Two Missions Accomplished

Jumping back and forth between my trip to Europe and my current visit to Ohio...

My reason for coming to Ohio for a short trip is to accomplish a number of things.  One of those was to give my Christmas cards (which were already made out) to a friend in Ohio so that she can send them after Thanksgiving.  (If I sent them out from Mexico, they might arrive in time for Easter of next year!)  On my second day here I went to the post office to buy stamps.  The person at the post office said that the cards were over the weight limit and that each one needed two stamps.  So the bill for stamps was rather pricey.

The next day, I was going to take the stamped cards to my high school friend Gayle so that she could send them out at the end of November.  On the way I stopped at the pharmacy to accomplish another one of my goals... to get my COVID and flu shots.  They had the COVID shots, but were out of the flu shots.  I did not know that, although it is fine to get the two shots together, if you get one shot, you should not get the other one until a week later.  I would be returning to Mexico before then.  She said that a new shipment of flu shots should arrive later that afternoon, so I said that I would return later.

I drove on to the home of a high school friend Gayle.  Last year I gave her my Christmas cards just before I left to make my new home in Mexico City late last October.  She sent them right after Thanksgiving.  (I have a reputation to maintain. My Christmas card is always the first to arrive!)  She was happy to do the same again this year.

We visited for a couple of hours, and then I returned to the pharmacy.  The delivery of flu shots had arrived.  So, I filled out the paperwork, and got the two shots... one in each arm.  I have never had a serious reaction to vaccines... a slightly sore arm at worse... and this time was the same.  Two of my reasons for coming back to Ohio were accomplished.