07:43 - 17 September 2004
trip to the VA
well, yesterday was going to the va day.
i been putting this off since i came here, so i figured i needed to go; i made the appointment last week so i went to see what kinda people i will be dealing with in therapy here.
now, its about 5 miles or so to the va, and ya take the light rail. no problem, right? not for me! remember, we are dealing with my life here, and nothing is easy or normal, always a challange here, and yesterday was no different.
the light rail here works on an "honor system", like most light rails around the country,(san diego, sacramento, etc..)where you are expected to buy a ticket at the machine before you board the train. here, it costs $1.35 for a FULL fare, $2.70 for an ALL day ticket, or 60c for a REDUCED fare ticket. now, i been here for about 3 months or so, and i never paid a dime to ride this thing, they just dont check! i been riding around the city, just for kicks, nothing important. but yesterday, i stopped off at the library along the way to get some DVD's since i had lotsa time, my appointment was at 2:30, and it was only 1 P.M. when i got off at the library.
i got my DVD's, and started to go over to the light rail station when lo and behold, i spy 2 cops checking people for tickets! now, i have NO MONEY! flat broke til check day, and i gotta get to the VA!! agggggg! so, i sit outside on the bench at the library, and smoke a ciggy and watch these jack booted thugs checking for tickets, i figured i'd wait em out, and go when they leave.
after a few minutes, i see they aint leavin no time soon, so i figure i'd go back into the library and goof around a little bit, then come out and they be gone.
about 1/2 hour later, i come back out, and they are STILL THERE!!!! shit, its about 2 o'clock, and i gotta go to the friggen VA!! so i sit, and smoke anutter cig and think, what to do...
WELL, its about a quarter mile to the next stop, so off i go, hoofing it to the next stop! i get to the next stop, and no one is there! yay! so here comes the train, and its safe! i get on and goto the VA. now, im thinking, since they are checking for tickets today, i'd better tell the social worker i need a token. wellin my life nuffin is ez, and of course, im hitting a brick wall again!
ME: i need a token for the light rail, im broke...yada yada yada....
SOCIAL WORKER: well, i dont know...hmm..i dont know if i have any, we dont get much....hmmm.
ME:whatta ya mean, ya dont have any tokens? WTF??
me thinking here, i know this fool is lying here, just wants to make things difficult for me...
so, i go to the front, and ask where the social work service is, its around the other side of the complex!! this is a HUGE VA hospital here..anger boils...
i goto the ER and ask them. no tokens, no social workers! GRRRRRRRR! ok, next stop, up stairs to the patient rep!
i get up stairs to the patient rep, and she is a very nice lil old woman, she must be about 4 ft. tall! ouch! no fooling! well, i cant yell at this tiny thing, she will freak! ah! so i compose myself, and tell her my dilemma....
we go down to the ER and a few minutes later, she comes out with a token! YAY! so off i go, i get to the light rail station, and buy a ticket, and im ready for them now, when they check me for a ticket!
GUESS WHAT?? no one asked me if i had a ticket!!!!they stopped checking people!
all this crap for nothing!!!! geeeze!
now, i got anutter appointment next week, on the 23rd, at the VA! lets see what happens then!!! hahahaaaaa! whatta life!
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