A restful day for a sore arm

 Apparently Hurricane Milton had downgraded by the time it reached land last night - still caused death and destruction though, some from loads of tornadoes.  Terrifying.  I hope Brenda and family are safe and have homes to go back to, when they're allowed - how scary and unsettling to think that your home might have gone, just gone.  But as long as you're all safe and well, that's all that matters.  We're so fortunate living here, in more ways than one.

I've been having flu jabs (and all the covid ones) for years now, due to my diabetes and being husband's carer (he has all the jabs too, obviously).  Neither of us has ever really had much of a reaction to any of them, other than a slightly sore arm and some tiredness.  Following my flu jab on Tuesday, I was absolutely fine all day yesterday.....come the evening, however, I felt really tired and the top of my arm was beginning to be quite sore.  I went to bed early (9 pm ish) but just couldn't get to sleep at all, I felt  feverish and uncomfortable and my arm was so sore I couldn't lie on that side.  Finally dropped off around 02.30, only to be woken up by Betty jumping off my bed and messing around on her bed in my room - she was having a mad 5 minutes, tossing her cushion around and snorting - she snorts when she gets excited.  I managed to drop back off to sleep when she finally settled down on her own bed, but slept very fitfully, waking up several times feeling sweaty, restless and uncomfortable, with my arm hurting like hell.  This morning the injection site feels very sore indeed, is a bit swollen and feels very hard, I was also surprised to see it's quite red for about an inch or two around the injection site.  When I checked on the internet for flu jab reactions, it seems all of the above are fairly normal things, so I'm not worried about it, I dare say it'll wear off in a day or two.  What's a sore arm though in the grand scheme of things?

We don't have to go anywhere today, I don't have to cook dinner as we're having some more of the big slow cooker hotpot I made yesterday, there's nothing much in the way of housework that needs doing (or that can't wait a couple of days), so I'm having a day of rest.  Husband is already snoring in his armchair (despite flatly denying he constantly falls asleep) and Betty is asleep on my bed, so looks like we're all having a restful day!  I'll read and do some crocheting, and maybe have a snooze this afternoon.

The weather looks reasonable for the next few days, so I'm hoping (planning) to get out in the garden and do a final tidy up for winter.  I want to write a shopping list for Monday, we'll be going to Aldi (the nearest one is Taunton way), I go every few weeks to stock up on some of their products I really like....such as their own brand frothy coffees, they taste much the same as the big brand name one but are half the price.  I also like their frozen lemon & herb dusted fish fillets and posh rice packets, and get a 6-pack of 2 litre bottled water.  My conscience is pricked a bit about the plastic bottles, but I drink a lot of water and really don't like our tap water here.....I justify it slightly by giving Betty the empty bottles to play with, she adores a plastic bottle, it's her favourite toy (she likes the crackly sound they make when she grabs them).  Husband likes the Aldi ancient grains loaf and loves browsing their middle aisles.