Vaccination Part Simon’s Number (Blog 473)

Yesterday, I had yet ANOTHER vaccine booster, because I’m ‘at risk’. Why? Because of possible medication side effects, where my white blood cell count drops. It’s not exactly a high risk as I’ve been on my meds since I was 15 and I’ve had no problems, actually I’d go as far to say the booster was a waste of time AND money. But who knows? Maybe in a one in 7,665 event (that number roughly being the amount of days I’ve been on medication) my white blood cells could drop and I could be infected with covid at the same time. Only it’s not a one in 7,665 event as that would imply my blood cell count has dropped the one time, which it hasn’t. So really it’s a 0 in 7,665 chance technically speaking, proving there’s no risk at all. :P Ok, ok, my blood cell count did in fact drop that one time when I slept with the window open in very cold weather, but I’ve stopped doing that, so there you go. That’s certainly a difficult hobby to explain to someone, sleeping whilst very, very cold, but just try it that one time and see it’s for you. No actually, don’t, it will make you ill. THAT’S a hobby that’s hard to explain. It’s like people going to Antarctica in tent. The coldness? Fine, it has to be otherwise why go? But the frostbite? Too far! I’m not saying I’ve ever got frostbite, by the way. I just felt I had to clear that up, otherwise I’d be hospitalised. But would it be a standard hospital or a mental home? I mean… how would you choose?

Anyway, to make the trip to the health centre easier, I parked in the nearby gym car park I often use. First I park on double yellow lines when buying a train ticket and get stuck there for God knows how long, next I illegally use the gym car park a further time. I’m still waiting to find out if I did in fact get a parking ticket, getting TWO tickets in such a short space of time would be very hard to explain. Although I did think it was worth the risk, obviously. On Friday, my Mac said I had to install the exact same version of my computer again! Why?? Not to worry, I didn’t have to go pro computer technician and use code, I just pressed the update button and that was it. Semi pro. When the update was installed it said I WAS using a new program which gave me peace of mind. I’m just saying if I did have to update the same program again, that could suggest I didn’t do it properly the first time and I’ll feel like a computer idiot AGAIN. Where am I going with such a random story? I’m just saying, why not celebrate my Mac success with easy car park use? Anyway, to pass the time as my computer updated, I hand wrote some jokes! I could have stopped gag writing when the update was done, but I didn’t really feel like it, I wanted to enjoy the sweet relief and take things relatively easy. Joke writing mostly involves sitting and doing nothing other than pondering. I’m praying I won’t have to update my computer in the Christmas period, that would be really low on the part of Apple.

I have to say I was a little disappointed when I walked into the vaccine centre (or rather small chemist). Last year it was like a huge event where lots of stuff was happening, it was exciting in a weird way, wow what drama! There were queues of people waiting, there were people looking nervous, people looking relieved, people looking at me like ‘why is this person so strange? I don’t know what’s worse, the injection or looking at him.’ This time I was the only person getting a vaccine in a small room, it was lonely really. The only positives I can think of were that it didn’t matter I was a good few minutes early as again, I was the only one getting jabbed. Also, when I got asked what hand I write with, I could boast and say ‘left’. I’m a one in ten! Lefties are apparently more prone to mental illness which will surprise no one, but did you know they’re more likely to be criminals? That was proven when I committed two traffic offences, very recently. :S I’m just a victim of my own brain, it’s not my fault I parked on yellow lines and ripped off a car park! I say I was the only person there, I actually meant the only jab patient. There was a poor person with a buildup of ear wax, who had to wait another couple of days for an appointment. That was a little bit of drama I guess, but at the same time, meh.

After the jabbing, I was told to wait 15 minutes before driving home, but due to my criminal mind, I ignored the advice. I mean I’ve had Simon’s number amount of similar jabs, why would another hurt me in the next 15 minutes? On the way back, I bought a Peperami for the dogs, they go crazy for them. That’s not criminal is it, that was nice. I should have stolen the food than claimed insanity. Oh, I’ve just realised something: The lack of mass jabbing suggests the Corona virus is dying out! That’s good! I may be left handed, but I don’t want a deadly virus to hang around just so I can stay in queue for ages as other people stare at me. If I did, that’s beyond psychopathic, that’s just weird. As I’m typing my arm is hurting a little bit, kind of think the feeling of a small jab. (i.e. punch). I’m wondering if that’s where the phrase ‘flu jab’ comes from. I’m in nowhere near as much pain as when I got leg cramp in the middle of the night recently though, that really hurt! I must have burnt about 200 calories in just a few seconds, that’s what it felt like, especially as I had a sore leg for the rest of the day. If it were my arm muscles that were contracting, and I coincidentally had weights in my hands at that exact time, I could probably have lifted double my body weight. :O And on that inspiring note… bye!