And the rooks and the crows and the seagulls will come flocking after me

[sovay]

So I had my shot shortly after two in the afternoon and by midnight I was essentially useless for anything other than sending selkie clips of Nigel Havers in Chariots of Fire (1981), who in no other role has especially reminded me of Peter Wimsey and here the obvious casting not taken just sort of stepped out and whacked me with a punt pole. My arm hurt, my head hurt, I felt exactly as though I had a fever even though the thermometer begged to disagree; I took it as a sign that my immune system was doing something. I fell asleep shortly after two in the morning and slept like a rock until a quarter after three in the afternoon, with allowances made for the fact that I woke every single time I rolled onto my arm because it hurt so much. It still hurts. It hurts in repose and it hurts extra whenever I stretch or reach for something. The sensation of fever seems to have gone, but I feel generally light-headed and washed out and am having a hard time making myself do anything other than stare in a slightly unfocused way. On the other hand, in the absence of rash or other alarming symptoms. I think I am well within the parameters for normal vaccine reactions, even for flu shots. I resent not being able to remember any longer the chain of cinematically vivid dreams of which the last and strongest involved small monsters and matchmaking and scrambling over roofs in conjunction with a house that had opinions of its own; I think it might technically have been a rom-com. With some overtones of Danny Kaye. We now return to your irregularly scheduled unfocused staring.

Comments

[choco_frosh]

Ugh. I am sorry that the shot has knocked you arse over teakettle, but still very pleased that you have got one! And yes, that does sound within the parameters of shitty-but-not-alarming vaccine reactions. I hoe you feel better tomorrow, though!

vivid dreams of which the last and strongest involved small monsters and matchmaking and scrambling over roofs in conjunction with a house that had opinions of its own
Who was it who, at Arisia, read the beginning of their novel about a sentient house? And did your subconscious somehow get access to that and/or get hired as a beta reader?

[selkie]

That was Ruthanna Emrys! I quite liked it and am not sure the author wasn't describing a real, extant house.

[sovay]

I am sorry that the shot has knocked you arse over teakettle, but still very pleased that you have got one! And yes, that does sound within the parameters of shitty-but-not-alarming vaccine reactions.

*hugs*

I hope you feel better tomorrow, though!

Thank you! My mother said this stage lasted about two days for her, but she knows friends who didn't get it at all, so I am also hoping.

Who was it who, at Arisia, read the beginning of their novel about a sentient house? And did your subconscious somehow get access to that and/or get hired as a beta reader?

That was Ruthanna Emrys! (One half of ashnistrike, in these parts.) The dream experience was more like one of those consensual possessions when a friendly local yente who just happens to be a house tucks herself into the back of your head and then suggests you do something about it. It wasn't happening to me, but to one of the residents. He dealt with it reasonably well under the circumstances.

[ashlyme]

Has Ruthanna's novel come out? I've only read their reviews so far. Sentient houses would be entirely be my cuppa.

[sovay]

Has Ruthanna's novel come out?

I do not believe yet. Her Innsmouth novels Winter Tide (2017) and Deep Roots (2018) are very much worth reading, however; I can start you off with the prequel "The Litany of Earth" (2014). This is why I say that if we can find one more person who writes queer Jewish Deep Ones, we'll have a genre.

[ashlyme]

I am on this. Thank you for the link - I would just devour everything that genre has to offer.

[selkie]

Hi! I'm not possessed! *wanders off to shower with whole lemons, forever, until the end of time or the vinegar runs out*

[sovay]

Hi! I'm not possessed!

Mazel tov! Add salt!

[redbird]

That sounds like within the range of normal, yes, but also something to mention to your doctor/whoever is going to administer the second dose. That's assuming you also had the Moderna vaccine, since my doctor told me to not plan anything for the day after the second dose, because people tend to have more/worse side effects than from the first dose.

[sovay]

That's assuming you also had the Moderna vaccine, since my doctor told me to not plan anything for the day after the second dose, because people tend to have more/worse side effects than from the first dose.

I did have the Moderna vaccine, and I've read/heard about the second dose effect. My mother didn't experience it, but I will plan nothing of significance for the end of March.

[sara]

Well, I'm glad you did it.

