07 July 2011

road trip


Start the day with Starbucks

Lots of construction
at the V.A. Hospital

Lots of dead-ends, too.
Not really finding all the info we need!
Lots of quote-unquote red tape.
Steaming mad

Went to the court house.
 Pat-downs and body scans.....
Sick smile
And still no help - but wait!
There's a handy dandy Congressman's office! 
 Open-mouth smile

I walked in, said to the office people 
"Hello! This gentlemen (my charge)
is a World War Two Veteran.
And your constituant. And we need your help, please!"

They stopped what they were doing, and tended to 
our every need. What a nice surprise!
Party smile
They even asked us to follow up with them to make sure
all of our concerns were addressed.

Came home, cooked steak, half a sweet potato,
Salad with cukes and grilled onions....

So Yay!
I helped get something done.
Why not start a little closer to the top?

Turned out to be a great day!
Hope yours is great!
by @

11 comments:

  1. Anne HJuly 7, 2011 at 12:13 AM

    I didn't want to waste a perfectly good pat-down!
    We've been looking for these papers /results for months!

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  2. Princess Dieter aka MirJuly 7, 2011 at 2:16 AM

    How wonderful that they LISTENED and wanted to be of actual HELP. Gives a person the warm fuzzies to know this can still happen. Hope it all continues to sort out well....

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  3. FlorianaJuly 7, 2011 at 2:54 AM

    How nice to come by such a kind and helpful person. Doesn't happen often these days. I am glad you and your charged had a successful trip and a nice day.

    I am intrigued by a boot turned flower pot. Was that a real boot once or is it just a boot shaped decor?

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  4. MizFitJuly 7, 2011 at 4:29 AM

    AHH my faith in humanity is restored.

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  5. Anne HJuly 7, 2011 at 5:06 AM

    Floriana - it was a real boot!

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  6. CiCiJuly 7, 2011 at 6:02 AM

    Good for you to stick with it until you found the right place and were able to get help for your patient. The boot planter is interesting. It looks like a real boot. I wonder if there is a small pot down inside with soil or if the whole bottom of the boot is filled with dirt.

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  7. AnonymousJuly 7, 2011 at 8:54 AM

    Love the boot and love that you were able to get the help you needed. It was a good day!

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  8. Karen Butler OgleJuly 7, 2011 at 9:09 AM

    That is great, Anne. I'm glad to got the help you needed for your charge.

    BTW The steak looks awesome. YUM.

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  9. BeckyJuly 7, 2011 at 9:57 AM

    I'm glad you were able to get help for your charge!

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  10. Kelly the Happy TexanJuly 7, 2011 at 10:26 AM

    Yay! Anne to the rescue. Hey, that doesn't look like your truck. Got a new car?

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  11. Anne HJuly 7, 2011 at 3:03 PM

    No - Kelly
    We got the take the Civic - Trucky is too hard for
    the Mr and Mrs Sweety to get in and out of....

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