At breakfast I realized today was a special day. Two weeks ago Hubby Tony and I received our second Covid shot, and now we were now fully vaccinated!
I pointed out the news to Tony, who said we should do something to celebrate. I agreed. An hour later he was out the door to do some volunteer work. I putzed around the house, including dusting to remove the yellow pollen that settles on everything when the windows are open. Eventually I got around to searching the internet for the vaccine freebees I knew were out there.
Many of them were not available in this area or did not appeal to me. I saw two promising options-we could show our card at Krispy Kreme and get a doughnut. Or we could go to White Castle and receive a dessert on a stick. I realized that we could ride our bikes to White Castle, and sent Tony an email outlining my suggestion.
After Tony got home he spent 15
minutes chilling, then we fed Jackson the cat, changed our
clothes, found our vaccination cards, and got ready to leave. Riding on the lesser-traveled roads, it was a
little more than three miles to White Castle. At the cash register we showed
our cards and placed our order for a Fudge Dipped Brownie-on-a-Stick for me
and a Fudge Dipped Cheesecake-on-a-Stick for Tony. Although we had both eaten
lunch, Tony said he had a hankering for a slider (a small, thin hamburger
steamed on top of a bed of onions and tucked inside of a steamed bun with a
pickle slice). I asked him to get me one too. The tiny burgers are cheap; our total bill was less than
$1.75.
We took our food to the outside patio and retrieved the water bottles from our
bikes. It took longer to get the burger out of the packaging than it did to
eat it. The dessert on a stick was equally petite (2 ounces, according to the
label) but it was just enough.
Five years ago today:
Polished
I copied my vaccine card and carry the copy with me. I have a feeling after todays announcement of no mask no social distancing for vaccinated people we may need proof.
ReplyDeleteOne White Castle? One? ........... One? How about 6, at least. I eat two on the drive home.
I have a photo of the card on my phone, and also with my passport. After thinking about your comment I made another copy and put it in my wallet.
DeleteYou don't know what I had for lunch :-)
Oh wow! Rewards? What a great idea.
ReplyDeleteMy area seems to be pretty stingy compared to some.
DeleteI read that, in Iowa, the reward is you get to enter a lottery for $1 million. It's way past April Fool's Day, so likely not a gag or fake news. And you only need to have taken the 1st shot to enter.
ReplyDeleteTHAT would be a reward.
DeleteI haven't heard of too many rewards around here, but that's okay. I'm just happy to have the vaccine and we just heard from the CDC that if we are vaccinated we can take off our masks. Another step to normal. I have to wonder about that cheap slider hamburger! Perhaps the wages in your area of the country are lower than California's?
ReplyDeleteThe price of a slider has more to do with its size. It's approximately 2 inches by two inches. There's only 140 calories in the whole thing.
DeleteGreat celebration and with rewards, even better.
ReplyDeleteVery tasty, I bet.
ReplyDeleteGod bless.
CONGRATULATIONS!!!!!
ReplyDeleteWe've passed our two weeks also, our entire family and it is such a relief. I've never heard of White Castle desserts, but I bet my boys have.
ReplyDeleteI bet they have too.
DeleteThanks! Free donuts for the rest of the year... I'm in!
ReplyDeleteThere was a period about ten years ago when I ate Krispy Kreme glazed donuts almost every week. Kinda got burned out on them. Now if they were giving the chocolate-frosted ones away for free......
DeleteGood grief! No kidding? That's awesome. Nothing free here in Hawaii. Brownies on a stick sounds amazing!
ReplyDeleteThe brownie was just big enough to satisfy my chocolate craving.
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