The invite
In Scotland, at that time people from 18 to 29 years old could use online registration form to enter the queue for the vaccine. I'm 34, so I had to wait for my invitation letter to arrive.
When the invitation popped in my letterbox, I found a simple, two-page document that described the whereabouts of the invite, explained why is it a good idea and gave me tips on how to behave safely on the site. The date was set on 2nd June 2021 at 16:33.
1st dose
Arriving at the vaccination centre at the Younger Building, person at the gate invites us and shows us where to go. Quickly parking and going inside, only 10 minutes left. No idea how long to get inside and being late felt wrong. The person at the entrance asks us to show the invitation paper and lets us inside. Another person at a desk gives us leaflets, informs us that we'll be getting Pfizer and lets us go further. Queuing area with roughly 5 people in front of us. As we're standing there, I noticed in one of the former conference rooms that a person is lying on a bed being tended by a nurse. Looks like "white lab coat" syndrome to me.
In a few minutes, one of the people from the ~9 booths waves at us and we're going forward. Sit down, hand over our invitation letter and let Sally (not the real name) type into the computer some of our basic information (age, sex, health status, …). After that, we're given basic tl;dr of what is the vaccine and why it's a good idea to get one and we're prompted to ask if we have any questions.
Sally takes the needle, gets one dose from the vial for my partner. Jab. Another one for myself. Jab. Then they proceed to talk to us about the weather, how is the North, where are we from, and (as always in Scotland) apologising for Brexit. When ~7 minutes passed, Sally told us to move to the waiting area and wait another 7 minutes. Just in case we might feel dizzy. We sit down there, quickly fill in the online satisfaction survey and start cracking 5G jokes.
Quick drive home, pack things and drive north to Inverness. It's ~3:30 from Edinburgh, so we wanted to make sure we're going to be there before any possible side effects might kick in. I don't tend to have any problems with vaccines and even this time no dizziness nor headache.
Going to sleep my partner mentions that her head hurts. She's not great with vaccines.
+24 hours
The next morning, my left shoulder is sore at the place of injection. Nothing unexpected had a similar effect after one of my other vaccines. My morning routine every other day consists of 1P man workout and I thought especially this day it would be interesting to try. Not my best time, but 12:03 is definitely one of the better ones.
My partner is back and fully operational.
In the evening we're going climbing. The place of the injection is still slightly irritated, but as with most of the stuff in life, exercise usually helps. And it did.
+48 hours
The next day the sore arm effect is completely gone. No signs of headache, nausea, nor anything else people usually report. Neither for me nor for my partner.
Morning run without any problems.
+72 hours
At this point, I think it's safe to rule out any immediate side effects. We're both fine.