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I absolutely HATE working from home. Sure there are perks but it freaking blows. I first started working from home Wednesday, March 18, 2020. I found out I may had been exposed to someone with COVID so I immediately notified our HR and then went home thinking I would be working from home for two weeks. Well my job made plans to get as many people remote as possible. At first I loved it...I was working 6-3 and was waking up like 4:15 AM...that was brutal. I had zero energy after work to do anything and weekends I was dead. I got to sleep until 5:45...not to mention all the gas I was saving plus miles on the car. Well...two weeks turned into 4 months...after a couple months I just started to despise it. Finally sometime in July I had started doing one week in the office and one week at home (still currently on that schedule). Sometime in late fall I switched hours and do 8-5 instead of 6-3. But I don't get how people could want to just work from home forever...at least for me I think it lead to me slipping into depression. Waking up like 15-minutes before work, going from the bed to desk, taking a shower during lunch break, then after works shift ends...just pure boredom. Thankfully now the weather is nicer and things are opening but holy crap was winter depressing...plus my gf breaking up with me at the end of October. It was just work, then stare at my walls and I would just go to bed like 8 PM. It's nice to have the luxury of working from home when needed but to do it consistently...I want to rip my head off. I don't know how or why people would want that.

Yeah it's hard to gauge. When my friend got her second dose back in January she woke up in the middle of the night with a fever, chills, and a horrible headache and all of this lasted for like 8-10 hours. She is also quite positive she had COVID (right near when this all started) b/c for a few weeks she couldn't smell or taste (this was really before testing got cranking) and I know there is some indications that if you've already had COVID and get vaccinated the side effects could be enhanced a bit. Another friend felt like crap for a day and I've known a few others who were like knocked out for a few days and then others who barely had anything.

Well almost 29-hours since the first shot...very minor side effects really. Arm got sore through the day yesterday and became quite sore during the evening and overnight but the soreness has really gone down since this morning. I did get this crazy brief spell of fatigue yesterday afternoon like around 3:30...laid down for about 30 minutes and was fine after that. Felt a little nauseous at times (especially earlier in the morning) but not bad! I am anticipating some harsher side effects from the second shot. Has anyone here gotten the second dose of Pfizier yet? If so, did you experience symptoms? From the several I know the signals have been very mixed. I don't care about the side effects, just planning ahead for work purposes as to whether I should take a day off or just plan to work from home.

hmmm that's strange. My friend is a pharmacy tech at a Walgreens and said Walgreens only is dealing with the Pfizier one. Maybe it depends on district?

You can kinda "choose" which shot you want. For example, if you want Pfizier and have your heart set on Pfizier...then work on getting an appointment with Walgreens b/c they only deal with the Pfizier vaccine. On the VAMS site I think it also states which vaccines each location has so you can look for one that only deals with whatever one you're interested in.

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hmmm was going to drink my usual beer or two during the Bruins game tonight.

I hope we aren't this dry come May, June, and July

Not surprised at this...had been some decent signals for this dating back to last week.

That's exactly what I was thinking when they told me actually

Got mine at Waterbury Health Center. Process really couldn't have been easier. As soon as I neared the parking garage there was signs directing where to park and signs within the parking garage of where to park. Then they had signs leading into the facility and it was all set up for perfect social distancing. Walked right in, gave them my license, then they directed me where to go. It was a pretty large clinic with at least 15-20 vaccine stations. Waited maybe one minute then they told me which station to go to, they reviewed information and asked a few questions then boom...shot done. Didn't even feel a thing. Went to the next station where they scheduled the second shot and then went into the observation room for 15-minutes and was on my merry way. Biggest stressor was nearly running out of gas...forgot to get gas the other day and while I had enough to get from Windsor Locks to Waterbury, I certainly didn't have enough to get back home...or very far. Made it to a gas station with 7 or 8 miles on the range

Just got my first dose of Pfizer!!! Second dose scheduled for April 27

Might see potential for a few strong tornadoes again later in the week across MS/AL...they can't catch a break

there was a quite a bit of sun in Branford earlier but cloudy now and freaking cold

That continues to be one heck of a NAO block that develops moving through the upcoming week with AO tanking too. Probably see a snow threat for the interior at some point.

yeah I start it just before heading into the shower. for the most part the car is still running when I get into it. I think it shuts off after like 20-minutes.

YES!!!!! Got an appointment for my first shot Tuesday. The Pfizer one too.

I am so sick of this cold. But back in like early February (or JUST before that horrific cold snap we had) I got an automatic car starter put in...INCREDIBLE! I start my car before I get into the shower so when I am ready to leave...all I have to do is endure cold for like 8 seconds and my car is super toasty when I get in.

No problem! Thanks for pointing that out. That would be pretty sick! I'm sure something like that must exist. If I knew how to code I'd probably create it myself if it didn't enough to vastly increase the PWATS

brutal was supposed to say I'm not liking the pattern

I'm liking the pattern moving through this month. I guess just typical New England spring weather with a mixture of really crap days and some super nice days mixed in but I am dying for consistency. Want it to get super nice so I can go on walk's daily but it has to be like 60+

I had a dream last night that when I checked the GFS it was showing over 5,000 CAPE here towards the end of the run and so I checked this morning and it has nothing

We are two weeks away before the 384-HR GFS officially gets into severe weather season!!!!!!!!!

screw it...time to just throw up a thread and work back from depression and hope things turn better moving into the summer. Pretty good signal for a low-topped squall line to push across southern New England during the early evening. Not much in the way of instability to work with but very strong forcing and jet dynamics. Should see some damaging wind gusts as this line works through nvection

Well we are getting a fropa...not expecting a big snow event or accumulating snow. but I do think many have potential to end as a burst of snow and maybe someone up north accumulates some. Could actually make a small argument for some decent snows across northern Maine.