I registered with Austin Public Health’s site, jumped through the hurdles which was their questionnaire and qualified on several fronts I wasn’t proud of: obese (but I’ve lost 10 pounds since New Year’s Day!), asthma (dammit!) and high blood pressure (this one I know will go away once I get to the gym regularly). The good factor? I’m dating a nurse who is now fully immunized. Yes, I played CV-19 roulette yet we took precautions since Jennifer was regularly tested at her workplace. In other good news, Jennifer’s facility is completely immunized!
For several weeks, APH has failed to update me when there were openings as they claimed. Foolish me, I thought they would send out Text messages to my phone or e-mail as I often do with severe weather, Amber alerts and the recent snowmageddon. HA!
Nope. You have to guess when the openings happen, log in at the right moment and get into a giant queue. As somebody criticized American policy, it’s practically the Hunger Games without Jennifer Lawrence’s enormous ego and stiff excuse she calls acting.
I gambled wisely today, after my shift I logged in and discovered APH had 10,000 doses of the Moderna solution slotted over this week. The official queue would start at 6 PM. I waited, figured I’d still get screwed because I’m not wealthy or a bigshot Republican. Woo hoo! I got spot 450 so I got my second choice within 40 minutes.
Tomorrow I have to haul ass to East Austin, get jabbed and repeat this crap in at least four weeks, but I think no more than eight, I’ll double check.
The next question. Which part should rein in? My beard or finally get a haircut? You tell me via poll.
What to trim/cut first? Total Voters: 4