April 1 [Thursday]
[Wife Klem] awakened me just past midnight. She’d been online looking up vaccine appointments because they became available for our age group just today. I was groggy with a scrunched forehead and eyeballs squinting with sleep. I’d come to understand an appointment at the local pharmacy was being offered on Friday or Saturday. I selected Saturday morning. She’s getting vaccinated at the Los Angeles Fairplex today, the Pomona Fairgrounds. I love this woman. Then boom, I was back asleep with no hassle.
Lunch with a pal from college today! We dined in Orange County, the focal point of anti-masking. But we both wore masks and dined outdoors on the patio. The place was not crowded, indoors or out. We chose outside including an umbrella to protect the pair of balding skulls. His wife got the Johnson & Johnson single-poke vaccination. He has not gotten it and is leaning toward no vaccination reasoning that he’s healthy and stays in shape. He is a youthful 52. A delightful afternoon.
[Wife Klem]’s done it! She’s the first of us to get vaccinated. She can dunk on us for a few days rubbing it in, but she graciously enjoys pole position without the pomposity. For me, though, after I get my poke, maybe I’ll lord it over the kids for a few days until they qualify.
April 2 [Friday]
I spoke with a friend of mine from college, a different pal than from yesterday. We hadn’t spoken in years. He’s 52, living the life of a bachelor. He’s been living solitary for a year. His uncle died of Covid early in 2020 inducing diligence with masks and social distancing. The poor rascal hasn’t dated in over a year! Much respect to those living in solitary confinement.
April 3 [Saturday]
I got my vaccination today, first of two. Pfizer. In [Wife Klem]’s prior conversation with the pharmacist she was told ‘bring someone else and they get it, too. Just make them an appointment.’ With those instructions [my daughter] joined me and we both got poked today. I was very brave and didn’t even whine, or at least not very loudly, but so we’re both lined up to be complete by the end of April. [The boy] did not do it. He didn’t want to feel he was breaking the rules opting to wait for his April 15th eligibility.
A few hours later [the boy] was riddled with a guilt trip and consented to his first of two shots. He was the 102ndvaccination of the day by the pharmacy. But get a load, 56 additional appointments had been made for the day with no-show.
[Note: Other than a sore shoulder at immediate point of contact, no side effects.]
April 4 [Easter Sunday]
Happy Easter Sunday! We go to the Safehouse for lunch to see my parents and [my brother]’s family. Food was ordered from a local bakery, it was shipped frozen, and consumed today defrosted and delicious. Each of our three family pods had their own separate food bin from which to trough, thwarting the cross-pollination possibility. We masked when not eating and distanced. Fun time and a super day. I don’t know if my mom’s just blowing happy gas, but her attitude toward vaccinations has taken a turn for the positive. We spent some time seeking appointments at the local Ralphs and CVS pharmacy. No availability listed.
April 5 [Monday]
You know, with the wide expansion of vaccinations, in the coming months I’ll need to take a more diligent approach to showers. Soon my B.O. will no longer have the safe buffer of social distancing from which to hide my dereliction of duties.
April 7 [Wednesday]
I brought the car in for service. Doesn’t need it based on mileage, but needs it because the oil has been sitting in there for nine months. In meeting with the service technician I enjoyed that there was not pretense of a handshake, as would likely have been pre-Covid. I’ll do my part in continuing the disbanding of the handshake post-Covid.
[Note: the technician explained that conventional oil should be changed every six months, synthetic is OK for one year.]
April 10 [Saturday]
[Wife Klem] ordered pizza pies for dinner pickup. People were dining in! It had been a long time since I’d been here and observed seated diners. More tables were occupied than vacant. I’m still not amongst them. After so many months with empty insides, this partial occupancy struck me as crowded. I gather my pies for our Saturday night supper and depart.
April 11 [Sunday]
Cal State Fullerton gets back to live instruction in the fall. On campus living, however, while it is opening back up, will accept only half or less capacity to continue with the distancing. [The boy] applied for on campus living. We’ll see if that is obtained or if he ends up driving every day from home. Hoping he beats the odds and lives on campus. Is only 20 miles, but that stretch of freeway is a mess.
April 12 [Monday]
[My daughter] returns to live-action high school today! Twice weekly with live tutelage for those who choose, it is voluntary, with virtual school the remaining three days. Students also have the option to remain entirely virtual. This morning was a throw back to the old days, pre-Covid. Getting up extra early, an escalated breakfast, arrange for drop-off and afternoon pick-up between [Wife Klem] and me. It was exciting, felt like the first day of school.
[Note: Most students chose to remain virtual. The largest live class had nine students.]
April 13 [Tuesday]
Mom got vaccinated! Dad drove her to the local Rite Aid and she got the Moderna vaccine. She’d been sweating us out for almost a year about how she didn’t want the vaccine. Then nonchalant compliance. This is a big relief. [Wife Klem] and I had been teasing each other that she’d go by herself, claim to have been vaccinated, but really not. But not so, dad witnessed!
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