Right. I was having that same problem…trying every hour without success. But when I chose the very latest available appointment for the first shot and hit enter, all of a sudden there was availability for the second shot. So, they had appointments for Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday for the first shot. When I chose a Friday slot, that’s when I had success. (I was making an appointment for my son…I’m still not eligible yet! But soon!)
My shot was about three miles from the former Fry’s Electronics in Tempe. I was hoping that they would be having a big clearance so I could do something else with my trip, but I guess they just closed completely on 2/24. Didn’t need an Ikea run, so just a lot of driving for the shot. At least Mrs. Martian’s location is close to some of her quilt shops…
That’s just when the corpse stopped cooling. My WiFi router died October 2019 and I drove to Fry’s to get a replacement. My first clue something was wrong when I saw no cars in the parking lot. Walking in I was literally shocked. No bins of small stuff by the doors, no racks and racks of DVDs on the left – no racks at all, just empty floor space. The other racks to the right were still there but the shelves were 95% empty and there were no routers out at all.
About that time I saw another customer with a stunned look on his face, matching mine, no doubt. “Wha’ happened?” “Beats me.” Together we walked towards the registers and came upon an associate pecking on one of the computer stands. “Is this place closing down?” I wish I knew.
I drove away and stopped at WalMart to the the router and never went back. Here is a YouTube on the subject.
The Decline of Fry’s Electronics.
I’ve shopped at the stores in Sunnyvale, Santa Clara, and Fremont as well as the one in Tempe and I agree with the guy’s take: Most of the customers were people who knew what they were buying and did not need hand-holding associates. When you could get your stuff easily on line, that was the end.
I had the Astrazeneca jab today, 59 years old, UK. It seems like a good enough reason to break a 15 year lurking habit and make a first post!
The injection was completely painless and 3 hours in I have no after effects at all, not even any pain at the needle site. The card I got for this first vaccination is just a paper card with the batch number and date on. I am feeling pretty good about things now…
I never used Fry’s for consumer stuff, did most of my shopping there for electronic components, tools, and supplies - the section in the back with all the teeny little bags of widgets hanging from pegs. And yes, I did know exactly what I was looking for - the few times I had to ask where to find something the associate seemed annoyed to be disturbed.
YoYo Ma apparently took out his cello and played for the crowd during his 15 minute wait. That puts him close to right up there with Dolly Parton, who is still the vaccine queen for
- Donating money to help develop the Moderna vaccine
- Adapting her song Jolene to encourage people to get vaccinated
- Rocking her “I’m ready for my vaccine” fashion statement
Dolly Parton sings and gets COVID vaccine shot - YouTube
Got my first shot (Moderna) and for the first time since this all started, I’m beginning to feel safer. Heart attack, diabetes, virus-induced rhabdo, ugh - I’m a mess! So far only a sore arm that ibuprofen has taken care of.
My second shot is scheduled on the same day I get a shot in my left eyeball for macular edema. I am so happy I was able to reschedule my eyeball shot several days later - the damn thing gives me the willies.
Just got my first about an hour ago - Pfizer. Yay! So far some just very mild soreness at the injection site, but we’ll see where it goes. I’m off to work in a bit, but I’ve warned my one co-worker that going home early is an option if I start to feel shitty. Thankfully I have a very short commute, so it won’t be a big deal one way or another.
Just got my first Pfizer dose about an hour ago! I’m feeling cautiously optimistic but hopefully more of the pop can get vaccinated soon and it will tamp down the spread of those variants at least to some degree. I hope.
Scheduled for dose two in mid April.
Everything was very efficient and not even THAT many vaccine recipients at the Alamodome.
We both got our second Pfizer this morning. So far we seem to be doing okay, other than a slightly sore arm. We’ll see how tomorrow goes.
I am week three post pfizer #2. I’m starting to look at how, if at all, I will change my life now.
No after-effects to speak on on day 2. Arm is still a bit sore and I have a slight headache. The wife doesn’t seem to have any ill effects. A friend of ours complained of fibrillation, but she’s a bit of a hypochondriac. Can’t wait for the two weeks to be over. I’ve got appointments for dental and for some RV work set up. Also, we plan to resume shopping for groceries in person. We probably spent our entire stim check on delivery fees over the past year.
Could you even tell if you were in fibrillation? I mean, palpitations, maybe, but that can happen from plain old anxiety.
Also, I don’t think fibrillation resolves on its own.
Hypochondriac indeed.
Just got back from round one (Moderna), and I’m so happy! It was a drive-through mass vaccination–lots of happy volunteers cheering while they directed traffic. The atmosphere was almost festive.
When I’m feeling frustrated with humanity, I’ll recall these selfless people who’d been there since 6 a.m., and the many, many others throughout the world who worked tirelessly to make this vaccine happen.
Got the initial dose of Moderna yesterday, My wife and I drove 420 miles (round trip) from St. Louis to southern Missouri; the weather forecast mentioned the possibility of large hail and tornadoes, but all we got was rain. The appointment was scheduled through the state system — the county and private systems have not offered me anything yet.
My wife has some soreness, but I feel fine. We’ll be driving back in 30 days. I was unhappy to read the reports in this forum that the vaccine might not be greatly effective against the South African variation, but I’ll take whatever protection I can get.
I got the first dose of Pfizer today. Had an appointment for 12:35, but didn’t get in until after 2pm. A hell of a lot of people there. The National Guard and the Sheriff’s Office did a great job with the traffic.
The shot was not a big deal. No arm soreness or other symptoms as of yet (5:29pm).
It actually made me feel pretty proud of our collective response to this for the first time since this began. I didn’t feel any political feelings, I was just proud to be an American, and proud of how we have at least come together enough to fight this thing and because of government and private partnership we have a working, rolled out vaccine in just a year. I feel good that I am almost certain to survive this thing. A lot of people have put in a lot of hard hours to make this happen and there is light peeking at the end of the tunnel.
Good job by everyone on the front line.
Those are political feelings.
They’re just not partisan feelings. We need to learn the difference, or we’re not going to have any polity worth having.
Got my second shot last Thursday, and as far as I can tell have not had any reactions. Of course, shortly after getting the shot I found myself in the hospital being treated for infections related to a kidney stone. I was given antibiotics via IV, assorted other medications, and didn’t get home until Saturday afternoon. So this may have affected any effects I might normally had to the shot; I did have some side effects to the first shot.
I got the Johnson & Johnson vaccine on Sunday, March 14, from the county health service.
In addition, I second another poster upthread. If you did not meet the age limitation (which I did not) they took you at your word that you either had a qualifying health condition or worked at an essential front line job. They never asked me to show proof of it, although I had it. I just checked the box regarding what qualified me despite my “young” age (and it does feel good to be young enough not to usually qualify for something)