will we ever be free?
Will we ever be free…
Covid, RSV, and what else is lurking out there to prey on children and kill off our old people? Jesus, set us free, well we will be once we are on the other side of the dirt. Even then we will be encased in a manmade cocoon, which is kind of ironic don’t you think? It’s a different world for sure and vaccines and masks are now normal and who could have predicted that? With each passing year though, our guard is coming down and we are becoming much less fearful. Getting the new booster for COVID-19 is now just an option for me, whereas once it was a given.
A new one reared its head recently with a routine doctor’s appointment. This was a pneumonia vaccine I wasn’t even aware of. My doctor strongly suggested I should get it, but I need time to consider my options. Not taking pills is my goal, but type two diabetes and high blood pressure make that impossible. I am trying to wean myself off of these pills, keeping myself informed on what kind of pharmaceuticals are out there is now my responsibility. So googling the pneumonia vaccine made me aware of a new one that just came online this summer. It is the Pfizer Prevnar 20, and upon further investigation, it contains protection from the RSV virus.
It sucks to be old but children are also vulnerable to all these crazy viruses trying to wipe us out. Mother Nature is determined to do us in for trashing her planet. What better way for that than killing off us old people and weaning out the children? I’m old so it’s not a big deal, but my heart breaks for the young ones, they don’t deserve it. We are the ones ruining the planet and leaving behind who knows what for them to deal with. It’s not very responsible of us..
Keeping myself abreast of what’s happening in the world around me keeps me off the streets and out of trouble. Yes, I partook of the vaccines because I like to hedge my bets. If I die tomorrow so be it, but I don’t want a rogue virus to take me out. I want to die in bed after an amazing workout, and not with barbells.. sorry/not sorry. Making love would be a perfect way to enter into a blissful state already in the making, dontcha think? After much discussion with friends and a good deal of googling, the Prevnar 20 vaccine wins. The new Covid booster is a no and I will take my chances. At least the vaccine is not mandatory for me to cross the border to my winter home in the south.
Our Canadian Thanksgiving is looming up fast. I have plans to leave and go south shortly after that, that is if all my ducks are in a row. I’m not a very organized person and I’m pretty sure those damn birds flew south without me already. Whatever… it is what it is, I can only strive to be a superwoman. Okay, so that was a long shot : ( lol.
My oldest granddaughter and her new husband are hosting all of us with their first Thanksgiving in a city an hour and a half away. We are all excited to see her place and the school where her hubby has his first teaching job and is also the football coach. The house they’re renting is right across from the school, sweet.
My youngest granddaughter just started grade one this year and is already bringing home whatever virus that goes around. Ah well… I was just there and she was sick, but hugging her meant more to me than my own health. Besides, I have a couple of weeks to recoup before leaving, if I succumb to whatever she has.
Being together with family and friends sets my soul free to soar with a happiness that is hard to explain. It’s not like going to a concert or the amusement park or buying a new pair of shoes (it is close though : ) .. hmmm, if it includes a purse too, it could be a tie. But I digress, the virus has taught me the value of family and friends and even just going out for a meal or to a movie. We took so much for granted before the plague/virus started indiscriminately killing us off and shutting down the world. We are only now starting to get our lives back in order and realizing what is most important to us.
So here’s to going shopping for new shoes and purses… lol, just kidding. Nothing is free in this life, we pay the price somewhere along the line. Hopefully, we don’t pay with our lives. Having the love of family and friends makes my life meaningful. Without them I have nothing… and that’s the truth., amen.
Maybe I should have made this my Thanksgiving blog.
September 30th 2023
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