[sovay]

Well, I'm glad you did it.

Thank you. I wish the rollout wasn't such a dumpster fire, but I am glad, too. On top of the part where I may able to worry less about imminently dying, it feels like a civic duty. I wish it were being framed more that way.

[sara]

Yeah, it seems to sloooooowly be getting better but as with so much in the last few years I wish things were not as they are.

I see a lot of people feeling very guilty about getting vaccinated and I think that's so unfortunate. I wish it were being seen as a civic duty as well.

[sovay]

I see a lot of people feeling very guilty about getting vaccinated and I think that's so unfortunate. I wish it were being seen as a civic duty as well.

It is reasonable to be upset by inequality, but except in cases of pulling strings to queue-jump (and I suspect the people who do that don't feel bad at all), I don't see how guilt is an appropriate reaction. Every person who is vaccinated makes everyone else safer. That's how herd immunity works. It should be the message.

Guilty

[lauradi7dw]

See:https://lauradi7dw.dreamwidth.org/639524.html

Should I also feel bad that I feel fine? (no. it's so individual. I was sick for two days with each Shingrix shot. Arthur had no ill effects from that at all).

[dramaticirony]

Sorry to hear about the strong reaction but very glad to learn you had your first shot!

[sovay]

Sorry to hear about the strong reaction but very glad to learn you had your first shot!

Thank you! I had been honestly assuming it was a mild reaction: no swelling, no rash, just whump.

[gwynnega]

I'm sorry about the strong vaccine reaction. It sounds similar to what I've heard from other friends (though my mom had almost no reaction to her first Moderna dose). I hope it abates soon.

[sovay]

It sounds similar to what I've heard from other friends (though my mom had almost no reaction to her first Moderna dose). I hope it abates soon.

Thank you. My mother, who is our sole data point in the family so far, experienced equivalent levels of reaction both times, so we will see what happens.

[umadoshi]

Ooof, that sounds deeply unpleasant. :( I hope it passes ASAP!

[sovay]

I hope it passes ASAP!

Thank you!

[nineweaving]

Oof! I am very glad, both for your sake and the wider world's, that you've had this vaccination, but I'm sorry that it's hitting you amidships. Hope this means that your immune system is mounting an appropriate response, and is learning to repel boarders.

*hugs*

Greer

[sovay]

Hope this means that your immune system is mounting an appropriate response, and is learning to repel boarders.

Thank you! That is my hope, too. I don't even believe this is the most dramatic reaction I could be having; I'm just ready for it to taper off now, thanks.

*hugs*

[cmcmck]

clearly I have given you an earworm! :o)

[minoanmiss]

me too, and I thank you!

[sovay]

clearly I have given you an earworm!

I'd never heard another recording of that setting. I like it a lot.

[minoanmiss]

*sends you warm recovery vibes*

And oh, what a gorgeous poem that is.

[sovay]

*sends you warm recovery vibes*

Thank you!

And oh, what a gorgeous poem that is.

It reminds me of George Mackay Brown and Lal Waterson, all seasonally turning.

[ashlyme]

*hugs* I'm glad you had the jab, but not the side-effects. Hope you feel better now.

I like your idea of rom-coms!

[sovay]

I'm glad you had the jab, but not the side-effects. Hope you feel better now.

Thank you! Today is less painful, but still very fuzzy, and to be honest I deal better with the former than with the latter. I need my brain.

I like your idea of rom-coms!

I'm glad!

[ashlyme]

Crossing all fingers for you.

[sovay]

Crossing all fingers for you.

So long as it passes and it leaves me with a working immunity (including for the terrifying strains that didn't need to be allowed to develop any more than the initial infection needed to be allowed to spread), I will deal with it! I hope you, too, are on a list somewhere.

[ashlyme]

*I hope you, too, are on a list somewhere.*

Judging by the rate my forty-plus friends are getting the jab, it won't be too long. I'm looking forward to my upgrade from Mr. Gates - perhaps I'll be able to get BBC Sounds by blinking.

[poliphilo]

Nigel Havers is currently presenting a show in which antique dealers bid against one another to acquire items brought in by members of the public. He is still the most terrific old smoothy.

[sovay]

He is still the most terrific old smoothy.

I am delighted to hear it.