I'm currently working on Book 3 of The Dimity Horse Mysteries. It is an overwhelming relief to find that readers love Book 2, so hopefully I can give them another great read in Book 3.
I had my first Astrazeneca vaccination last week. There were no side effects apart from feeling a little flat the next day - but that could have been something else. I do have a psychosomaic reaction to needles, though - not all the time, maybe one in three. Unfortunately, for all the people sitting waiting for their AZ needle, I had one after that needle. There were alarmed eyes and worried faces as I waited the 15 minutes after the vaccination and started sweating and going pale. I could feel the blood pressure dropping and needed to lie down for a bit to fix it. It's no biggie - it happens if I think about the needle rather than think about something else, and sometimes if I'm assisting someone with a bloody injury on a horse (but not if I'm working on the injury myself). A few minutes on the couch in one of the doctor's rooms and the BP was back up to 100/55 and climbing. When I came out, I noticed some of the people in the waiting room looked ready to flee. Really, if a bad reaction is like 1 in 100,000, then if I did have a reaction, it should have made them realise they were in the safe zone again.
Happy Birthday to the horses today. All the foals will start appearing now - well, in Australia, anyway. September 1 is the start of our breeding season for most breeds, so August 1 often sees the foals hitting the ground.
August in the Lockyer Valley usually means 'Ekka winds'. Most of the year, we hardly ever have wind except when there's a storm, but August brings westerlies around the time of our state show, the Ekka. Today, the Ekka was cancelled because of the current Covid outbreak and lockdown - I hope they can cancel the Ekka winds, too.
Stay happy - it's a choice. Keep dreaming - it makes life better. Smile whenever possible - it's healthy for you and others..
