#so excited to be vaccinated

[youngpettyqueen]

Julian and Keiko headcanons because Keiko gets sidelined so much and deserves the world and I wish we got to see them interact more

when they get stumped on their respective projects, they'll do late night work sessions together and bounce their research off each other to see if the other can help them figure out where the problem is. they'll do this in person when theyre both on the station, but also over call if one of them is away, and after the O'Briens move back to Earth

they edit each other's papers (Keiko marvels at Julian's ability to spell out complex chemical compounds with his eyes closed, and somehow use 'their' instead of 'there') (in his defense he wrote that bit at 4 in the morning after going 2 straight days without sleep) (she threatens to sedate him)

Julian sometimes brings back plants from planets they explore in the Gamma Quadrant and gives them to Keiko. sometimes he does it because the plant has medicinal properties and the two of them can do a joint research project, but most of the time he does it just to give her a nice gift

when Miles goes away for particularly dangerous missions, Julian will keep Keiko company and help keep her mind off of it. sometimes she has trouble sleeping because shes so worried, so he'll hang around and start rambling on about whatever he's currently working on until she falls asleep. he jokes he's boring her to sleep, but it actually means a lot to her

they have a weekly tea date. this is their prime gossip time. sometimes Jadzia is invited

when Keiko's mad at Miles she'll rant to Julian about it. Julian learned very quickly that this is not a time where advice is wanted, so he sits back and lets her get it all off her chest, because she really just wants someone to listen and let her blow off some steam

Julian makes a concentrated effort to learn more about plant husbandry and care after the incident where he accidentally killed some of Keiko's prized plants because he actually does feel very bad about it

Julian hovered over Keiko nearly as bad as Miles did when she was pregnant with Kirayoshi (and then he hovered over her even more after the pregnancy transfer, and he wouldnt tell anybody why, but Keiko knew it was because nearly losing her shook him up pretty bad)

when Julian gets outed for being augmented, Keiko goes to him and gives him the tightest, warmest hug he's ever gotten in his entire life

Julian gets invited to girls nights with Keiko and Molly (steady surgeon's hands make him the best one to paint nails) (he pretends to complain but he loves it)

anytime Julian has to go away for a scientific conference of any kind, if he gets to bring someone with him, his first choice is always Keiko

in short: theyre besties they told me so themselves <3

#star trek: ds9 #julian bashir #keiko o'brien #seriously theyre both scientists you can do so much with JUST that #you cant tell me they havent helped each other reach breakthroughs in their research #Keiko brings Julian a couple plants that can be used to help make a vaccine because she read his research and recognized what he needed #Julian gets so excited he picks Keiko up and spins her around and calls her a genius and kisses her on the cheek #another time Julian is reading through Keiko's research on an endangered tree shes trying to keep alive and struggling #and he realizes he can synthesize something in his lab that will help #and Keiko hugs him so hard she nearly takes him to the floor #I know in my heart theyre besties #well. im an O'Brien polycule truther but I wanted to focus on Keiko #because Keiko doesnt get enough love

[makkiroll]

I got my admission letter from Beijing University !!! now I can finally apply for visa 🙇‍♀️🙇‍♀️🙇‍♀️

#huge relief there was no mistakes in my application ee #it made me so excited !!! #plane tickets and apartment deposit is already paid too eee #and fully vaccinated whehwh

[abirddogmoment]

I forgot to do a Week 4 Recap post this week but she's crushing it.

#dogblr #rory borealis #she's honestly turning into such a cool little dog #we focused more on cooperative care and conditioning this week #since it was xmas so i wasnt motivated to go out #anyway we started pivots balancing exercises and proper positioning for square sits #also worked on combing clipping and nail grinding #this week's victory was really good name recognition and learning to ask for things (food training outside snuggles) #next week's goal is more neutrally around pinecone and starting on polite greetings (all four feet on the floor) #she has her last set of vaccines and starts one of her puppy classes and has a puppy grooming session #im excited to see what she learns from them

[feluka]

the street stray cat i fed a couple of times somehow figured out which floor and apartment i live in and now cries outside my door until i feed her 😭

#shes so sweet and has a lovely meow #shams and noor are usually terrified when strays come to our door but they actually seem excited when she comes by! #would let them interact but i'm scared she is carrying something because she isn't vaccinated #sorry babies i can't risk your health :( keep chatting at each other through the door though

[rowanthestrange]

Cody aced his first doggo meeting with the behaviourist’s dog! And his second doggo meeting with a random huge lovely Staffie called Odin who was built like a sack of cement. And his third and forth doggo meeting with a wee Staffie and slightly harrumphy French Bulldog. First trip to the park was officially a success!

