A few months back, I had put a reminder in my calendar to give my doctor a call about the flu shots' availability just about now.
Would you be surprised to learn that when I called my doctor's office and the physican's assistant said, "Yes," my heart sank a little? I was hoping for a "No, not yet" so I could put it off.
"Uh, let me call you back," I stalled.
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