phyncke: (Jaded Girl)
So it looks like I made it through the second dose of the vaccine with minimal side effects. I felt the urge to nap when I got home from the shot so I did that and napped for about an hour. And then all was good. I had a small headache on Sunday for a little bit. Other than that, I think I was good. Nothing bad happened. So that was that - no bad side effects. I am doing ok. Now everyone is different so reactions vary. My reaction will not be your reaction but just reporting mine here. I felt ok!

I am glad that is done and plan on laying low for the next two weeks until immunity is fully there.

So I am reading a really good book by Karla Cornejo Villavicencio called The Undocumented Americans about her experiences being an undocumented person in the United States. It is really interesting and kind of heartbreaking all at the same time. She is a really good writer and it is very well-written. A fun read but also hits hard. Their life is hard - not knowing when you might be deported and all that. I have never read anything on this before so it is really eye opening. Loving this book and I highly recommend it. It is about her journalistic projects as well as her family. Very good.

So this week, I am taking my car in to the mechanic and hopefully the transmission service will help my little VW Rabbit. I really hope so because I cannot afford a new car. Please let it work. Fingers crossed.

Anyways. That is all I have to report. I hear the stimulus payments will start appearing in the bank on March 17 so keep an eye out then. That is what I have seen online. The payments are dated for then. I checked on the web and my payment is dated for then. Will see what happens.

Hope all is well with you there. Peace and love!

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Jan. 2nd, 2021 06:57 pm
phyncke: I made this (Obamanos)
I have been waiting all day for a snowflake challenge and come to find out it is only on the odd days of the month - not the even days. There is no challenge today. So I am waiting for nothing. Glad I figured that out since I waited all day for it. LOL. I am new to it so newbie mistake.

I had a great day - it rained most of the day so I did not get my walk in. I will go tomorrow. I did have a chat on the phone with my oldest friend, M** and that was good. We usually chat and walk together but the weather was bad on both coasts today so we just chatted. I am really enjoying our Saturday appointment and hope we keep it up. We have been friends since we were six years old so that is coming up on 50 years. Wow. Long time.

So after that - I went out plant shopping with my friend J***. We went to nurseries and plant shops in the East Bay here and I got some good stuff. I got some tiny plants that I am excited to see grow into bigger plants and I got a variegated pepperonia which was not expensive and will be easy to
grow. I am all into plants during the pandemic. I really love succulents so I have a few of those and I have other plants around with varying degrees of success. My mom is really good with plants but I need to work at it. I have to research the care and watch youtube videos on things. I am always learning. I usually have to look up the soil things for plants - I don't know much about that. I feel that the soil you pot a plant in is very important to it's growth. So I usually look that up online. Anyways. - Learning. I want to learn how to propagate some of my plants - so will figure that out.

What else - I went a little crazy on Etsy buying stickers for my bullet journal. There are so many cute things there - so many adorable stickers that I just had to have. I bought a lot - eyeglasses - sunshine - florals - and the like. I will use them to decorate my entries. I looked on amazon and did not like the stickers there - the ones on Etsy are more unique and interesting. So I got them there.

My stimulus payment hit my account - they sure got that out fast. That is about all I have to say about it. It helps and I hope it helps the people who need it. The government is also doing supplemental unemployment too - so that is also something. They cut the amount from $600 a week to $300 a week but at least they are doing something. I think this will all be revisited once Biden takes office. I do hope so. The fact that the United States is not supporting its citizens is pretty clear.

Anyhoo. That is all I have - another day - no writing done - I am watching Iron Chef tonight. I love watching stressed people cook under pressure.

Hope you are well there. Enjoy the new year and let's break it in slowly.

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