I got shot three times yesterday.

Once in the left arm, and twice in the right arm.

Yep, I got my COVID-19 booster and the flu vaccine.

Simple procedure. I went to my local Walgreens drug store and simply asked if there were any available walk-up appointments. The pharmacist said she could take me, she just needed to finish some things behind the counter.

Now I said I was shot three times – because in addition to the flu and COVID vaccines, I also received an RSV vaccine, apparently because now I’m old enough to require an RSV vaccine. Yay me.

Man, I remember the old days. And by “old days,” I mean just a few years ago – when everybody was trying to find someone, somewhere who could provide the COVID-19 vaccine – which, at that time, was two shots 21 days apart (if you took Pfizer or Moderna) or one shot (I think that was the Johnson & Johnson one).

Heck, in New York I was about to travel from Albany to White Plains just to get my first shot. Because apparently White Plains was the only place that had available appointments.

Ah, the old days.

And last year, while at the Big E, I simply went into a pop-up tent and received both the COVID and the flu shots in one sitting – and even received a $5 Starbucks gift card for my trouble. Sweet.

This time around, I received three shots – no side effects other than these goony red Walgreens bandages with that script “W” on them – and I did guilt the pharmacist into giving me a candy bar after the shots, trying to use the “when I donate blood, I receive cookies and juice afterward” line. Surprisingly, it worked.

But yeah, I’ve got another dose of COVID vaccine surging through my veins. Again, as I said before, no noticeable side effects. But then again, if they did inject me with something, wouldn’t I have only 12 hours before whatever they injected me with expanded from microscopic size to full size? Or am I missing something here?