Day #4

I got my first COVID shot today! Moderna, all the way, baby. Whoo-hoo! I couldn't believe my luck. All I did was click on the UCLA health email this morning. It took me to another link to schedule the shot and to my surprise, there was a spot open at Dodger Stadium. In fact, there were a ton of spots. I had my choice of times all through out the day. Crazy. For the last 2 days I tried to get an appointment through MyTurn. It gave me a list of Vons / Albertsons pharmacy locations that were all booked, of course. 

I feel tremendous gratitude. I never imagined I would be able to get the vaccine this early and trying for 2 days isn't really that much work. I've been reading horror stories on Nextdoor. Wait times of 3-5 hours at Dodger Stadium. I was ready for anything but from start to finish it only took me little over 1 hour. So relieved. 

The lines seemed monstrously long, but I could tell it was nothing compared with the capacity they were set up for. The stadium parking lot was so empty there was nothing but rows and rows of little traffic cones snaking back and forth for what seemed like miles. So many cones littered the pavement it was hard to figure out where they all led. It was like racing through the empty lines at an amusement park on a rainy weekday in December. I had so much fun steering my Odyssey through the expansive orange maze. I must have had the look of glee on my face. Eventually I caught up with the car in front of me and then it wasn't quite as much fun.