Hick from the sticks

I'm in SLC for dr appts again. I know you are all shocked with that news. Nothing exciting today. I saw the "guru" FAP GI dr today. He told me to keep seeing my other GI dr and that he is doing a good job.

I ran some errands in between dr appts. I stopped at the LDS-BSA office today. Getting there was quite an adventure for me and reminded me why I like living in Elko. The office is right across the street from temple square in a big bank building. I decided to park in the parking lot for the new downtown mall that is not completed yet. That was when my adventure began. I drove into the parking terrace and got to the gate where you take the validation card and then the arm goes up so you can enter. It didn't want to give me a card. I pushed buttons and no card. There was no attendent around. I read the sign, it didn't say anything about how to get the card. I wondered if I was in parking for people with a pass, and I didn't have a pass. I tried to turn around but the arrows all pointed to go in. Now what do I do? I went back to that machine and pushed the button that said "press here for validation card", and low and behold the card came out. OK. There really wasn't anything that said press here but I sure was glad when I figured out the code and the arm went up. Then I had to try to park close to where I wanted to be AND someplace where I could find my car when I was ready to leave. I found a sign that said, "elevators to South Temple". What a relief. That's exactly where I wanted to go. It also led to Deseret Book. That ought to be easy to find again. I navigated my way to the LDS-BSA office and found all kinds of way cool stuff. But I still had one more dilemna. Just before the elevator at the parking terrace, there was a kiosk to pay for the validation. Now I was confused if I paid there or when I exited the parking (providing I could find my way out). After doing much hunting, I was able to find an employee in Deseret Book and asked her if she could help a poor country bumpkin. She told me that I could either pay at the kiosk or at the exit. I have gray hair and Nevada license plates so it's ok that I pretend that I have no idea what is going on.

Another project for me today was to find a post office to mail a bill. I was in luck because I had my handy TomTom to direct me. It told me there was a post office near by. I drove where it told me to go and I sure couldn't see a post office or even a blue drop box. Eventually I did find a post office. Then on the way home, I drove right past a post office. Wouldn't you know it.   

One last funny thing today. As I was waiting for the dr, I heard the couple sitting near me say that they were from Elko. My ears perked up. I thought that was pretty funny.

Salt Lake might be a fun place to visit but it is bigger than I want to deal with on a daily basis.