We had our regular session with our trainer this morning – that makes two weeks in a row! It won’t last, though, since next Monday is Memorial Day and then we expect to be traveling again.

Unless a bureaucratic miracle happens, we’re going to have to take an antigen test within 24 hours of our flight to Portugal, so we decided to go outside to minimize the chance of being colonized by a new variant; it was a really good day for an outside workout anyway.

This afternoon, I went to the allergist for a desensitization shot for the first time in six weeks; they had to cut my dosage in half because it had been so long since my last shot. It’s a good thing I made it this week, though – if I’d missed this opportunity, they would have dropped the dosage down to 25% next time. It’s a slow enough climb to the levels that are supposed to be effective if you don’t miss any appointments – dropping down to 25% would add a few months to the process.

Today marked the 11th day after my positive Covid test and I tested negative for the second day in a row, so the CDC guidelines say I no longer have to take special precautions to avoid infecting others. That doesn’t mean I won’t be wearing a mask around other people, but it’s voluntary rather than mandatory.

This afternoon, we celebrated Cantor Felder-Levy’s 25 years at Shir Hadash. She actually reached that mark last year, but…. The celebration was a concert with music by the choir and by some of the Cantor’s colleagues; it was a very special day and I’m glad we were able to be there in person instead of watching it on livestream.