No reaction 24 hours on - not even a sore arm.

Your dedication is really impressive, given how much you have on your plate! I had my second Covid jab yesterday evening, so I decided not to push it today. Instead of running, I just walked one of the dogs for an hour, and I'm about to do some yoga. No side effects from the jab yet.

I had my second Oxford-AstraZeneca today. No reaction so far. Very good verbal and written information about when you should get help if you have particular reactions.

And to you! I do know where my towel is. When my brother cleared my mum's house, a beach towel came up wrapped around some china. It's the towel we used in the 1960s on holiday in Devon. I get warm and fuzzy when I towel off the dogs with it.

Thanks. Glad to hear about the arm strength. Well done for persevering, with all the other busyness in your life. 3 mile run yesterday. Physio this morning. Daughter comes to stay today so probably just a dog walk today, then second jab tonight.

I'm sorry, it was all so long ago. If you ask a question, I'm sure you will get some responses.

I'm glad you are enjoying them. It's been so chilly here this spring that I'm still in multiple winter layers, but maybe I'll get into my dungarees soon. Hmmm... lined dungarees, there's a cosy idea for next winter ... So much great advice from the Hive, particularly on gifted and LD issues, and Third Culture Kid stuff. And... you have all just broadened my outlook, allowing me to eavesdrop on conversations and cultures that I would not otherwise have experienced.

Best of luck!

A piece of non-study, anecdotal information - the university where I work, which has 10,000 students in a normal year, had zero cases of transmission in class. Students and lecturers were masked and the rooms were at low capacity. All the transmission was due to unmasked socialising in residences. We know this because attendance was taken at each class.

That sounds like a lot! I only walked the dogs today. I slept badly and it rained all day, so I took an extra day between runs. I'm due to have my second vaccination on Wednesday, so I might end up having a few quiet days after that. Gratuitous dog photo -

Residents of care homes were vaccinated fast in December/January with both jabs, before the decision was made to spread the doses. This happened to my mum. I think that some NHS and care staff were inoculated at the same time.

Red lentils are your friend, because they dissolve easily, so that they are not visibly lentils. Searching for red lentil pasta sauce, red lentil lasagne (assuming you can get GF pasta), etc. will pull up lots of options. This one was a hit with us; I used red lentils https://rainbowplantlife.com/healthy-vegan-lentil-shepherds-pie/

I’m a Vaccinated Transplant Recipient. I Don’t Have Antibodies. Now What? https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/24/opinion/organ-transplant-covid-vaccine.html

What kind of food do you like to eat? Italian? Middle Eastern? Asian?

Sounds wonderful!

I'm sorry it's been such a tough year. One of my kids has had a massive change in their life, following on from around five years of debilitating illness. The second has a recent diagnosis and is repeating a year of university. They are both communicating and not in danger. That's a success.

@PeterPan yes. My mother would rather not have lived so long. And despite having very good health for her age, and still having family, she doesn't have much fun. Forgetfulness seems to be reducing her bitterness, but one can't rely on that being the case. Suicide discussed in the following I know of a case where many people knew that a very old person intended to take her own life. They believed that she was rational and that she just didn't want to go on with a reduced quality of life. The police were called after her death but no action was taken. I'm pretty sure that at least one person gave her advice about method. In that particular circumstance, I don't think that was wrong, but it's a slippery subject to legislate.

Tim Spector addressed this in a question session this week. In a large international study of 52,000 people, 500 fully-vaccinated people were hospitalised and 100 died. Eta 90 percent of the deaths were people with weakened immune systems due to frailty or other issues. It's at minute 4.45 here https://youtu.be/eZlNqMR0u9M

@Soror have a great trip! Doing a lot of house cleaning today. It's got away from me while I've been dealing with dogs and running and such. I'll walk the dogs later.

I dont have anything I'm meant to do in any global sense, but I do have reasons to be alive. My family and friends would miss me if I weren't here. I make goals and enjoy fulfilling them. I appreciate small things every day - birds in the garden, the sun filtering through woodland. I do my job well and am appreciated. I'm content.

Head in hands BBC News - Covid vaccination certificates hit by security glitch https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-57208607 The website version is not editable though, so if you are seen logging in, then it's a true record. It's linked to a unique username given on your appointment letter

I had a good run on the beach in still, sunny weather. Almost three minutes faster than my previous best over the three miles. Still slow though - 39 minutes. Light gardening this morning.

Very wet today, so just a dog walk at lunchtime. I hope to run and work in the garden tomorrow.

But you missed out the important information - how's the washing machine? But... actually, sorry to hear about wounded son and sleepless mummy.

Just after I dug mine up, I discovered the shoots were edible. I could have been eating them before the slugs moved in.