divine angst

Mr. Angst called me to tell me he’d had a blowout in the borrowed car he’s been driving. Then he told me he couldn’t get the tire off because certain critical parts of the jack apparatus were missing.

So I left work, drove up to where he was, and we tried the jack apparatus in my car. No dice. The two systems were incompatible, and my jack wasn’t tall enough to do anything to his car.

So we called roadside assistance. Thank goodness for that extra $3 on the car insurance. It’s worth it! What we got, within 20 minutes, was a fellow in a beat-up Chevy car and a heavy-duty jack. We were back in business in just a few minutes.

Not a fun way to spend part of your afternoon, particularly when temperatures are hovering somewhere near, if not over, the 100-degree mark. But at least no one was hurt and the car is still drivable. Needs a new tire, yes, but drivable.

Part of me is really frustrated about the whole thing, but another part of me just finds it funny (I seem to find odd things funny lately). Maybe it’s a sign of impending mental breakdown. Or maybe I just can’t find the energy to get too worked up about this kind of crap right now.

I have a few hours now to cool down and relax. My mom is coming into town to take us to dinner tonight.

Law School Health Center requires that I send them my immunization records. This poses a small problem, since they require that my physician fill out the immunization records section of my health forms. Unfortunately, my physician doesn’t have my immunization records on file because, duh, she hasn’t been my physician my whole life.

I have a copy of my immunization records that I somehow obtained from my undergraduate school’s heath center. But I don’t trust that they still have my records on file, and I don’t trust them to send any forms to Law School Health Center.

My physician says they will take my copy of my immunization records (an original, stamped copy) and Xerox it and forward it to Law School Health Center along with the rest of the form that they’re supposed to fill out (or that I think they have to fill out; more on that below). But they can’t certify any immunization dates and records for shots that they didn’t administer. And I haven’t had any shots done by my physician.

How do people get this stuff done? Unless you’ve been going to the same doctor your whole life, how can you get your immunization records certified? I know I’ve had all my shots—after all, I was allowed to enroll at my undergraduate institution, and they required all the shots—but how do I prove this to Law School when I’ve changed doctors so many times over the course of my life?

I guess I have to call Law School Health Center and find out if I can bring that stamped, original copy of my immunization records to them in person (thankfully, the deadline for turning it in is not until September 30) to fulfill that requirement. Meanwhile, I have to figure out which parts of the other forms are required—the main instructions say, “Law students don’t have to fill out Part II,” and page 2 says, “Law students don’t have to fill out this page.” But page 2 has part II (not required) AND part III (required?). I have no clue. And those pages are required by July 15!

Gah! Bureaucracy! Infuriating!

Update: Law School Health Center was wonderful. The guy I spoke to laughed when i said my doctor wouldn’t sign the form because they didn’t give me any of my immunizations. He said, if that copy of your immunization records has been signed at some point by a doctor or nurse practitioner, we just need to see a copy of it (not even the original!). And I don’t have to have my doctor fill out part III on page 2. I just have to fill out pages 1 and 4 and attach that copy of my immunizations and I’ll be done with it. Relief! Joy!