I want some coffee!

In the end it was our friend Linda that made it happen. She hounded the Admiral mercilessly till C called Benson Hospital and inquired about the COVID-19 vaccine. Yes, they were giving vaccinations. Yes, we can schedule you. But first you have to get on a waiting list.  3 days later they called and told us we could be scheduled to be vaccinated at 1100 & 1115 on 22 Jan.  The Admiral signed us up without hesitation. Even with the appointment I stewed about it for the entire week. I was concerned that this would give us the first dose but that there might not be sufficient vaccine to schedule the 2nd dose.  We arrived at the hospital 1/2 hr early on the 22nd thinking it would take awhile to get checked in. Our cloth masks had to be removed and a proper hospital-supplied N95 paper mask put on (that meant ear loops which tangle with my hearing aids). A few minutes later we were at the receptionist's desk and blew thru registration with time to kill before the first schedu...

Matt-the-Code-Warrior has been gone... holidays, family business, whatever. So in the interim I've fallen prey to my lazy ways. Oops. I did get in some roasting each week to keep friends supplied with the primary ingredient for their morning cup. Several batches of Mexican organic Chiapas (still our favorite), a batch of Ethiopian organic Yigacheffe, and several tries at some decaf. I keep hoping I'm going to find the pot at the end of the decaf-rainbow but so far that pot has turned out to be definitely not gold. Don't get me wrong- the product has been a very drinkable decaf roast. But vendor claims to the contrary they have not contained the chocolate bomb I keep hoping for. And while this has been fun experimenting with decaf roasts the pandemic continues to rage... and in Arizona that's not an exaggeration. We were #1 in the US for about a week or two. The vaccine for COVID-19 has arrived in some limited quantity but distribution appears hit or miss. A neighbor in ...