Post by rickismom on Jul 22, 2004 15:42:32 GMT -5
This morning I went on a marathon:I needed, all by foot to:
-first to photocopy some papers
-then to buy a water bottle holder (canteen)-mine had disapeared
-buy some writing supplies
-then I was to go to the health fund, to get permission ($) to take Ricki to a nearly opened DS clinic in Jerusalem (the first in Israel) , and also to go to their pharmacy to get some medicne I need
- from there to buy parakeet food at the pet store
-from there to the optomitrist to have her straighten Ricki's glasses out
- and finally I was to be at the speech therapist by 1:00 PROMPT
Afraid I would run short of time, and hot as could be, Ricki and I took a Taxi from the writing supplies store to the health fund. I hurriedly exited the taxi across the street from the fund. I took Rina to the curb. I closed my purse, grabbed her hand, and looked carefully both ways before crossing....
and got a ticket for $25 for not walking to the nearest road crossing to cross the street...... This steet is moderately busy, but not terribly so... and the street is quite narrow there. (About 60 feet away, a major thouroughfare enters the same road; there it IS very dangerous to cross....)
Well, it is true that they need to teach people to use crosswalks, but I had crossed SO carefully, I was really peeved. And the policelady took so long to write up the report while the minutes were ticking away...
In the end, I was told at the health fund that they will have to "think" whether to pay for the DS clinic (if the health department sponsored the clinic's opening, I should think they should pay...but anything is possible...)
And believe it or not, I arrived at the speech therapist with about 30 seconds to spare... ;D
-first to photocopy some papers
-then to buy a water bottle holder (canteen)-mine had disapeared
-buy some writing supplies
-then I was to go to the health fund, to get permission ($) to take Ricki to a nearly opened DS clinic in Jerusalem (the first in Israel) , and also to go to their pharmacy to get some medicne I need
- from there to buy parakeet food at the pet store
-from there to the optomitrist to have her straighten Ricki's glasses out
- and finally I was to be at the speech therapist by 1:00 PROMPT
Afraid I would run short of time, and hot as could be, Ricki and I took a Taxi from the writing supplies store to the health fund. I hurriedly exited the taxi across the street from the fund. I took Rina to the curb. I closed my purse, grabbed her hand, and looked carefully both ways before crossing....
and got a ticket for $25 for not walking to the nearest road crossing to cross the street...... This steet is moderately busy, but not terribly so... and the street is quite narrow there. (About 60 feet away, a major thouroughfare enters the same road; there it IS very dangerous to cross....)
Well, it is true that they need to teach people to use crosswalks, but I had crossed SO carefully, I was really peeved. And the policelady took so long to write up the report while the minutes were ticking away...
In the end, I was told at the health fund that they will have to "think" whether to pay for the DS clinic (if the health department sponsored the clinic's opening, I should think they should pay...but anything is possible...)
And believe it or not, I arrived at the speech therapist with about 30 seconds to spare... ;D
Sorry such a hectic day, and a ticket to BOOT! I don't know about in Missouri where i live now, but in CA you aren't suppose to J-Walk (as it is called here) and you can get a ticket for it but they usually don't give you one... you can get away with lots of J-walking in California... 
&
Susan, Proud mom of Michael (32), Justin (25) Emily (22ds), and Jordan (20).
BUT you know girl as safe as you were its a good reminder for safety to use the crossways 
MY Dad was hit and hurt bad many years ago crossing at the wrong spot in Florida 