And now he’s slept for about four hours so far, in his crate with the fan on, with his sore leggies stretched out in the air like so

#rescue pup #*pops ‘he’s not aggressive’ streamers* #was a little shouty in his excitement at first #but then chilled out massively #and has the go-ahead for puppy class! #(yeah the meeting was supposed to happen last week) #(but her dog got overwhelmed the day before) #(so she decided it best to give her girl the day off) #(and this meant he’d be vaccinated enough to do it in the park)

[miodiodavinci]

well 😔 after literally 3+ years of masking and double masking with N95s and KN95s and social distancing and not going anywhere where i can't be assured i won't be in close proximity to someone with COVID ya boy got COVID , , , ,

#my lungs feel like absolute shit man ; ; #it's like a footballer rammed straight into my back and stood on top of my crumpled body for good measure ; ; #all because my brother still hangs out at movies and restaurants with his friends . . . . . . . . #and stupidly i was so excited to see him back after a month of being away #so we sat and watched a movie together on tuesday #and then wednesday he was like 'oh shit turns out i have covid sorry' #ogughgh . . . . . . #apparently he was feeling bad even on tuesday but he has such a history with head colds that COVID didn't even show up on our radar . . . . #i'm paying for it now though hhh ; ; #hindsight 20/20 and all that #can't stop coughing and i'm running a low grade fever #but most of all JESUS my chest hurts so much ; ; ; ; ; #it's like the agony of an asthma attack only so much more focus on the pain than the inability to breathe #i'm lucky that at most it just feels like there are rubber bands around my chest when i try to breathe deeply #but god #i'm supposed to start my internship through my college next week #this. might literally fuck me over in so many ways but hopefully my mentors will be accommodating . . . . . #in any event uhgghghgh i'm just frustrated because i've been so so careful for years and years . . . i never stopped masking . . . . . #i got the vaccine and all the boosters and yet . . . . . . . .

[supercantaloupe]

trying hard to avoid the kitten this week cause i have to be off my allergy meds until thursday

#to reap the rewards (immunization therapy) one must face the Trials #(five days in a house with a cat without allergy meds and two hours of testing on wednesday) #i'm gonna treat myself afterwards though i found a really nice looking teahouse that looks like it does gong fu style tea service #and they have dim sum style snacks and a bento type lunch set to go with #which sounds like so much fun. and the perfect reward for sitting through being Poked and Stabbed and Itchy for two hours #(and then. very soon. hopefully. IMMUNIZATION SHOTS <3 <3 <3) #never before have i ever been this excited for shots lol. not even for my first covid vaccine #maybe that's kind of weird idk but i'm just so ready to not have allergies anymore #or have to take four different meds to manage them #i wanna talk about me

[silverislander]

prof said congrats for writing up a proposal so early i am going to get a good grade in. well this is literally going to be graded. but yk the meme

