Ugh

The good news is my tonsils eased up. The bad news is, yeah, that's definitely some colorful snot, and I'm now coughing it out of my lungs. Luckily it hasn't hit my ears. Sinus infections tend to turn into ear infections for me as well, and I'm not there just yet.

The roommates had an extra Z-pack squirreled away that didn't get used a while back. I'm the happy recipient of it. Even if I could call the phone doc and get a prescription called in, it would still mean having to get in my car to go out to a pharmacy with the roads still sleet covered. Considering I had to do that twice on Friday, I'm really not interested in getting back on the road again until they've cleared up. I stocked up on Kleenex, NyQuil, DayQuil, and decongestants well before fall hit, let alone winter.

I'm now hoping that the roads are still bad enough on Monday that the courts cancel, and I'll be excused of my jury duty. If the roads clear, then I'll still have to show up in person to request the deferment, when I'd much rather sleep in and get myself better. I'll probably still call the doctor and schedule an appointment, as much as I don't want to. Maybe she'll prescribe another Z-pack and then we'll have another spare in the house for the next time someone gets ill.

Hooray

"Tarrant County has a delayed opening until noon on Monday, December 9th. However, since you have used our online system and did not received a court assignment, your service is complete. You DO NOT need to report on Monday. We start a new jury list beginning January 2014 in which you could be summoned at that time. Thank you for using, eResponse, our online system."

Well, now. How much would you like to bet I'll still get another jury summons within the next 6 months? I seem to be a favorite pick. (EDIT: I should have guessed closer to 6 weeks.)

I'm starting to feel half human again. I'll figure out how badly I feel in the morning to decide if a trip to the doctor's office will be worth it. At least now I'm not fighting to still get my work stuff done around jury duty stuff. That's a happy load off my back.

EDIT: And just to be sure...

"Your request to be excused has been approved. You are NO LONGER REQUIRED to report to the Tim Curry Criminal Justice Center on your original summons date.

Reason(s): jury duty cancelled for 12/9"

I was worried that the deferment request would override any jury cancellation, but it didn't. Yay.