Well, it happened like this...

I went in to Paris today to get my final vaccination shot. I had received an email telling me that the visit would cost me just under 100 euros. 20 for the doctor, 46 for the shot, and 30 for administration fees. That is a total of 96 Euros, so I put about 160 euros in my wallet and off I went. I bought 45 euros worth of tickets at the train station, hoping that will hold me over for a couple of months (tickets are cheaper when you buy in bulk) and figured that with the 112 Euros that remained I should be okay, even if they asked for more money than they had stated in the email. At least I sure hoped so, because as I waited for the train I realized that I had left my debit card at home.
Well, I got my shot, but it ended up being 2 shots rather than 1 (don't ask me why), which was 35 euros more than planned. I emptied my wallet and then sat in front of the counter, mumbling nonsense in French and English, praying that another twenty would magically appear in my back pants pocket. That never happened. Nor did they think much of my American insurance card. So they kept my precious vaccination record (which plays an important role in me entering other countries, including the US) and told me that they will give it to me tomorrow when I re-make the 2 hour round trip to pay them the other 20 euros. So my plan is to wake up at 6:30, catch the train before 7, be at the hospital when it opens at 8, and hopefully get back to the school just half an hour late for my first day of class.
And that, my friend, is one more reason why I avoid hospitals if at all possible.