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So I used to work in state politics and met A LOT of people during the 8 years I did. So I’m friends with someone pretty high up at our state department of health and he gave me sort of a rundown on why my state (and many onthers) is having issues with vaccine distribution and the need for mass clinics. Another friend of mine is actually in charge of organizing the large mass vaccine locations in the state and he is NOT being paid enough for that gargantuan effort (roughly 25-30 sites around the state each week).
Apparently each state gets a set amount of shots/doses per week. My state gets approx 75k shots each week. For the 3 million eligible people in my state it would take 40 weeks to distribute all the doses. The state health department finds out on Tuesday nights how many doses they can order on Thursday and is sort of the middle man who determines which places get what allotment (meaning the department of health never actually possesses the shots.) First responders and health care workers got the first rounds and now we are on to the tier one folks. Hospitals are getting about half the allotment of shots. According to my friend, some providers are just sitting on the shots, keeping them in freezers and not giving them out because they think they won’t have enough for the second dose so the health department had to start threatening to advertise who had the shots – and miraculously they started giving out the doses.
So in some cases, it doesn’t even seem to be the state running the show, it’s providers hoarding the doses until they feel comfortable giving them out, which is not how it was supposed to work AT ALL. Also according to my friend ” the Trump administration created so much confusion on vax supply that everyone got spooked. Things are going smoother now.”
Just an FYI for anyone curious why the distribution seems so slow or why the states are having so many issues.
@DearWendy they’re at the national guard one in my old home town. Got there at 830 this morning and JUST GOT THEIR SHOT(1) Right at 2:00. Mom said the wait was forever but the line moved pretty well and every one was nice. They provided snacks and bathrooms for people waiting in line. I’m just so relieved they finally got it.
My parents have been in line for 4 hours now at a mass vaccine site. Mom says they’re moving pretty quickly but not making up much ground. When they run out of doses it’s tough luck so hopefully my parents got there in time. They brought snacks and cards to play in the car so I guess they’re getting a day date out of it.
I was offered the vaccine last week since I work for an “essential” business and I’m in Tier 1b (pregnant) but my doctor told me to decline and get it once I have the baby. I wish I could have somehow just transferred it to my dad.
I’m sorry about your friend Copa. I agree BG should do what he needs to do in order to safely see him during whatever time he has left.
I’ll think good thoughts.
@Copa – My money is on she keeps putting it off so she can have the fantasy wedding the way she wants it – despite the parents strongly urging her to take the money and move on.
As for finances – when MofV moved in 2 years ago before we were engaged, we actually opened a joint account separate from our individual checking accounts. Each month when I did the bills I would let him know his half and he could put that into the joint account and I would pay all the bills. We have a google doc with all our expenses and bills so he can look at it any time and see where the money has gone, etc. Both of our parents have filed bankruptcy and had serious marriage problems over money, so we went into this wanting full transparency with bills, goals, etc.
Even after marriage we haven’t combined everything. We stick to the google doc and joint account for bills. We each have a savings account – it works for us. Some couples might not like this set up but we literally never fight about money and our bills are always covered and there’s money in savings, so it works for us.
If anyone wants a covid Disney wedding update: Disney is now offering couples who had weddings planned for 2020/2021 full refunds – no strings attached. Apparently they will not be doing “restriction free” weddings until mid 2022 at the earliest – so all weddings currently happening have no buffet, plastic cutlery, mask requirements, social distancing requirements, etc.
So this means the SIL has a choice to recoup all her money and just get married locally OR wait until mid 2022 and hope they can have a restriction free wedding then. Would anyone care to make bets on what her choice will be?
Also MofV and I assembled Ikea furniture for Baby of Veritek this weekend and our marriage is still in tact. I call that a victory.
As a fellow redhead my eyebrows are nearly blonde but also with a red tint in them and I’ve also found it hard to find powder that’s not meant for blondes or brunettes’ so it’s either too dark or too light for my brows.
As I’ve mentioned before I barely wear makeup at all. I do use some IT under eye brightening cream and also the Bare Minerals Stroke of Light under eye brightener. But usually I just do that and some mascara, maybe some bare minerals blush and call it a day. I should probably do more but the older I get the less I want to wear makeup so I’ve been putting in the bare minimum. The last time I had a full face of makeup was my wedding day in March.
@LadyE we got pregnant on purpose during the pandemic – but we knew going into it that it would be a different experience. Being 36 we just didn’t feel right putting it off. I’ve had to wear a mask and get a temp check at each appointment – not a big deal. And luckily our hospital allows my husband to come to appointments with me, so he came to both ultrasounds and the first appointment. I will be delivering at a women’s and children’s hospital so there are no covid patients there but they still take all the precautions.
The only thing I’m a little sad about is we won’t get a traditional baby shower but we’ve already bought the main things we need so it’s not a huge deal – again, we knew going into this that things would be different (we learned quite a bit from our wedding experience).
And personally I’m happy about the visitor policy because I don’t want anyone to come see us in the hospital. I’ll be very happy with just myself, MofV and Baby of Veritek for a day or two.
So yeah, I’m not a huge fan of the women complaining about the differences in these experiences if they got pregnant on purpose like we did.
My mistake @LisforLeslie. I forgot about my sister in law. She will be one of those people.
I will stop being rational. Sigh.
@hfantods I’m sorry this isn’t working out the way you wanted it to.
Having been in the unique position of my planned wedding being cancelled literally three days beforehand when the state shut down, looking back, I’m glad we didn’t have a lot of time to dwell on it or think, we just had to act. We had three days to flip the switch and go from a 50 person winery brunch wedding to less than ten people at a girl scout cabin with carry out lasagna and my dog as the flower girl. We didn’t get our bridal party or our grandparents or out closest friends to be there.
I still have mixed feelings about our wedding day and the fact it did NOT go the way we planned and saved and dreamed of. But honestly, at the end of the day, I married my husband and got to wear my pretty dress and my parents got to be there and his parents got to be there. That’s what was most important. Someday we may renew our vows and throw the party we intended to throw when all this is finally over.
However, one of the nice things about this pandemic has been that I see the small wedding making a comeback. I think lots of couples will now opt for smaller weddings rather than over the top, debt fests. And in my opinion that’s a great thing. That’s how weddings used to be.
I hope you get a fantastic wedding day, and just know, looking back almost 10 months later, though it did not go the way we planned, it was still an amazing day and I will carry fond memories of it forever.
@hfantods My husband does his own laundry and I do mine. On a rare occasion I’ll ask him if he wants to throw any of his clothes in with a dark or light load of mine, but otherwise me mostly do our own. When the baby comes that might change just because our laundry chores will increase exponentially I’m sure.
We try to split as much as possible. He cooks dinner, I clean up and vise versa. (Lately he’s been doing a lot more heavy lifting as I’m still having a lot of fatigue from lingering covid symptoms plus being pregnant and he’s a saint.) But for example, Sunday I swept and mopped the house and I asked him to do was scrub the sinks and toilets before we went to bed and he did. I feel like we have a pretty good system down of sharing responsibility.
Solid point BGM, solid point. I miss going on movie dates but there’s no way I’m setting foot in a theater unless it’s to buy popcorn and run.
