The Philadelphia Uniform
Dec. 7th, 2021 08:52 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
rynlingI got my Covid booster shot over the weekend, and it fucked me up.
I didn't have any problem with the first or second vaccine shots. I'm about 99.9% positive that I got Covid last spring, and it did not affect me in the slightest. But man. This booster shot. I am not doing okay. Among other symptoms, my left arm is swollen to twice its normal size. It's a mess.
I can't get my arm through the sleeves of my work shirts, so it looks like I'm going to have to have to teach the last week of class in a tank top and tracksuit jacket. While I'm at it, I might as well put on the matching pants and go full tracksuit.
Here's the real question: Do I wear fancy designer boots, or bright red Crocs?
ETA: My arm got better! And the booster shot was definitely worth the trouble. There's been a rapid rise in Covid cases at my university during the past week, and in-person gatherings have been indefinitely canceled. All the kids have their booster shots, and they seem to be doing fine despite testing positive. Good luck to us all during the ongoing pandemic, I guess.
I didn't have any problem with the first or second vaccine shots. I'm about 99.9% positive that I got Covid last spring, and it did not affect me in the slightest. But man. This booster shot. I am not doing okay. Among other symptoms, my left arm is swollen to twice its normal size. It's a mess.
I can't get my arm through the sleeves of my work shirts, so it looks like I'm going to have to have to teach the last week of class in a tank top and tracksuit jacket. While I'm at it, I might as well put on the matching pants and go full tracksuit.
Here's the real question: Do I wear fancy designer boots, or bright red Crocs?
ETA: My arm got better! And the booster shot was definitely worth the trouble. There's been a rapid rise in Covid cases at my university during the past week, and in-person gatherings have been indefinitely canceled. All the kids have their booster shots, and they seem to be doing fine despite testing positive. Good luck to us all during the ongoing pandemic, I guess.
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Date: 2021-12-08 02:11 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2021-12-08 02:28 pm (UTC)UPenn has a strong culture of professors wearing suits, so I sent an email to my students in advance of yesterday's classes telling them that I respect them but that I would have to dress down for health reasons. I warned them that I might wear Crocs, and I asked them to forgive me.
A lot of my students showed up to class wearing Crocs in solidarity.
I was touched, of course, but also. Extremely surprised that so many people actually own Crocs.
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Date: 2021-12-11 06:46 pm (UTC)Also bless your students for also wearing Crocs in solidarity. What good kids. You know, if I got an email like the one you sent out? I'd go out and buy some damn Crocs to wear just to your class. But also yeah, I'm both terrified and delighted that many kids... have Crocs. Amazing.
I hope your arm is feeling better, too! 😥 those boosters... yeesh. I hope we don't need a second booster, because I might actually strangle someone.