Today I suffer from full-on Covid fatigue and frustration
Everyone in my family has been vaccinated except for me. My dad got his shots early on because of his age. My other family members either live near a mass vaccination site, or have transportation reliable enough to get them to one. I'm kind of wishing that they hadn't made the shot available to all adults yet. I'm over 55, and there was only 2 weeks from when I was eligible to get it to when everyone was eligible to get it.
I can't help but think that had more people been compliant about not going to gatherings and about wearing masks, earlier in the pandemic, that'd we'd all be in better shape by now.
My guy and I have been hyper-vigilant about avoiding people. We shop once every month--2 stores. For over a year now, living like hermits.
He had surgery last week, and he's probably the worst patient ever. He's cranky as hell, which would be bad enough, but he doesn't follow doctor's orders which means his recovery will be slow and he'll be crankier longer. For a split second I considered knocking him unconscious w/ one of the cast-iron skillets he got me for Christmas.
Oh... and I miss my mother.
Guess who's having a bad day.
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I hope your cranky patient recovers quickly so he can quit adding to your angst.
Have you checked with whatever pharmacy you use to see if they're administering the vaccine? That's what two of my kids did. My son found out from a co-worker that he could sign up to be put on a waiting list at a pharmacy that was administering the vaccine. So he went there to do that and actually ended up getting his first dose on the spot. He told my daughter about it, and she signed up. It took about a week for her to get called. So neither of them went to a mass vaccination site.
I'm hoping that at some point soon they'll do some sort of mobile vaccine thing that goes around to areas where people don't have easy access to a vaccine site, sort of like the bookmobile that used to come to my rural ND town when I was a kid.
I've had a few days like that myself recently. It seems like I could handle everything as it piled on my back (can't see children, no singing in choir, no singing in chorus, no gym, no friends, some health challenges). But then ONE MORE THING landed and it turned me into a very unhappy camper (cranky, mean, and angry).
Some days it was just a matter of one foot in front of the other, and making a sincere effort not to pick fights with my husband.
Hang in there. You will get your vaccine and your surgery patient will get better too.
DU can help.
Wish I could do more than just give you my best virtual
I hope it gets better. Life is short enough as it is.
Couples should be close, but there's such a thing as suffocation.
with frustration and angst.
Have you tried going to a pharmacy with Covid vaccinations, telling them your situation, transportation matters and see if they can possibly work you in?
The online route for scheduling an appointment can be really time consuming and draining, it was taking me hours and hours, causing anxiety.
I did it for a long spell, finally set up a appt. but then had to cancel because of a nasty eye infection. So it's back to square one, only now I'll go into a pharmacy personally rather than navigate the internet maze again.
All the best for your guy and I hope that you have some success with the vaccine soon. Peace.
and in the meantime--hang in there.
i was worried about it opening up to 16 yrs olds and up when i hadn't gotten mine yet; i thought it would be nearly impossible. then i ran across a fb page (after doing a google search for vaccine hunters) that showed my town was doing a one day event for residents.
google things like midwest vaccine hunters (or wherever you live), call your city & see if they are offering something or what they suggest, call dr. office.
you'll get your vaxx so hang in there.
as for your cranky patient: good luck! (hope he feels better soon) (in the meantime, stay away from your cast iron skillet!) 
