i took the day off today, anticipating potential flu-like symptoms following shot number two yesterday. and i’m happy to report that, but for some noticeable fatigue at the end of the day yesterday and again today, plus just the tiniest bit of bone/body aches, i seem to have come through it all just fine. phew.
took advantage of the day tho by taking care of a few work things and then knocking a bunch of stuff off of my home to-do list. including finally upgrading from my prehistoric iphone 8 to a fancy new iphone 12. i’ve been working on updating it/transferring info for the last few hours, but i’m sure it’ll be amazing once it’s finally set up.
and i managed to swim 2075 yards today, achey bones and all. ideally i’ll get up tomorrow early enough to pack, squeeze in a 1 hour bike ride, and then dash out the door to begin my mother-son whirlwind college tour in california. i’m so looking forward to getting out of town for a bit. change of scenery is much needed.
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also, while the whole “we need better gun control/no we don’t it’s a mental health” debate fires up again, i wonder if maybe we could pull a trick play and let go on the gun control piece and respond, instead “fine. sure. we’ll take you up on that. let’s double down/triple down on investing in/supporting better mental health programs.”
because better gun control or no (and we really should have better gun control), isn’t it still a good thing to address mental health? are we throwing the mental health baby out with the gun control bath water?
eleven bee 