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Past Blasted

On this weeks episode of I Am In Missouri: I get my third COVID shot, I start a new coffeeshop job, and I go to the thrift store. And what do these all have in common? They’re all things I did in the time of our Lord COVID-19.

As COVID returns to power, not only in my sad excuse of a state but also everywhere, I found myself getting into my old habits again.

You may remember previous episodes covering my COVID vaccine journey. (Here and here.) And, now with the delta strain, CDC recommends people get a booster EXCEPT I read somewhere that they said don’t get a booster if you don’t have to because then you’re taking resources away from people who are vaxxed and I get that that’s a concern but, at least where I am, I seriously don’t that me getting an additional dose is gonna be the thing that keeps my shithead mask-less neighbors from getting it themselves. Maybe it’s the cynic in mean but if people aren’t vaxxed by now I’m thinking it’s a choice.

So, I said fuck it and got my third (technically fourth) Moderna booster.

I realize the filter I chose for this makes it seem like the third dose turned me into a gremlin creature but I assure you it did not. In fact, I’m feeling extra invincible now.

And just in the nick of time as I started a new job this weekend working at a coffeeshop. Sound familiar?

As excited as I am to re-enter barista life and getting that sweet sweet tip cheddar, I am not looking forward to sweaty behind a mask all day and clogging up my pores. I have enough acne, thanks for offering though!

And what better way to celebrate this new source of income than by saving none of it and spending all of it immediately at a thrift store! Old habits die hard or maybe never die?

These overalls are sized as a Child’s Medium so I feel very skinny legend right now.

Should I have taken it as a sign not to buy more clothes when I ran out of hangers in my closet? Probably. But, thankfully it’s an easy fix when I can get a bundle of 20 hangers from Facebook Marketplace.

Me, fulling embracing my banana status.

So, while I thought I had really changed and left my old life behind me by quitting my job, moving out of the state, and meal prepping (yes, it’s true! On a completely unrelated note, I think I ate some rancid chicken today?) I guess I can’t run from who I am; an immune barista hoarder.

Lesson: Your past will chase you until you die! — A motivational speaker at a high school pep rally.

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