I got my first Covid 19 shot

Friday March 19th is the day the Covid 19 pandemic has started to end for me. About a week or so ago the governor of the state of New York declares that it is time for everyone who is sixty and above to finally get their Covid 19 shot. Sometime a little while later Teri is on line finding times for her and I to go. Teri will later ripe Nastia a little for not showing any ambition finding out if her job will allow her to get one. I quietly think that if it wasn't for Teri lining up the shots for her and I, I might have never gotten one. So I guess there is a little of me in Nastia. Teri got her shot on March 4th at nie in the morning. She went to the Pomona Health Center, building A and it was over very quickly she said. Friday morning I get up a little early and I'm ready to leave by 8:00 for my 9-9:15 appointment. I want to be early, so I don't miss the time I'm supposed to be there. I don't know if they let late people get in line past their appointment. I get to building A in Pomona at about 8:20. The Sheriff's patrol is there and they have their lights flashing and they are ready for action. The parking lot is empty, maybe a dozen cars are in it. I pull around to the far end of the lot, near the police cars before pulling into the parking lot. The Sheriff waves me to stop and tells me the building opens at 9AM. I look over to the doors and there is no one there, I park. A little while later someon else parks next to me. In these Covid time I'm a little irritated that they have parked near me in an empty parking lot. I look up to the doors and see one person in a red jacket standing there. I get out of thecar. The people next to me do the same and they walk a little quicker then I do. They pass a women with a clip board who tells them it is still early and they should wait in their car. They tell me what she said. Yesterday it poured rain and today it is very windy, gusting up to at least 40 mph, so I turn around and go back to my car.I sit down and notice the line has gone from one to almost nine people. Frig this I think and get back out of my car. I get on line, the wind blows and I grab my hat before I have to chase it across the lawn of Robert Yeager Health center. I'm warm, except for my neck and ears. I got a hair cut about a week ago and of course the temperature falls and my neck hasw no hair on it, so it's cold. I have a vest on under my jacket, hands in pocket, so mostly I'm good. This women infront of me, jacket open, I hear her say she is freezing and has never been this cold before. I look at her open loose, light spring jacket and wonder what she was dressing for. I feel bad for her, but I'm warm so mostly my concern is a distant unexpressed thing, I'm a cold bastard some times, except this time I'm really not cold, I'm toasty. The door open about 9:19. I'd been standing on the line for about forty minutes. A women comes outside and says, "Everyone with a nine o'clock appointment step to the right. I raise my hand, then quickly put it down and move to the right like everyone else. Everyone moves to the right infront of me except for the girl who was freezing. I walk past her, she doesn't move, I think maybe she has frozen in place. I go inside, show my page Teri printed out for me with my appointment on it.(Thank you again, Teri) I get my temperture taken and I'm told to follow the signs. I stop at a second station where an idoit is saying she is a critical worker and she should get the shot, she has no proof. I'm cleared and I think the no proof girl is also cleared. I don't care either way as long as this pandamic will come to

an end. I swing around in a big loop and I'm back at the front doors. I don't look to see if chilly girl is still standing out there. I'm shown into a large room I bye passed on my first trip around. I wait for a moment until the women in the pancho shows me where to get my shot. I step behind curtin number six and sit down. Some quick paper work and some questions are asked. I take off all of that warm clothing. The cold antiseptic is rubbed on my arm and a very light, very small, I almost didn't feel it prick of my skin and it's over. I look at the Indian women giving me the shot and ask, "that's it?" she says yes and I proceed to gather up all of the paperwork and my clothing I tookm off to move on as quickly as possible so the next person can get there shot. Hopefuly chilly girl is inside by now. I'm told to take a seat and wait for fifteen minutes to see if I have a bad reaction to the shot. I'm very into my

head at this point. I'm thinking, gee, I was light headed before I sat down, wait light headed is not one of the after affects. I check to see how I feel, my head, my stomach, legs and I'm checking for the slightest odd feeling. I'm so caught up in this that I think obsessive thinking could be a side affect. I calm down and decide to read and pull out my phone. Fifteen minutes later I get up and put my vest and jacket on. As I'm walking out of the building my zipper splits and I start to wonder if chilly girl and karma just evened the score. /