The Day After

Sunday, March 7, 2021

Woke up this morning feeling like HELL. Headache, body aches, nausea, and a 101 degree temperature. Advil was my friend. Had lots of fluid too. They weren't kidding around when talking about getting hit hard the day after the second dose.

Was on the couch most of the day. Had a view of this very cute dog. 

Didn't eat a lot today. Had some cereal in the morning and some soup at lunch. I was starving by dinner time which I took as a good sign. Was craving pot pie all day so we had the leftovers from last night for dinner. Symptoms reduced by bedtime but still had a slight fever. Decided not to go to work tomorrow just to be on the safe side. 

Vaccine Day

Saturday, March 6, 2021

Got my second shot of the Covid-19 vaccine this morning at 11:00. 

Glad to be done with it. It's a tangible sign we're moving away from this pandemic. 

I hear lots of folks have a strong reaction to the second dose 12-15 hours after it's administered. I'm going to take advantage of feeling well while I can. 

Smoked one of the little Cohibas Warren brought back from Havana for me. 

And listened to some jazz. 

For cocktail hour I had an Old Fashioned sweetened with maple syrup. Delicious. 

Dinner was a pot pie. 

We watched North by Northwest during dinner. One of my favorites. This is one of the first movies Dale and I watched together when we first met all those years ago. I remember watching it at his old apartment on Harriet Avenue. 

Dining In: A Golden Hour

Sunday, February 28, 2021

I came across an old recipe that Brenda gave us about 6 years ago when we were visiting them in Grand Junction. 

We haven't made this in a number of years so it was a welcome rediscovery when I found it this morning as we've been in something of a rut with our current rotation of meals. It turned out great. The only thing I would change would be to add an extra cup of cheddar cheese. 

We watched The Days of Wine and Roses starring Jack Lemmon, Lee Remick, and Jack Klugman this afternoon just prior to cocktail hour.

I did a search on Apple Music for the theme song to the movie and came up with an Andy Williams version. We listened to the whole album during cocktail hour.