Yes, my oatmeal is scorched.
I got distracted by my monkey mind. Luckily, no fires, and enough saved to have breakfast. Oatmeal is perfect on cold mornings, with raisins, walnuts, and yogurt. I’d go for brown sugar, too, but as I am addicted to sugar and could happily main line it, I try to keep it toned down in my daily life with a square or two of Valrhona 72% dark . . .
I got the first of my two Covid vaccines yesterday, the Pfizer version. I can return in the next 3-6 weeks, per the County, for the second. I don’t understand how people cannot take this virus seriously, but as my husband pointed out, many people in the generation after me (like from 1812 on) have not seen or had the diseases I enjoyed in my childhood – chicken pox, measles, polio, diphtheria, etc. That may well be the case. However, I wonder about their failure to realize or understand science and so on. Certainly I don’t get people who follow conspiracy theories, such as those proposed by QAnon – and I know some who think such things are true.
Having worked with people who are schizophrenic, I do understand that there are different versions of reality for different people. And, in novels, I love a good conspiracy theory! However, there are some that are just too weird to think of as real.
What is reality? What is belief? What is a potential not yet seen? Think about TV – it wasn’t “real” until the last century. Airplanes in 1903. There are things we imagine that may not come about for a long, long time, such as travel and colonization of other planets. These make for great stories – but what about germs and virus and other things on those planets to which humans are not immune?
Belief is defined as an acceptance that a statement is true or that something exists. But is that belief grounded in fact? Some religious people say that in order to pray, you have to believe. Others say in order to believe, you must pray. That is a dichotomy. Also, what we now know to exist was often a myth or a thought or a potential reality at one time.
Well, enough rambling. Time to get the day moving along with the excitement of doing dishes and other mundane tasks before wandering about in my own planned fun activities!
Ink, Yarn & Beer 
I wonder why people don’t research for themselves, but follow blindly. I got the second COVID shot last week and had a bad reaction to it. Now, a week later, I’m almost feeling normal. I’m not saying don’t get it; just saying be prepared. Mine was the Pfizer also. Take care and stay safe.
Completely irrelevant aside: Do you actually know someone who believes Qanon?
I think I remember your saying, earlier in this infection cycle, that you were concerned about the rapidly-developed vaccines and long-term side effects, which might take more than a few months to begin appearing. It’s a valid concern. Those of us who are “old,” and those who are younger with medical conditions which put them at higher risk, are eager to get the vaccines and willing to take the small risk involved. I’m not surprised that informed people who are under, say, 50, and have no adverse health conditions, are less eager to take these shots. For them, the vaccination risk may be larger than the disease itself. Unlike flu, this monster rarely kills young, healthy people. The Grim Reaper has been winnowing my generation with this.
However, I agree that some, perhaps a lot, of the resistance to being vaccinated is coming from people who are uninformed, and who don’t remember those childhood illnesses we all got. They didn’t have schoolmates who got polio, and they forget that children sometimes die of measles.
I’m glad you’ve had the first shot!
I actually do know people who spout QAnon theories – they are avoided. I also avoid people who are too convinced they are right and I am wrong regardless – heck, where is the respect for differences? If I can respect what you have to say, please have the courtesy to respect me. Etc.
Just finished reorganizing a lot of sewing stuff – so much piddly crap!! But, it is beginning to coalesce into a coherent mass, which is good. Easier to find things! I also through out scraps I will never use etc. How is your sewing going along and your house hunt? PM if you like!
Hi Anne – glad you got the 2nd shot, and sorry you had a bad(dish) reaction. It’s worth it to stay healthy, and even more so to return to a more normal life. 😉