Book Em Jonno

Yesterday, Shauna was texting us by about 7:30. On her drive into work, she had learned from The News that vaccine appointments in most of the province and certainly in our district were being opened for the 70+ cohort. She checked the provincial booking site, but it hadn't yet been updated. It soon was, however. Yay!

When I got online, there were >3500 people ahead of me already. The line moved quickly, and I was entering my data in about 10 minutes — health card # etc. I didn't have to input very much information.

I was accepted quickly, and soon nailed an appointment for April 12, just two weeks away. They only had Monday slots available in the nearest site to us. I presume the inoculation team (or at least the delivery team) roves from one site to another during the week, and Monday is the local day.

Then, I had to start  the process all over for Sue. By then, April 12 was full, so she was booked a whole week later, April 19. It is only a 10-12 minute drive to the next town, so we don't mind going twice, especially for this reason.

We will be shot with either the Pfizer or Moderna vaccines.

Unfortunately, we will have to wait 4 months for the second shot. While that is not optimal, I have hope that the date moves up. However, the first jab will still offer a lot of protection, and come May, I will feel freer to get a little closer to Shauna and the kids. Edit: I have just read that the single dose is 80% effective, and you are 90% covered (wrong word?) after the second jab.

This called for a celebration, so you know what we did, right? Yup! One more coffee and breakfast at the park. But we were in fine feather, so we got out of the car for this photo, proving Sue and I are, indeed, birds of a feather. Note: I am the one on the right.

It turns out that we were fortunate to get appointments where and when we did because some of the people who later tried to book were disappointed. No doubt, that isn't the end result for them, just for that particular run. Phew! Glad Shauna was so alert.

We are tickled-pink happy about this. We had thought it would be months away for us, maybe June, but now it is mere weeks.