Kittens and dogs are a wonderful combination *whispers the devilish OWYAC on your shoulder*

She’s adorable! You may find that your son becomes desensitised to this one cat; it happened to a colleague of mine who rescued a stray cat. She was okay so long as she didn’t let the cat sleep on her bed, particularly near her head, and she would have to be careful about washing her hands after touching the cat, and…

Do it!! I know someone who forgot to get the second one, and now he has to start the process all over again.

I forgot to include both of your points in my comment; that you should get vaccinated even if you’ve already had it because you can get it again, and OOF! eight times!!! I’m lucky that I’ve never had it.

I’ll have a look at the article; thanks!

Captain Awkward will do a deep dive into advice; she doesn’t skim like, say, Dear Abby, who basically does a one paragraph answer. Captain Awkward gives essay length advice.

The first year, especially the first few months are profoundly disorienting, with the ups and downs, and as you say, you come through it to a new normal, but you are changed, and the world looks a bit different.

Yeah; you can get it at any age, but I gather the risk of getting it is higher the older you get, and it can be more severe, which is why it’s recommended as a matter of course for people over 50.

I second Ishbushka’s suggestion about Captain Awkward; hell, you could write in yourself! If she doesn’t have any advice in her archives then maybe she needs to see your letter.

Did you find that you didn’t feel ill afterwards as well? As in; did you get a headache and aches and feel tired? I did find that the first dosage made me feel worse than the second one, but a friend said that it was the reverse for her.

The bookbinding is rewarding, but labour intensive. Some of the other things I’ve picked up, like fabric dyeing have applications in other areas. I took a workshop in Japanese shibori dyeing (not through the guild, but with a local textile artist), and the one other participant in the workshop was a fashion designer…

I’m so sorry your Dad died. I remember feeling guilty when I started feeling better after my mother died (40 years ago).

Rolling hills is the primary landscape in England, it seems. Northern Wales has some steep mountainous areas, but England? Rolling hills.

If i didn’t know better, itseems to be designed to discourage people from commenting.

Just a small sting; the side effects don’t seem to kick for a few hours. In my case I had the first shot in the morning (around 10:00 I think) and it wasn’t until about 4:00 the following morning that my immune system woke up and sad “WHAT THE FUCK IS THIS SHIT???!!”

Anything is possible, but I do know that some commenters have trouble using some phones which don’t seem to be compatible with kinja (which has gotten worse in the last couple of weeks in any case).

I’m glad you’ve resurfaced!

I heard about someone else who got in their anus. Made pooping difficult. You can go blind, if you get in your eyes. Anywhere there are nerves, which is everywhere, you can get it.

A friend of a friend got shingles in her late 30's/early 40's in a milk duct!!!!