grateful for ...

...being old enough to get a new Covid vaccine without having to persuade a doctor that I have some condition that makes me eligible for it ...

... living in California, which is happy to jab one's arm without question.  Indeed, CVS gives you a $10 voucher for having had a vaccine (or two, in my case - a flu shot went in the other arm) so long as you spend $20 in the store, which given one's regular need for shampoo, etc, is hardly a hardship.  If I were in New Mexico, it seems that at the moment one can't get a Covid shot at all - no matter what one's age - without a prescription.

Of course, in a few hours time I will doubtless be shaking and shivering and feeling terrible until 4.45 tomorrow afternoon, given how appallingly severely I respond to Covid shots, but it's worth it.