Wednesday, April 21, 2010

Seen at the VA Medical Center

Quiet spots in a very busy place


Water garden at one of the entrances

Glowing Coke machine
Courtyard renovation
Dennis had two appointments at the VA Medical Center in Nashville today. He saw a physical therapist about his back and also got his eyes tested. I went along to take over the driving after his eyes were dilated.

Dozens (hundreds?) of people were traveling through the ground floor of the Medical Center. Some offices had lines that stretched down the hallways. Our first two waiting rooms were small and crowded. On the 4th floor, the elevators opened to a quiet, spacious waiting area. "I'll stay here," I told Dennis.

I had a stack of magazines in my bag, and I looked through five of them while I was waiting. I tore out the few pages that I wanted to save. Then I passed on the magazines by leaving them with the other reading material on the table. I also left several magazines in the waiting rooms downstairs.

Getting rid of those magazines in a good way and being there to drive my husband home were my two best (and only) accomplishments of this day.

2 comments:

Collagemama said...

I like the eerie red/green composition of the Coke waiting room photo. Feel like I've been there...

Genevieve Netz said...

The Coke machine definitely rules that space. One can only hope that it is friendly.

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