The Friday Five: Near

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1. What do you see when you are looking out of the window closest to you?

Rain, hedges, neighbor's house, our car, sidewalk, street, vans from some construction group or other (neighbor next to us, not the house I can see across the way, is remodeling something-or-other).

2. Who was the last person coming into your room?

My oldest, on break from online school, to hang with me and the cats for a bit.

3. What is the most predominant colour around you?

If I count the generic walls and blinds and such, white. Otherwise, brown - a fair amount of natural wood and similar colorway art in the office.

4. What is right behind you?

Scott's personal computer and desk and all. Wait, no, RIGHT behind me is the air conditioner which helps keep a small room with many computers from overheating them (or us) in the summer. It's off for the season but I haven't put it away yet.

5. What is on today's calendar sheet?

NOTHING. Today is entirely routine. (Which means it includes school for the boys, housework for me, errands to run, and joy of joys - gaming night tonight with the gaming group. But none of those are a calendar entry. They're just life's routine.)

I am vexed at this vaccine. Or rather, trying to get it.

Walk into my local CVS with an appointment reserved for RSV vaccine. Get ignored for 25 minutes due to confusion (I think) on the part of the pharmacist not realizing I was there despite having checked in and the tech having told him I was there. Get told my appointment was canceled because I don't qualify for the RSV vaccine.

I blink at him. "I'm over 50; I have conditions that make me vulnerable; my doctor told me to get it."

He says I have to be over 60 for that to count. Which, you know, does not match what the CDC's page says even now.... https://www.cdc.gov/rsv/vaccines/index.html

At any rate, he says I have to have a prescription. So I go home and send a message to my doctor, who sends in a prescription. I schedule an appointment. I get a text message that my appointment was canceled. I immediately rebook for that Saturday (having had a Monday appointment).

I go in anyway to ask what's up. I get told they do not have the vaccine in stock. (I wonder whether, if they'd had it in stock, they'd have given it to me the first time....) At this point I say I will wait and see and if they still don't have it Saturday will try elsewhere.

I should have just canceled that and scheduled elsewhere, because of course they still didn't have it, but the weekend got hectic. I could try to find somewhere to get it THIS weekend, but Scott will be out of town for a business trip for three days this week and I don't want to be dragging from a vaccine.

So, my current plan is to find some place with it in stock and schedule for next Saturday, after he's back.

I am reminding myself that this is NOT a seasonal vaccine and is currently considered a once-and-done vaccine, but geez, I'd just like to get it done so it's not hovering on my "to do someday soon-ish" list.