A lot packed into the last few months. Had a really amazing vacation, some major highlights on the beach, met my youngest nephew. I thought I was doing a decent job of pacing myself but injured myself closer to the end, I think fatigue played a factor. Sorta typical, lots of activity and it happened in a parking lot

. I actually caught some air. Nothing too serious, but temporarily made my vision even worse.
Returned home to discover I am in a major battle with the healthcare system, hopefully will come out ahead before changes are made but it's a huge concern and just fighting for things like records to help hasn't been going well.
Spring decision to get a booster was the right thing - had a great time at a cousin's wedding, and is nice to see that part of the family have one as out of 8 people of our generation it was just Chemguy and I who had gotten married. Tried to take reasonable cautions, wore a mask in the church (older ventilation), Chemguy really didn't want to for the reception and it was a new building plus windows open so I didn't bother masking either. We both ended up with COVID. Best timing as much as there is good timing for it, at home, other than missing phototherapy I didn't miss any medical appointments, and booster was timed based on the event being a risk. I also caught the positive test before symptoms really kicked in. There was a bit, but considering the smoke I actually was doing better than expected. By the time I got my hands on paxlovid though - about 5 hours after the first phonecall - symptoms were getting progressively worse. Noticed a big change about 12 hours after taking that, I had paxlovid mouth pretty bad but that was moreso just annoying and wasn't 24 hours a day, probably something like 18. If I were to choose again between reduced COVID symptoms and paxlovid mouth I would choose paxlovid mouth. Fatigue is still higher than usual but I'm fairly confident it's not long COVID, just me taking longer than a healthy person to fully recover.
This past weekend I had a lake day with my nephews and played in the water with them quite a bit. That took all my energy I had for the weekend, but just being able to do what I did while there is a good sign.