Kauai has been a beautiful blessing to live and teach on. The mana in the air is pono, the 'aina is lush, and the love, aloha and ohana is blood thick. Kauai, unlike the other islands, is very country, laid back and chill. Few stores. No shopping malls. No highways. But, because we are so small, the entire island's covid count case is 2! So everything's practically opened! COVID VACCINATIONI have gotten both shot one and two, to be prevented against this horrible virus that has stopped and slowed down the entire world. Shot oneWasn't so bad. I was so scared. I was thinking things like, what if the government is putting a tracking chip in me, what if this vaccine is actually how the government is going to kill people from covid, what if your arm falls off, if you get the covid shot.you.will.get.pregnant.and.DIE. Anyway, all these what if's and lack of research really had me shaking in my boots. I did it, and even went to my body pump class afterwards, which, in hindsight, wasn't the smartest idea. Day 1: Gucci Day 2: Oh help me with putting on deodorant plz Day 3: I CAN'T LIFT MY ARM Day 4: Fine Shot twoOoOoOkay. So I made my shot two appointment after the first one. And when I made my appointment, there was only 2% of the population who had gotten the second shot, nothing was really "mainstreamed" about it. Coming up to my date, I was freaaaaaking out. More people started getting the second dose of the shot. AND THE SIDE EFFECTS ARE BRUTAL My friends, we're all teachers, and we're all vaccinated, out of the 7 of us, 5 had to call out of work, due to getting so sick afterwards. It was major headline news. SHOT TWO- THE WORSE IS YET TO COME SHOT TWO- SYMPTOMS LAST 14-48 HOURS SHOT TWO- EVEN MEN ARE OUT FOR DAYS Nothing happened to me you GUYS! NOTHING! I made sub lesson plans, wrote two days worth of lessons, and set off for the doctors, prepared and scared, worried and ready for the worse. But, I think I only had a headache, I skipped lunch, probably why, or because of the shot, who knows. But I was able to continue life. And the first shot, caused my arm to stay in longer pain. Let me tell you what COVID has done to my depressionHaving anxiety and depression is something I've been open about, willingly sometimes, and in the worse cases, even unwillingly, when those spouts just happen instantly. But with COVID, it's gotten worse. From someone whose gone from huge crowds of thousands of humans, to countries and around strangers in mass amounts, to now...... crowds and strangers are like a deadly virus to others, and we can't socialize the way life once was... still.... at least for now. There's talk now, that people who are vaccinated can gather in small crowds with NO MASKS. But even with that over whelming, and over anticipated news, the airport is so weird. I forgot.how.to.go.through.tsa. WHAT. It's been so long that, I was, confused? Unfamiliar with the airport process? When flying is my second home, a safe, peaceful, exciting, teleporting experience that you feel within your whole entire existence and being. But it's still weird, the lines are spaced out, people aren't chatting about where they're going or where they've been. There's a stagnant animosity in the air. Is HE sick, are THEY contagious. This is a bizarre feeling. Like going in through the glass door, into the 'time zone'.Nothing like a good spring time to clean your thoughts, your mind, your spirits, your home, your bags, your clothes, your past, your work, your personal space and inner and outer homes. I am so lucky to have my life back to normal, on a small island where everyone is vaccinated and COVID is so small.
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