#i really hope its decent proposals are really hard for me to write. i never really understand how much im supposed to say #also i dont plan stuff in advance! i hate drafts and proposals why cant i just jump in and run w my topic #i dont Know exactly what im going to cover just yet can i get back to you once ive covered it #levi.txt #i spent One page just opening the two page proposal so. i know it needs some cleaning up #but the last time i wrote one of these i only got a 75 (not a bad grade but i could do significantly better) bc. and i am not kidding. #i wrote a several page intro abt the themes of a story i was super pumped to write. and forgot the /plot characters and title/ #a 75 was honestly generous. that prof already liked me and knew my work so i got very lucky #also i just think the guy im working with for my essay is so cool and i want to impress him bfhshsk #ive taken 2 classes with him before he is so smart and so enthusiastic. i was 1 of only 3 who was there for every class both times #everyone whos helped me has been so cool and very nice to me i want to do a good job and prove that im as capable as they think #and also jesus fucking christ ive worked so hard for this degree PLEASE #if i dont get honours im walking into the forest laying down and letting the fae take me as they will #side note: i have 1.5 movies left (its late and im finishing army of the dead tomorrow + watching evil dead rise)!! thats so exciting #theyve (mostly) been really fun and i feel like i have a really good general idea of where im going w my essay now #the movie eras are starting to kind of organize themselves into coherent themes in my mind #i think its smth along the lines of racism/xenophobia -> social change -> satanic panic -> action and militarism -> prejudice/bias #and i actually think were in smth of a thematic reckoning w zombies rn as a culture that im excited to discuss!! #for so long weve accepted that zombies arent people but weve really been starting to interrogate that since abt the mid 2010s #w tropes like searching for a cure (not just a vaccine) or movies like warm bodies or evil dead where you can truly turn back #and im really excited to see where the future takes the zombie genre!!

[goldkirk]

FINALLY something I can call a victory, go me! Felt safe enough to go to a doctor and ask for the Vaccine of Eternal Doom.

tl;dr - I've wanted to get the HPV vaccine for so long. Today I finally did it, and another vaccine I was missing too. 

I didn't get questioned about anything further than what I volunteered information for. I didn't have to give any proof or give any detail if I said something, I didn't have to convince anyone to believe me even though I was vague and shied away from details. I only had to sit on the exam table for maybe two minutes, only for the shots. No one touched me anywhere except my arm, everyone was completely respectful, and no one judged me for being so late to get exams/care or not knowing how some health system things work yet. 

Do I feel safe? No, of course not! Loooooong way to go until that. But things are better.

I have my own health insurance now. I have a little extra money each month now, so I can set up an appointment without checking my debit balance down to the cent to verify I can actually afford an $8 prescription or $30 co-pay. I don't have to let anyone come in the exam room with me anymore. 

No one can see what medical visits or treatments I get on insurance records. No one will be able call and get information on me despite HIPPA protections ever again. I can learn from modern medical staff about what things I'm supposed to do--physicals, health maintenance, vaccinations, etc. I have access to all the information I want and need and am asked screening questions I was never asked growing up. 

I know what is and isn't supposed to happen at doctor visits now. I have rights now and I know them. I have control now and I'm using it. I'm so proud of myself. 

I still have a lot of dental problems I keep running away from, and I have health issues I didn't bring up in this visit, and I have more vaccine doses and catch-up health checks to go, but today I think was the biggest step and the first thing that's really made me understand that I never have to be not in control of my health decisions or medical privacy ever again. 

I'm not going to hell for getting a vaccine, I'm not possessed by a demon, I'm not brainwashed by Satan, I don't need to sneak behind anyone's back. I am in charge of my personal space and who I allow to touch or not touch my body, and also apparently there are people in the world who are just super respectful right off the bat without you even having to ask or beg for the respect and autonomy that you're meant to have. 

I sat in the chair like a hunched-up shelter dog, I sounded way too cheerful when giving the best simple explanations about my past that I could, I fidgeted with my rubber band non-stop, and it took 15 minutes for me to finally spit out a couple honest "hey, so, fyi..."s rather than just answering prompted questions. My hands were shaking after the doctor walked out, but for once, that seemed okay. I was nauseous and shaky and felt like my whole body was ready to explode, but instead of a spiral of fear and dissociation, it for once felt like it was only happening to me, not that it was me. I was proud of myself and understanding to my body instead of feeling like my reaction was wrong. It was okay! It was a reasonable reaction, and I did the hard thing anyway that was good for my health and future. I'm allowed to start planning as if I'll have a future, and my body deserves the best I can give it from now on, no matter how that "best" changes up and down each month. I've gone five months without wanting to truly die. It's going to be better. I'm going to make it. I'm starting to find ways to remember that. I'm learning to not be purely terrified of having to exist in a physical body. That bodies can be good, and not just lead to shame or danger.  

It's done! I did it! I did it just for me. <3 I hope if anyone else has been in the same boat, my experience might help you feel a little less alone or a little more ready to get medical care too.

