I just avoid anywhere or anything that involves shots. Good that the snow passed you by but it’ll be back.
You’re talking about Puget Sound. One never knows what will show up there in the way of weather. Especially with Alaska “owning” the Inland Passage.
I don't have a choice in this new job. Lots of travel. Now I hate sitting on airplanes, and I've always really been a stay-at-home kind of person ("adventure" was defined as "more than a half-hour's drive from home"), but the world is really an interesting place and the misery of getting there (and sometimes being there) is offset by the experience, or even just the memories.
I'm becoming more like my father-in-law (RIP): far more the globe-trotter than I (he *lived* in various countries for years), the day he retired from it all to just stay home was a bit difficult.
OTOH, LoM is *very* sensitive to shots; one could trigger a re-occurrance of the Guillaume-Barre Syndrome she had a couple of years ago. We kept tabs on her very closely after the vaccinations needed for Cairo.
Me, I don't like them. Too many painful ones as a child, but the nurses seem to be much better now. I did feel this one but barely, and only because I was expecting it. Mosquito bites are worse (says memory, I haven't had one in years because we have very few mosquitos here -- last year was bad: I think I saw almost ten, usually I see 3 or 4).
Bangalore will be a pleasant break from Seattle's dark, grim winter. In February Bangalore is like springtime Santa Barbara.