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milann

Have a lovely Christmas 🎄👍

EssexHebridean

It could well just be luck - not sure what my parents had as their boosters but neither of them had any reaction. I'm almost certain to get Moderna too. My theory was based on the fact that Pfizer and Moderna are both MRNA vaccines of course, so possibly less likely to provoke a booster reaction from folk who didn't react to the initial course. I certainly know far less people from Team Pfizer the first time round but almost none had reactions, whereas nearly everyone I know with AZ had a reaction to at least the first one!  I'm sure there is a reason, but nobody seems to know what it is, do they!  RT hope you're feeling better soon - it really is a necessary evil isn't it!  My theory with mine is that I will try to get it as a walk in on pone of the first few days after we're back - my Aunt's cremation will be one day or another and I should be able to go after that. 

Pizza has been consumed. Quite a lot of pizza in fact, and thanks to MrBoss's insistence that we ordered two HOOOOOOGE ones there is two thirds of a HOOOOOOGE pizza in the boot of my car to go home with me, too. I'm now debating whether just to save that for tomorrow night and shove the defrosted pizza dough back in the freezer - anyone know if you can freeze mozzarella as that's the thing that really needs using? Hang on - I'll google.... yes, you can....oh well, that might decide that then. Makes an easy tea for tomorrow even easier. (And cheaper!) 

*edit* Killing the last 10 minutes of time before heading home. I've just got lots of odds and ends done today - filing, shredding, cleaning up (even my own desk and that doesn't happen often!). Remembered to pick my milk up from the fridge - it's already out of date by several days but it's skimmed so lasts for ages past date and I may as well use as much of it as I can at home in the  next few days rather than going into one of the pints of semi-skimmed that had accumulated at MrEH's office so he brought home earlier in the week! 

My Power of Opinions Am@z0n code has arrived and I've applied it to the account - I can get that one closed off now as I have no plans to continue with it - the last few weeks have proved the point - a steady stream of invitations, probably 4 - 5 a week but today was the first I wasn't screened out of. Enough. 
I've just cashed Prolific out at £19.57 - I could have waited to see if it would creep past the £20 level but frankly I'd sooner get it paid and across to the card. 

EssexHebridean

Morning all - happy Christmas Eve! 

We’re having a much needed slow start. MrEH finished work pretty much exactly as I got home last night and we got some odds and ends done but still have a decent list for today.   The leftover pizza is in the fridge and earmarked for tea today, we’ll have porridge for breakfast to use up some of the milk!  

We’ve both tested this morning and are still both clear thank goodness - tomorrow is going to be the most nerve wracking one of the lot I think though! As it definitely feels as though I do have another cold - albeit this one is just mild (and could be the tail end of the earlier one still, I’m just not sure) I am REALLY glad we have been testing daily now too! 

Got one delivery coming today - MrEH’s overtrousers - so need to keep an eye on times for that, although aside from a walk, and getting MrEH’s paper this morning we’ll be in for most of the day anyway I think. We have just agreed that a walk this evening after it’s dark to see the Christmas lights might be nice too. 

I feel like I have lists everywhere at the moment so I’m not putting one up on here as well - we’ve got one for things to do today, another for things to remember tomorrow, one for stuff to do before we leave tomorrow night….🤦🏻‍♀️😂 Definitely want to remember to pop my journal and cheerful coloured biros into a bag too so I can crack on with some planning while we’re away.

Oh and MrEH has been paid - hurrah. Not sure why they bothered paying early allowing that they quite clearly paid immediately past the point when there would be anyone available to deal with problems with payroll issues this side of the new year, mind you! Still, he’s got money, so all good here. I’m going to leave it sitting, same with mine, and will do the money shuffle from my account at some stage between now and the 31st. 

Right - second cuppa of the day to finish then a walk, then breakfast! 

Cheery_Daff

Yay for your continued negative testing! Fingers crossed for tomorrow...

starnac

The constant testing is nerve wracking isn't it. Glad it's all negative for you and hope that tomorrow's will be too. 

savingholmes

Hope the tests stay clear for you. I had some reaction to the P booster - while DD reacted badly to the Mod one...

You'll be on your way very soon and seeing beautiful countryside as well as friends and family.

MrsPorridge

Happy Christmas and safe journey x

Suffolksue

Delurking 
I had AZ for first two with no reaction at all ,the was knocked off my feet by my Pfizer booster 
I am 72 and until then had never reacted to a vaccine  in my life !!

EssexHebridean

Thanks all - and hello @Suffolksue - thanks for posting! There really does seem to be no rhyme or reason to any of it, does there! 

We now have a dozen rather messy mince pies (I let MrEH fill them and he didn’t believe me when I said he probably didn’t want to put so much mincemeat in… ) and some decent looking sausage rolls. Not sure what T’s have done to their sausage casings though but trying to skin the wretched things practically had me in tears - SO fiddly, and it used to be so easy! Gah! 

We also have a fully packed car tucked away in the garage - we’ll use the other one to get to Mum & Dad’s tomorrow and then switch that into the garage when we get home. We seem to be most of the way through the lists too - and I’m hopeful that after another little flurry of activity shortly we can have a nice relaxing Christmas Eve night with candles lit in the Christmas candle holders for the last time this year! 

I’ve been using odd moments to delete loads of old photos off my phone to bring my iCloud storage down a bit - making really good progress but goodness me the sheer amount of duplicates and just general junk I had on there! Also some good memories though, and lots of stuff that’s making me say “oh I remember that!” which is nice! 

starnac

I love going through my photos. I've always got duplicates on there as digital makes it so easy to take a few pictures of the same thing to get a nice shot. Plus I usually find some silly selfies the kids have taken while my phone was unattended. 

Yay to being almost packed. You do sound organised. Hope you have a lovely day tomorrow and a safe journey the day after.