I went for my second vaccination shot alone. As with much of the pandemic and quarantine, news of my uncle's passing, the racial justice protests and election-related alarm, I've experienced major life events in 2020 and 2021 by myself.
This day was no different. I double-masked and gathered up my documents, went in at the appointed time, filled out paperwork at one station, sanitized my hands about fifteen times, walked to another station where a burly tattooed man checked my paperwork and asked how my day was going and gave me my shot. All within about 8 minutes. I moved to a third area to wait just in case I got blood clots or my airway closed, took a vax selfie, took a picture of my vaccine card, grabbed a banana and left.
It was a world of difference from shot #1, where I waited around a busy grocery store for an hour. Nothing seems predictable in this After Time. I am grateful for science and a city and state that have taken this somewhat seriously.
Now, two more weeks of waiting.
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