The Week #51

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  • A Roller coaster? The Great Crash in 1929? I keep trying to find the right way to describe this week, but I can't. Most everything that was under my control went well. Those that weren't, less so.
  • Japan is handling vaccine distribution in a very measured way. There's basically 3 groups of people getting vaccines right now: the elderly, those with pre-existing conditions, and those that work for large companies. If you are none of those, tough luck. To get a vaccine outside of working for a major company, you need a voucher. My voucher is supposed to come sometime next month, but I won't be able to get an appointment until mid-August at the earliest. Which will have me fully vaccinated my October-ish? Maybe?

    When I posted  that I found a clinic that would give a vaccine to anyone, even without a vaccine I couldn't believe it. I could get fully vaccinated before the Olympics and take back 3 months of 2021. I had an appointment for 30th.

    But then I saw reports that the health authorities found out and told them to start canceling reservations for people outside from outside of the ward. Existing reservations seemed to be fine for a couple of days. Then the health authorities dropped the hammer on them and they've been forced to turn away everything without a voucher and everyone from outside the ward.

    And just like that. Poof. My hope for getting vaccinated this summer vanished. Gutted. Who knows, maybe once I get my golden ticket in a couple of weeks  I'll find a clinic that'll let me get vaccinated earlier. 

    Silver lining is that I found out I'll get turned away at the door before taking the day off work and making an hour-ish trip train ride into Ikebukuro. I also won't ended up being unable to get a second shot or have to make a trip to Ikebukuro to get a stamp on my voucher so I can get a second shot.
  • I joined Leo for his first field trip to Kodomo no kuni ( Kid country?) Check the link, they got all sorts of slides, trains, and so forth. We watched the cows, ran up and down a big hill, and Leo bounced on a white bouncing dome. I definitely want to go back when it's cooler and when we're not with a huge group. I expanded my checkin to a proper blog post, which is something I want to do more often.
  • The issue of Web+DB Press that I wrote an article for is finally release for sale. I haven't gained any new followers or gotten mentions, so I assume people aren't running into any issues following along.
  • Another work update – I was the guest this week on BPZM, an internal company podcast(?) / show. It was fun to shoot the breeze in Japanese. One thing I'd like to get better at is off-the-cuff explanations of things in Japanese without having to stop and think. The largest issue ( I think) is I think of how to explain in, then have to reverse the order of some of the explanation for it work in Japanese and I derail my train of thought.
  • I'm trying to focus less on each day and more on the week. I'm not sure if it's helping, but I did manage to run twice this week. Compared to the previous weeks (months) of 0 runs, it's a vast improvement. Yay me.
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