Embrace the process and be patient

We all know that immunity to the virus is the gateway to end this two-year running pandemic. Thus, taking vaccines is a big step forward. As a student who's been struggling with the inequities of our current situation, I did my part and took my doses. I had my first dose last October 20 and after a month, our city health unit scheduled my second dose for today.

Fresh from the struggles of a third year student, I had a hard time waking up early. At 7:30, we arrived at the area located in the middle of our city. We lined up, we're a little bit late though, but I'm hoping we'll be finished within an hour or two. 10 minutes before 8AM, they started distributed forms to be filled out. After writing mine and my mom's, we're just waiting for the line to move. At 9am, the line didn't move yet because they had to prioritize the senior citizens, pregnant women, and PWDs. So, while waiting, I took some photos in the place.

Thanks to the tall trees for their shade and fresh surroundings! All schools should have tree parks like this because it is beneficial to the students. Learning in this place will help the students focus and stay healthy.

On the sides, there are recycled plastic containers used as plant pots! This proves that Biguenos are really resourceful and most people love plants here. We can never have enough plants.

It was 10:30AM when we went out of the building fully vaccinated. Kudos to the local city government of Vigan for providing their citizens with Covid19 vaccines and for procuring a systematized vaccination area for us. We also had a brief orientation about our health conditions and the common side effects of the vaccine that we might experience. This is good in order to avoid panics and unanswered questions that people are afraid to ask. They also provided us with snacks as shown in the picture below:

Hopefully, with these little steps, we can now go back to the normal way of living our lives – living without the fear that we might contracted with the deadly virus that has killed many and pulled down the economy of many countries in the world.

When we got home, we immediately took paracetamol tablets to avoid having headaches, body pain, and fever. As compared to my first dose, I am doing much better this time. I literally got sick before with a high fever, dizziness, and pain all over my body especially in my arm.

If you are reading this, I hope you are vaccinated as well, and if not, maybe it’s time to have yours too unless you have certain health conditions in which you’ll have to talk first to the health professionals.

Finally, I am now fully vaccinated.

That’s the highlight of my day and I really wish I won’t get sick so I could do the laundry tomorrow. I guess I’ll meet you again in my next group of thoughts. Let me know what you think about my day!

Let’s embrace the process and be patient, we’ll get there soon!