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Dianna Sundell
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2021-03-03
Teachers Do It All
Tired of hearing media highlighting g what teachers aren’t doing. Need more shout outs of what they ARE doing. This is just part of the drive up supply pick up package from first grader’s teacher. The 5th of the year! In addition to ALL the academic supplies needed, there are fun surprises. Always paid out of pocket and always packed with cars and personalised. GGUSD teachers go above and beyond as do many teachers across the globe. -
2021-03-11
Vaccine After Effects
So excited to get my 1st dose of the Moderna vaccine. As a 65 year old, I was eligible early; however, our county's rollout was a HOT mess! The local app didn't work, but I was finally able to secure an appointment with my medical group . . . for a month out. Yikes. Continued research as the days went by, found that RiteAid was offering them. Yay! Was able to book that appointment for only 2 days out! Yippee. Then . . . the day before that appointment, it was cancelled. We Californians are so smug - never thinking that bad weather in other parts of the county affects us. It did! No vaccines available. Rescheduled for a month out. Luckily, our school district was rolling out an in house POD for employees. I jumped on that and was able to get an appointment for the next day, which was the first day for the district. I was sitting on 3 appointments then - and didn't plan to cancel any until I got my shot! Fortunately, all went well and I did get it. (Lucky too because the district had to shut down the next day as well.) So . . . there I was happy. Dose #2 scheduled. Cancelled the other appointments I had. Did have a tiny bit of discomfort the next day, but nothing major. Imagine my surprise when hives (or so I thought) appeared about 10 days later. Did LOTS of research - thank you google - considered that it might be the rash that some experienced after Moderna, but the symptoms progressed. Long story short - not hives - shingles! Even though I did have a shingles vaccine within the past 5 years, I did indeed have shingles. Now - there is no evidence that it is in anyway related to the vaccine, (even found an article that said shingles/vaccine debunked) but I did my duty and reported in on my weekly vsafe/cdc check-in. I am currently on the other side of this and am sure that it will be gone soon. I will always wonder though if there was any relationship. I'm also a tad bit concerned about the after effects of dose #2. I do encourage everyone to participate in the vsafe.cdc.gov follow up. -
0001-01-17
Poor Royals
Awww poor rich, self-absorbed people. In the past week we surpassed 2 million global deaths from COVID. Our nation’s capitol was attacked by domestic terrorists led by an insane person who thinks he is king. Families have lost jobs, been evicted, and can’t feed their kids. Social injustice runs rampant. Yet this is breaking news on Yahoo. Stop it. Just stop it! -
2021-01-17
Stress Continues After Death
As if the mounting deaths aren’t enough I’ve read stories of mortuaries having to turn loved ones away. It’s hard enough to lose someone, made worse by not being able to be with them, and then finding that you can’t even plan their memorial. I’ve noticed the obituaries section in the paper growing. When I saw this one it just made me so sad. I have such empathy for what families must be going through. So thankful that I am not experiencing the same. -
2020-07-11
Virtual OC Fair
Finally found the perfect chocolate chip cookie! This was the year that I hoped would finally earn recognition in the Orange County Fair (California). Alas, it was not to be. How sad to get the email that the fair was being cancelled. But, like so many others, the fair decided to go virtual. While it's not the same thing, it was fun to pick a few pictures out and "enter" them online. We'll see if the online community likes the cookies and crafts. Seeing the cookies isn't the same as tasting them! Unique categories were created and included things like home office decor and bad hair! I entered Collin (age 6) in the improvising sports at home category - in May our family purchased a trampoline and set it up in the living room! This boy jumps non-stop. -
2020-07-11
Christmas in July
It's July and many of my Christmas crafts are already completed! In a good year, I'm pleased if I'm finished in November. Being at home FULL TIME since mid-March, I've needed to keep busy - after monitoring the children's distance learning of course. I have definitely been mastering the many uses of the Cricut. Always accused of being a hoarder . . . all those after-Christmas craft supplies I stocked up on have come in handy. Thank goodness for Joann's & Michael's for delivery service too! Just don't know what I will do with all that I've made!