COVID is exhausting our conversations. Discussing the vaccine on the air can be divisive. If you get to choose to get vaccinated, you, as the personality, have a right to share this experience, and a responsibility to think carefully about how to share.

My second shot of Moderna took me down for the count, I lost two days to that vaccine (worth it). Exactly 12 hours after my dose the chills started in my feet, worked their way to my head, and I could not find enough warmth for the following day. I became Beth The Puddle the next day, day as body-aches overtook me. But, by day three I was eating again moving on. Four members of my family received their second dose on the same day, two received Pfizer and 2 received Moderna. I had the worst reaction overall. My oldest daughter was tired and achy but able, my youngest had the flu set in just like me, but Midol oddly took it away in a few hours, and her roommate had no symptoms except a sore arm. So, it’s an individual journey no doubt.

My daughter, Haylee, is the princess of flat tires. She has AAA on speed dial, they have a special ring tone for her. I stopped asking why this keeps happening and went on Amazon to see if I could maybe set her up with some help. The thought of her needing a tire fixed ...

Eavesdropping while getting a pedicure used to be a fun way to hear what women are chatting about. I've not gotten a pedicure since lockdown happened, and I feel for the estheticians whose careers and finances dramatically changed due to COVID. I've gotten socially ...

There’s an old Bob Newhart (remember him?) sketch that has him playing a therapist that sits across a desk from a new patient. He tells her he will only need five minutes to fix her problems! As she unravels her mind, he listens carefully, asks a few questions to ...

Home remodels have been on the rise since COVID set into place; families spent last summer's vacation money on their homes. Instead of going to Disney, it's been field trips to Home Depot. My dental Hygienist, Brittney, managed to do both. Her father-in-law works in ...

Redoing a bathroom is frustrating in the process, but fun in the design, plus it increases the value of a home. You start with a dream, look at photos, gather ideas and opinions, then spend too much time on Pinterest. Designers are hired and fired; couples agree and ...

Herd immunity. It doesn't sound very attractive, does it? I wait and watch for my COVID vaccine number to come up, hoping it's sooner than later. Why every state has a different vaccine approach is beyond my logic, but regardless, it's tough to deal with. A friend in ...

When it's 28 degrees in your neighborhood and you realize that's considered warm compared to the rest of the United States you start to plan a summer trip, regardless of COVID. My sister, anxious to leave behind her frozen pipes in Minnesota, already has a flight to El ...

In my world, every day I don't have COVID feels like dodging a coronavirus bullet. It’s mentally tough, especially if you come across someone not wearing a face mask. I had to remove my mask for just a second for the TSA guard at Newark Airport and felt very weird ...

"At the car wash... whoah, whoah whoah!" The lyrics in this song are true: “working my fingers to the bone” shows the truth inside a full-service car wash. Car washers work super hard! Regardless of the climate, from the bitter cold to the hottest heat, you can see ...