It’s been five months since I got my second COVID shot and the current guidelines say to get a booster at four now. So yesterday I walked into a public clinic to get mine. Except they changed it to only bookings and I couldn’t walk in after all. I returned home, set up an account, and booked for my booster. I ended up at a different location as the one near me didn’t have appointments available the same day. I was going shopping and it happened there is a clinic in the same shopping center. So I planned it for my shopping trip. Except when I got there I couldn’t find the clinic and walked up and down and finally called a phone number listed. Just as I was finally getting through menus, I walked outside and found the clinic. That was the only issue I had with getting my booster. Everything else went smoothly.

I got the Pfizer shot this time, a change from Astra Zeneca which I had previously. With dose one, I had arm soreness develop, and that lasted a week or so. The second dose I barely felt it go in and had no side effects at all. This time, I had nothing last night but my arm is sore today. So it’s mostly typical for a vaccination for me.