First of all, sorry it's been so long since our last post. This site has had some difficulties and is now under new management. Hopefully that will help. Now here are the three things: One) I am totally vaccinated. I got my second Moderna vaccine shot a couple of weeks ago and feel so relieved. Being eighty years old is a huge risk for COVID so I'm sure I am much more protected now. And I didn't have any bad reactions. I felt a little tired after the first. And I had a sore arm at the shot site after the second. But I took a couple of Advil and that was it. Two) It turns out my friends in Santa Barbara are both fully vaccinated as well so we made up a time for me to drive up there. My first car trip away from home in over a year! That happened last Wednesday with my return home this afternoon. Since he is disabled it made more sense for me to go there rather than they trying to come to me. and I'm so glad I did. They live in the hills, which I fully enjoyed while on my daily walks. … [Read more...]