FEBRUARY 18 2010 0630 - JACKSONVILLE FL - Yesterday I had to take a day off from work because of an unexpected MRI appointment. Well, I cannot say that it was not expected, but I did expect more of a heads up instead of a phone call at 6:30 PM the night before last telling me they were confirming my appointment. But that is what happened, and it is now water under the bridge.
I went to the appointment, which was an adventure in and of itself. The facility was located in the Southpoint region of Jacksonville, and I was not at al familiar with that area. I ended up taking 2 buses, and still had to walk about a half of a mile to get to the facility. I can not begin to tell you of what kind of toll that took on my right knee. I am still feeling the pain from all of the walking I had to do yesterday.
I was early for the appointment, I think I arrived at about 12:30 PM, but at least the staff was efficient and got me into the MRI right on time at 2:00 PM. It was an open MRI which I was not expecting because the insurance typically only approves closed MRI's if they are approved at all,but it looks like the doctor really knew what he was doing when he requested the MRI. I think they ran somewhere between 8 and 10 exposures, so we will see what the MRI reveals. According to the technician, the images will be ready and forwarded to the doctor within 48 business hours of yesterday, so I should hear something soon.
If getting to the facility was fun, getting home was even more of an adventure. The bus was more than an hour late. I am standing at the bus stop, fuming because JTA tends to have a lax attitude about their schedules. I am so miffed that I even took it out on someone who did not deserve my wrath. A man walked up to me at the bus stop and asked for some spare change. In al honesty, I told him that I could not help him. So the man says all he is looking for is a few coins, and I say to him again that I could not help him. Finally the man say that he could ride the bus for a quarter, and I looked extremely sharply at the man and say "Dude! What part of I can't help you are you not fucking understanding?" Ok, I will admit it was a bit rough, but the man walked on. I realized at that point that the recipient of my anger should not have been the man, and that I needed to lay the axe at the root of the right tree.
I called JTA and asked them about their Southpoint bus line. The JTA representative told me that the bus was involved in an accident, and that kind of settled me down for a few moments. The bus finally arrived 20 minutes later, packed to the gills. The bus driver tried to apologize to me, but I told him it was OK, I already knew what was going on. I initially sat at the back side seats, but had to move forward due to the need to load a rider with a wheel chair. I sat next to a rather nice lady who basically filled me in on what actually happened to the other bus.
From what the lady was saying, the bus was at a stop light, and some impatient individual in a Mercedes ran into the back of the bus. Amazing how the driver of the Mercedes could not see a big white bus, but this is Duval County. The lady and I talked about American Idol, and what we hoped to see in the Hollywood Results Show yesterday evening. As we talked, another lady joined into the conversation. The other lady rode the bus with me on the way to my appointment, and had overheard me talking with my Daughter on the phone about tax laws. The lady thought that I was a tax professional. No I am not a tax professional, I just know enough to be dangerous when it comes to taxes.
Well, before I knew it, we were approaching my stop. I got off the bus and Atlantic Blvd and Kings Road, and went to wait for the SS6 to take me home. Being that I was about 15 minutes early I walked towards Atlantic and Hendricks, again putting extra stress on my knee. When will I ever learn? The bus ride home from that point was uneventful, and I decided to warm up some pizza and an egg-roll and settle down to watch American Idol. Well, I had to get through the Simpsons, Family Guy, and Human Target first, but American Idol was worth the wait.
So here I am, ready for work today. I must remind myself that I need to call the lawyer I was referred to so I can discuss my options regarding this pending divorce. Believe me when I say the thought in mind is to just allow the divorce to default and cut my losses. I figure that I will just pay her what ever she asks for in Child Support, and just walk away from the whole experience. Let's see how it all pans out.
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