Three days ago, I had my second shot of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine. It’s still a little hard to believe that companies rolled out a vaccine in such a short time period. It’s also just…amazing to take the step and see some hope for the future. It takes me a step closer to the end of the pandemic.

Since I updated on my side effects from the first shot, I’ll also say a bit about the second. Like many people, the second shot was rougher for me than the first. I didn’t get the same waves of dizziness and nausea as I did with the first. But I was much more sore and tired. And I had a pretty bad headache. Luckily, these symptoms only lasted for about a day.

That takes us to the next steps. I’m looking forward to a lot of things: visiting my parents, seeing friends in-person, watching baseball. Many of these things are long overdue.