Ugh

 Whine …

I don’t feel good …

I knew I was going to feel sick, I was prepared…but it still sucks …

In order to understand why I feel sick today, you have to go back almost six years, to March 2020.  The start of the pandemic.  “Everyone” was catching the virus (we were still calling it the coronavirus then, we hadn’t started calling COVID). But I … didn’t.  (At this point you need to imagine me spitting through my fingers and saying “poo poo poo” to ward off the evil eye.)  In May 2020 my doctor tested me, and it turns out I had the antibodies for the virus, which meant that at some point I had the virus but didn’t have symptoms.  Then I remembered there was a day, when Drew was very sick, that I felt a little “off” — the food didn’t taste right, and I really needed a nap …

And then, winter 2021, came the vaccine.  And we were all scrambling to get vaccinated. (Well, most of us were … but that’s a story for a different day.) And they said that people who had antibodies were more likely to react to the vaccine than people who had never been exposed.

And in my case, they were right.  I spent an entire day recovering from the vaccine. And three weeks later, I did it again. 

And every time I get a booster shot …same thing.

I don’t react to the flu vaccine.  Or to any other vaccine.

But the COVID vaccine kicks my … well, you know. 

It’s not a bad trade off, I’d rather react to the vaccine than get really sick.

But right now I’m craving comfort food … a specific comfort food …one I can no longer eat because of celiac disease…gluten is my kryptonite…

Whine …