eastside commute
tuesday
i had my yearly mammo/sono
because my medical coverage is an ass
a year ago
i scheduled it
for
monday
columbus day
because
getting downtown from the upper eastside
is
maddening
the number of people who use the eastside subway
notice
i didnt say
subways
because
there's just the one line
running down/up town
on the eastside
vs
the 2-3 lines
on the west
anyway
my medical coverage
won't cover
these truly important exams
unless
the last and the new
are
366 days apart
yes
a year and a day
so
my plan of zipping downtown
on a day with way less commuters
didnt happen
the medical practice my doctor is part of
and
my office fax machine
both
were
unreliable
the prescription the imaging people needed
wasnt
sent/received
when i got to the office
after being squished by the mammo
then squashed by the eastside subway crowds
i tried to get the 'script faxed to me
the plan was to fax it
myself
to the imaging peeps
somehow
my fax machine
by the way
the only fax machine
in
our
entire
company
(i refuse to use computer eFax i won't bore you with why)
was disconnected
aaaaaaarrrrrgh
the
day
continued
to
go
downhill
so
i offer you
what gave me a smile
as
i came up
out
of
the eastside subway hell
1 wtc
and
the still uncompleted transit hub
aka
oculus
designed by santiago calatrava
as viewed from dey street
