@Oma_Trisha Right back atcha, dear fellow peach 🍑 😊

@Oma_Trisha @Halcyon

A friend of mine gave me her traditional Irish family recipe for potato and leek soup. It called for onions but I used shallots instead and left some of the potatoes chunky instead of puréeing the whole batch. Was suuuper tummy with some bacon crumples and jack cheddar sprinkled on top 😊

Ok, the fatigue and muscle/joint aches were present all day but not quite as bad as yesterday. Headache off and on, mild fever this evening but tolerable. Arm and closest lymph node under that arm are soooooo sore. Here’s hoping a night of good rest reduces these remaining Omicron booster reactions.

Happy evening COSO Family. Hugs and sweet dreams!

@Oma_Trisha Yikes, don’t blame you, hang in there

@racouncil
I so hope GA goes blue like we did last time. It would break my heart if the majority voted in that awful guy who is violent to women and is the biggest hypocrite. Be a dad to the kids in your life he says and come to find out he had multiple with no contact at all. Just disgusting

@Gramdma2011
I 💖 you so much. I totally identify with what you’re going through, been there and it’s hard. You’ve got this and I’ll be sending thoughts of strength and serenity daily. Hugs

@phase Have fun with that, my Springers got some spilled coffee once and they ran marathons through the house for about an hour then conked out 😊

Goal of 30 different plant foods this week

I’m super happy at the moment, my veggie scramble seasoned with Thai sweet chili sauce has me off to a great start on my goal this week. The chili sauce has 5 different plants in it plus the spinach, white mushrooms, and red peppers with a small cup brown of orange juice has me almost a third of the way there with just the one meal. Hooray for gut biome health 😀

@Minholkin Thank you 😊

I have a friend and a nephew by marriage with long Covid, and what they have to go through makes my experience feel like a drop in the bucket.

Just a matter of perspective. I wanted folks to know the booster symptoms can be rough but the alternative is even worse. Per the tech’s advice I’m waiting 10-14 days for my flu shot and am so glad I did.

So about 24 hours of truly sucking misery, I couldn’t get comfortable, due to the soreness in my muscles/joints and the chills/fever. I started pushing fluids once the headache and fever kicked in.

Sincerely hoping this morning’s reduction in symptoms means I’m on my way out. Still grateful I was able to get the Omicron booster and even though it sucked, I’d do it again in a heartbeat. Happy Sunday y’all, and wishing anyone else with booster symptoms a swift recovery.

Omicron booster effects:
Friday 5:30 pm: got the shot, am happily surprised the typical headache doesn’t kick in after an hour—no side effects Friday
Sat: 6 am—still feeling fine, except a teeny bit of sore arm—feeling hopeful I’m skipping the worst
Sat 11 am—Mack truck of symptoms hit—all the top ten except nausea, & sound/light sensitive + my skin feels like it’s burning.
Sat 11 pm: fever topped out at 102, still hot/cold/sore
Sun am: no fever, sore arm esp that lymph node, muscle aches

So the Omicron booster side effects suck, but I’d rather go through this than the alternative. Hope everyone who can is getting their booster scheduled. Happy weekend!

@damselfly59
I’ve always loved this song but these last few years it’s been so incredibly relevant. This and Let It Be Me by the Indigo Girls are go tos when the cultists news gets to be too much for me

@ContentWarningVirusB42
He’s an effing madman as well. Reins of power need to be stripped from him, but there’s no guarantee the replacement that may bubble up would be any better unless they’re able to free Navalny and he becomes leader of Russia