My first – and possibly final – 2022 prediction:

There is about a zero percent chance I’ll make it ’til midnight.

You have been warned…

Update 1/1/2022 – I was quite right…

Well, it was yesterday – December 28 – that we got our first measurable snowfall (must be at least 0.1 inches).

We had a couple of snow flurries earlier in the fall/winter, but not even enough to collect on cold cars.

Yesterday, we got about an inch of wet, heavy snow.

Forecasters said the snow wouldn’t stick to roads or sidewalks (it did – it’s how I know the snow was heavy: I shoveled).

Forecasters said rain overnight would get rid if the snow. No rain; still snowy.

Today we had temps just above freezing and a little sun (very little), so pavement is clear, but the grass is half clear, half snow.

Weird to get our first snow this late – a few years ago, we had snow on Halloween!

From CDC.gov

It’s a long story, but it took me until this past Friday (11/10) to get a COVID booster shot (Pfizer, like the first two).

First jab, no side effects at all. Not even a sore injection point.

The second, however, knocked me on my ass. Night sweats, fever, aches. Cleared up after a day or so, but kind of a surprise given the absence of effects from the first.

The booster was somewhere in between: aches, fever, very brief night sweat (singular). Today, I’m pretty much back to normal.

The weather didn’t help, either – we had a couple of extreme fronts come through, and the change in pressure made my sinuses feel like my head was going to explode.

But booster – well worth it.

Get it.