At 6pm I was stashed in a closet in the tri-state hospital trying to figure out how to get to the hotel that had my luggage and a bed for me to lie down on. I roped the case manager, I think the hospital only had one, and the clerk at the hotel into the quest. Bottom line. If the town has no Uber service and if the only taxi is AWOL, then you’ll have walk.
So at 8:30 I taped a note to my closet door to the effect that I was walking and thanks for your help. I was nice. This is nice town. Well I had not gone more than 2 blocks when up behind me comes a pickup truck. Margaret Margaret where are you going? To the hotel. Where else? So, the ED Charge nurse drove me. And I am damn glad she did because I don’t think I could’ve walked 2 miles last night.
My luggage was at the hotel. Along with an expired box of paxlovid. A going away present from the ship. And, I know you all are wondering. Am I going to get any money back? Nope. Not one cent. And do I have any insurance. Not one bit. Will I do anything different next time. I doubt it.
After tonight, the only hotel option is an SRO type antique Motel 6. So, I gotta get outta this place. First, I found out that it is not illegal to fly with Covid. It’s not nice but it’s not illegal. OK , then Denver or Salt Lake City. The plane to SLC is a 1by2 configuration so, that will be safer, And the flight is only ninety minutes. The hotel said they would take me to the airport. Just come to the desk 45 minutes before your flight. Yeah. 45 minutes? Hey this is country.
went to Walmart today to pick up my unexpired box of paxlovid. Of course the prescription that the promised for last night was not ready at 10am. Heck, they knew I wasn’t going to be able to get there last night. I didn’t know that but they did. The nice pharmacist said he was real sorry the couldn’t deliver it to me. Everyone here is real nice. Just not highly effective.
Except for feeling like the entire Army of the Potomac is bivouacing in my mouth, I am doing fine. Well, honestly, I am not as perky as I pretend to be. Next Stop. Salt Lake City.