#personal #trauma recovery #i'm going to be fucked up again in a day or two i know #but for the moment i'm savoring this #i'm going to go do an arm workout before my shoulders both swell up #anyway so excited to catch up on these vaccines and find out things that I should've been checked for and learn how things are supposed to w #god learning autonomy and boundaries and human rights is SO HARD shoutout to all of us doing it #health

[numbaoneflaya]

I just know that mf's parents were giving her Jilly Juice en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jilly_Juice

Losing my fucking mind right now theres no way thats actually called jilly juice. They would absolutely give her this and shed fucking HATE IT so much can you imagine the taste?? warm salt water and fermented cabbage. They were giving her that every so often in an effort to "cure her". Lore added thank you summer. Its even fucking called Jilly juice

#her parents are very much into that kind of shit. no vaccines just drink this sat water and throw up #jilly #JILLY JUICE.... IT SOUNDS SO SILLY AND CUTE #shed be so excited as a kid like THEY NAMED A DRINK AFTER ME :D then drink it and be like :/ must be another jilly

[unholyplumpprincess]

UPDATED BOOSTER SHOT TIME BABYYYY LETS! GO! GET! STUCK!!!!!!!!

#princess talks #this tUESDAY TUESDAY TUESDAYYY #im so excited #BIVALENT BOOSTER SHOT HERE WE COOOOOME #also for those who havent heard the news: New covid booster shot! protects agaibst the new variants! #check on vaccine dot gov if ur in the US to see if its around u!!!!! #lets! fuck! this! covid!!! up!!!!

[imwritesometimes]

my mom is like so excited to go to the movies tomorrow she also hadn't been in like 4 years and she's like OMG!!

#her disability means she can't drive. and also like. she had to be SUPER indoors for the last like 3 years #so she's pretty jazzed that like. vaccines exist and she's safer to be out and about again #I just called her to remind her like ok we'll pick you up tomorrow at this time! #and she's like 😃😃😃 I'm SO EXCITED!!! #idk I'm just happy she's so excited she's like I kept hearing ads on the radio for the new indy all weekend and I'm so EXCITED! #erin explains it all

[songtwo]

also my mom just booked a trip w our yoga group to this volcano/park for September which is cool enough already but i was thinking that if i get my scholarships I'd buy tickets for placebo the next day and also two days prior is a friend's bday party and a couple of days later is my friends' farewell party . nice

#the placebo tix r weird though there r still a lot available but there's only from two seats #and the cheapest is just rly shitty and the other one isn't even that nice and it's double #and the thing is I'd buy two one for me and one for my dad #though even if i bought the more expensive tickets they'd be like . 4 times less of what he's paying for me but anyway #bc when i said we should go see placebo he said yes but then the corona capital happened and he's basically paying for my tickets and all #there's also the franz Ferdinand/the vaccines gig which is sooooo slay but we both prefer placebo #but idk . if i only get one scholarship I'll buy the cheap ones the vibe and energy will be there anyway #and if i get both then the expensive ones #and if i get none then I'll kill myself #Though i also wanted to save for a trip me and my friends will take in October:3 #But there's also the money from the summer's work so! I'm not at zeroes anymore #i need a job sooooo badly but I'll most likely change my internship so i won't be working online anymore #so I'll have even less time . as if i didn't have any free time already #i forgot what the main idea of this post was . anyway excited yoga and parties will happen 👍

[a-god-in-ruins-rises]

#bro between this and nuclear fusion and artificial intelligence and space exploration and driverless cars and so on #i'm feeling like we're on the precipice of The Future #like the future i always dreamed of as a kid #this shit is so exciting and it's happening so much faster than i was expecting #anyway the mrna vaccine is really amazing technology #and while this is just one study and i don't even think it's finished #it does inspire a lot of hope #reducing the risk of recurrence by 44% is no joke #seems to be some promising stuff

[sheshallfromtimetotime]

I’m gonna go see The Mountain Goats again in the spring, and that feels good.

#I mean yeah it makes me a little nervous #'cause there is still a pandemic on #but I did go to a GA show last month #in a KN95 that I didn't take off at all indoors #and with my double boosted vaccination status #and it was okay! #it was fun! #I didn't freak out! #and I stayed healthy! #the spring venue is bigger than last month's #so that's a thing #but I'm excited #Rachel's life