Adventure Day! 🌱🍽 Photo Blog

Hello!! I went on an adventure today ☀️☀️ and want to re-live the full nostalgic experience of an adventure by blogging about it aaa

I'd like to write more about it later but basically for the past month I've been doing what I can to pull myself out of the lowest point of burnout I'd ever been through, and this week I finally, finally cleared my urgent work projects and felt comfortable taking time off from my job! It's my first time taking a proper break since September 2019 when I took a trip to Vancouver.....because even over the holidays I was always busy with big projects......and we're about to start another huge project in May.....so yeah...... I really fucking needed this.

My heart is so full. I wanted to go on an adventure for once—and not be holed up in my room anymore, spend time with a friend(s), be free from the shackles of computer monitors & eye strain headaches, emulate the excitement of travel without safety risks, and have so much fun that there was no room for me to worry about work or feel guilty about productivity—so badly... and we pretty much fulfilled all of that in one day and more. 💗 (tho i'll confess i did read and replied to one email which my boss chided me for lolololol ah i have a long way to go)

The day was spent with my friend Myst who—like myself—has had basically no risk of COVID exposure in over a week and we both live with our parents who are already vaccinated (+ we have a bit of immunity from our first doses), so we felt comfortable carpooling together and not socially distancing between us which was greatly refreshing. ;v;

For our adventure day we considered, let's see.... hiking (both of us: "nah"), a beachside city, or San Francisco... Both of the latter are about an hour's drive away and places we don't frequent but ultimately SF came out on top for the sole reason that it would have better food HAHAHAHAHA. And we happily continued with our philosophy of following our stomachs for the entire day! Literally my purpose in life to be honest!!!!!

And as we were driving home, we realized just how shocking it was the amount of experiences we had for a day with little plans... We had a lot of fun. :> I'd like to make myself remember that I was able to have a day full of so much enjoyment, tasty food, and good fortune and encounters—even as we're in a pandemic and after such a long period of. I don't even know how to describe it. Stress? Drought? Isolation? Bad vibes? Feeling unfulfilled? All of the above.

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Aaa I can now update this with really spectacular news—I was able to receive the first dose of a vaccine today!!

Here's me with the ice cream I treated myself to afterwards ehehe it's "spiced butterbeer" (a vague descriptor for cinnamon butterscotch) on a mochi egg puff waffle 🍦 T'was tasty but lord I forget how large the portions are; it's practically the size of my head lolol.

I really feel extremely privileged to be able to start my vaccination process so early. The rollout in many parts of the US has been strikingly impressive but the inequity that most other countries are facing in being unable to obtain vaccines is terrible—it's shocking to compare TT What I have right here is straight up privilege...

Originally we were hearing that vaccines would be available for everyone 16+ in California starting in May, which already came as jolting news to me... Then it was announced April 15th which is insane! My expectation was that I'd be unable to book anything until after the first mad rush was over, but suddenly (and quietly) my county opened their eligibility starting the 13th and a coworker luckily sent us links to a ton of open appointments so that's how I was able to get in much, much earlier than I expected..!!

And if that's not lucky enough, there's apparently an auditorium I've never heard of before that's only a couple miles down the road from where I live, that became a vaccination site?! I arrived expecting to wait in line for an hour like my coworker did a few days ago but there was no line..... It took a few minutes to fill out paperwork and then I waited another few minutes before a station was ready for me, then the deed was done and I was sent to a large room full of socially distanced chairs to be "observed" for 15 minutes lest I have an allergic reaction. Then I yeeted to get ice cream. So easy!!!!

Something I didn't expect to so greatly appreciate there was the energy—it was BANGIN'. The place was well-staffed and those near the entrance/exit would clap and cheer as if we were all heroes on an epic journey XD Everyone's spirit was high and since my appointment was near the end of their opening hours I often heard staff members asking each other how they were doing, offering support, and being like, "We got 3000 signed up for tomorrow, let's do this!!" Environment 10/10. Overall a great experience!

Admittedly my health hasn't been great recently (I've been trying to force myself to walk and exercise more to get back to better condition!) so I've honestly been nervous about how much the side effects will very likely wreak havoc on my rather already weak body. So far I'd say my arm is killing me but my left arm/shoulder have been killing me for months already so I'm expertly ignoring it. 😎 Also felt the sensation of menstrual cramps which is apparently a symptom that's little talked of.

Tomorrow is where the symptoms really unleash themselves so I have every expectation of idling away in bed with an irritating fever; hopefully it'll be somewhat painless but we'll see!!! 🤞 Take care!!

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— Eva ❖ CODEX // Gemini (@waterpixieva) April 2, 2021