Side Effects from the Shot(s)

It's been almost 24 hours (technically 22 at the moment) since I got bivalent Covid booster and flu shots yesterday just before lunchtime. I wondered how series my side effects would be as this time I got the Moderna shot, which anecdotally my friends have said hits harder than the Pfizer shot. Well, now I know... and the answer is the side effects are noticeable but still way, way better than catching even a mild case of Covid.

By 9pm yesterday evening I was starting to feel body aches. It was unclear, though, how much of that was booster shot side effects vs. normal 9pm achiness from getting older. I went to bed around 9:30, having cleared yesterday evening and this morning to be able to take it easy.

I slept well at first but then awoke at 1am. My arms felt heavy and useless like two pieces of wet lumber (I got one shot in each arm) and were sore, and I had dull body soreness as well. I then tossed and turned until almost 4am with body temperature regulation problems. Once I got back to sleep I slept in 'til almost 8, well after my 6:45am weekday alarm. Yeah, I slapped that snooze button a lot.

An hour later, I've rousted myself from bed, showed, dressed, eaten a small breakfast, and checked my temperature (it's close to normal). I've still got some residual achiness but I'm looking forward to getting back to normal today.

A Game of Thrones First - Death by Old Age! (S5E7)

Game of Thrones S5E7 features a series first: an on-screen character dies of old age, peacefully! Yes, this is the 47th episode of the series, and the first time that's happened. I won't say who it's is; it's a minor spoiler, though anyone watching the series wouldn't be surprised the death is coming.

In addition S5E7 features a couple who have sex together— and it's completely consensual. It's not the first time in the series on-screen sex has been completely consensual sex but it remains rare enough among all the scenes of rape, coercion, and false pretenses that it's worthy of note. Even one of the actors whose character is involved in this particular coupling has spoken in interviews about how this sex act is unusual (in the series) for being an expression of love instead of lust, power, or violence.