a year now.
I just realized what a milestone this is for us, for me. I just recalled the day I decided not to panic or despair, but rather prepare my family for battle. I was still working grocery retail and finally got to retire last November. My wife and sons, however, kept working throughout, wife in grocery retail, one son working a UPS store, and the other working handyman jobs all over town. It's been terrifying.
I made us early maskers by bringing home material and asking my wife to make masks for us all. I was the first in my department to come to work masked-up, and an early, insistent advocate of masking with my co-workers and anyone close enough to listen.
I credit that decision with keeping the family safe. It was our most reassuring defense, that and my ever-present reminders and virus updates. We were all true warriors in this fight, prepared for battle each and every time we left home, and with some luck, I'm sure, it looks like we made it through. Scared out of our minds, but the family is almost in safe territory today.
Wanted to shout-out to the volunteers and others at the vaccination site. It was a very smooth process and everyone was extremely friendly and helpful. We're blessed with good people on this planet and I think we should recognize that wherever we find them.
What a crazy year. I don't think we'll ever be the same as before all of this. Maybe that's for the better, but all I can feel when I think about it is sadness. My state's numbers are still hovering in an unacceptably high range, after flirting for months with more hopeful percentages, hospitalizations, and deaths.
My hope and wish is that we all remain vigilant about our saftey, and the safety of others around us, as well. We can win this fight, but the virus is still doing what it does best, taking advantage of our own negligence, indifference, or ignorance. That's going to be my next battle.
= new reply since forum marked as read
you got to retire!
I got my second moderna yesterday and do feel a sense of relief. My pig-headed bf still has not gotten one and that is the only source of arguments in 6 months with him. 
But I'm wearing him down. 
Both of us were as frightened, wary and careful as you were/are, so don't understand the hesitation at all.
I'm happy you and yours are safe and agree, this has changed us all. I will be wearing a mask til I'm informed otherwise.
PS I heard FL schools intend on doing away with masks this next school year. 
You can't make it up here.
[img]
[/img]
