People, Places and Things

I walked up to the San Diego bay area to have lunch on the beach, couldn't find a good place to crash, but noticed the VA hospital was only another five miles, and I'd left a prescription at home I wanted to see about getting filled, so I headed up there. This is where I met Danny, a New Yorker currently stuck in San Diego as well. We shared some food and coffee and discussed the intricacies of the Veteran services' red tape. And we certainly had the time to spare. It took eleven hours to not get what I came in for. But what the San Diego VA Medical Center lacks in efficiency, they make up for in presentation. If not for all the scrubs, I would have sworn that I had walked into a modeling agency on accident. San Diego women are stunning, and this was no exception. Unable to help me out, the young beauties send me on my way and I catch the 101 to Oceanside to finally put San Diego behind me. I spent all of twenty minutes in Oceanside, catching the bus to Long Beach with an unintentional short stay in Laguna Beach, because sometimes I'm a dumbass that doesn't listen. Passing through Fort Pendleton was easy enough, the adult jungle gyms really brought me back. Thankfully, having an expired ID and a large backpack didn't cause me any issues.

Arriving in long beach late in the afternoon, I immediately seek out the nearest grocery store and Starbucks. In this case, they're one in the same, the Starbucks in this Target being the first I've seen to not only have electrical outlets, but also the first to have honey packets since I left home. As I drink my tea and update my mother, I hear back about my potential job offer. My adventuring may have to come to a stay as more interesting projects present themselves. In the process of trying to calm my nerves as I make such a life-changing decision, I run into John, the self-proclaimed most famous homosexual in Long Beach. We discuss philosophy for several hours before he helps me find a good quiet squat (a major issue I had while in El Cajon) and takes off shortly afterward, leaving me with the very wise words "Don't get to my age and realize you're still all alone." Being of the mindset that I have a long ways to go before I reach his age, I respectfully acknowledge his advice, but it disappears in my mind as quickly as I hear it.