My goal this week is to become a pincushion. It sounds strange, but this morning I had to get blood drawn in preparation for next week's check-up with my endocrinologist, Thursday morning I have an appointment at CVS for the flu shot and the new Covid booster, and I called to schedule my third Gardasil shot for the end of November. It's funny how things like this cluster and I'm fully expecting to feel like crap this weekend from the after-booster effect, but it will be worth it to know I'll be as safe as I can be from Covid for the holiday season.

Even though the summer is definitely over and fall is on its way I'm getting all of the mundane parts of life lined up and starting to think about next year. Since I'm new at the job I didn't plan any vacations, but it's time to start thinking about maybe taking a week next year and going somewhere for the first time since 2018. I can't believe it will have been 5 years since I had a real vacation, but that's what happens when my world crumbles and then the rest of the world stops for two years from a pandemic.

Part of me really wants to go somewhere in Asia. Hong Kong has been on my mind a lot lately, and while I wouldn't go back there because it's now really controlled by China, I would love to experience somewhere else in that part of the world. Europe is also high on my list of places to go since there's just so much to see there, and it's easier to get there, but I really don't know. Luckily I have lots of time to dream and plan!