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I need to update a little more regularly.
So, to elaborate on my post the other day, I was in Chicago on the 19th. I went up to Howard Brown Medical clinic to have some blood tests done for my hormone therapy.
Due to the ludicrous gas prices, I took a train up and back. I made it to Chicago 3 hours before my appointment, walked to the nearest red line stop...got off on the wrong stop, walked around lost for a while, and finally found myself at Howard Brown. I managed to make it there early for my appointment still, so it was cool. I went over to a coffee shop and grabbed a bite to eat.
The appointment went as well as they ever do, and I was on my way. I hopped a closer L stop this time, and rode back toward the loop. Unfortunately, I transferred too soon, rode too far, and ended up two stations past where I needed to be, ten minutes after I was supposed to be on a train. By the time I went back two stops and ran 4 blocks to the train station, my train was long gone. I had to go through the ticket line, and exchange my ticket for a later train. This would have been fine, except that they tried to charge me the difference since I had purchased my ticket at a discounted rate. Well, needless to say, I was beyond broke, and tried to overdraw my account, to no avail. Somehow, as I started crying, the ticket man worked his magic to get the ticket switched anyway, and I sat dejectedly trying to call people on the pay phone to calm me down for the next two hours or so.
Finally, around 11:PM I was back home.
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So, to elaborate on my post the other day, I was in Chicago on the 19th. I went up to Howard Brown Medical clinic to have some blood tests done for my hormone therapy.
Due to the ludicrous gas prices, I took a train up and back. I made it to Chicago 3 hours before my appointment, walked to the nearest red line stop...got off on the wrong stop, walked around lost for a while, and finally found myself at Howard Brown. I managed to make it there early for my appointment still, so it was cool. I went over to a coffee shop and grabbed a bite to eat.
The appointment went as well as they ever do, and I was on my way. I hopped a closer L stop this time, and rode back toward the loop. Unfortunately, I transferred too soon, rode too far, and ended up two stations past where I needed to be, ten minutes after I was supposed to be on a train. By the time I went back two stops and ran 4 blocks to the train station, my train was long gone. I had to go through the ticket line, and exchange my ticket for a later train. This would have been fine, except that they tried to charge me the difference since I had purchased my ticket at a discounted rate. Well, needless to say, I was beyond broke, and tried to overdraw my account, to no avail. Somehow, as I started crying, the ticket man worked his magic to get the ticket switched anyway, and I sat dejectedly trying to call people on the pay phone to calm me down for the next two hours or so.
Finally, around 11:PM I was back home.
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