Almost everyone I know is getting their vaccines to protect against Covid-19. I’ve been truly afraid to expose myself to others, but the inoculation should help us get back to normal life. It’ll take about a month after the second shot for our bodies to create immunity.

We’re all getting two shots which should give us over 90% protection. I was lucky the Emergency Squad arranged for us to get ours. Yesterday was my second shot.

I had a houseguest for four days, Michele. She’s a Mexican snowbird. She spends her time between Kings Point and Mexico.

Michele was scheduled to go back to Mexico at the end of January so she’d rented her condo for February and March. But then the opportunity to get the vaccines came up. Getting her second shot was really important to her. The soonest she could schedule it was Thursday, the 4th of February. With her tennents arriving before that, I invited her to stay with me for the four overlapping days.

We had a pleasant time. This area of Florida is going through a cold spell so going outside much was undesirable but we hunkered down. Didn’t really do much.

She left yesterday really early (4:00 am). I was up when her driver picked her up so I was really tired all day.

I was able to get my second shot in the late afternoon. Went to bed about 9:00 pm and didn’t really wake up until 8:00 this morning.

Today and tomorrow I can be totally lazy which I need. Tomorrow is Super Bowl Sunday and Monday is my duty day at the Squad.

I have made some changes to my condo.

I bought two new end table lamps. (Sold the old ones.) Thursday my new sofa arrived. It’s a dark gray quality leather. I actually liked the look of the off-white one that was here before but it was wearing out. (The “pleather” was looking slightly shabby and the springs were sagging.) The new one gives me really good lumbar support. It really feels great on my back. The recliners are powered so it’s easy to get comfortable. The color may be too dark but I’m adjusting by adding a table runner that lightens up the table and lime green pillows are helping. Eventually I want to get rid of the current tables and get some that are lighter. Those changes will make it all blend together.