"..THEY've paved PARADISE and now, IT's a Parking Lot..."

...SURROUNDING A MEDICAL OFFICE BUILDING...

-- okay... Maybe *not* so much "PARADISE", but IT was ONCE a Pleasantly-Shaded-PARK-Area belonging to the adjacent Much-Expanded-HOSPITAL-Campus just a FEW YEARS ago. - Which, might "EXPLAIN" the sorrowful LACK of ANY "good" ONLINE-MAPS of the Specific-Address!?

IT's a HIGH-TRAFFIC-AREA and the last Time I was *BY* the BUILDING, I was just a tad preOCCUPIED with Driving and the Road AHEAD... I didn't exactly have a Chance to RECCE the PLACE!

FATHER's "G.P." is over THERE now... Much to ALL of Our Dismay, as He *used to be* - literally - JUST Down-the-*Quiet*-STREET from Us! AND, "Parking" was FREE!

ANYHOO... We actually got LUCKY! - The WEATHER was "Good". As was TRAFFIC at *that* Time. Also, quite surprisingly, Parking-ACCESS was Visually-Clear and NOT the FEARED-HASSLE I had EXPECTED. -- Woohoo! PLENTY of SPACES!

Just WISHED that the WAITING-ROOM was as SPACIOUS... Not that there wasn't MORE than *enough* Available-Seating, however, the ROOM's "TRIANGULAR"-Shape made IT feel somewhat "CLOSE"..?

-- BTW, the EVERYONE-HAS-REUSED-THEM-SO-MUCH-THEY'RE-STARTING-TO-RIP-APART-BRIGHT-BLUE-PLASTIC-BAG-BOOTIES really *SELLS* that whole CUTTING-DOWN-THE-CONTAMINANTS-*THEORY*! - [just saying..]

*THANKFULLY*, We got "IN" right ON-Time! -- I'd even brought My KNITTING along, in the event of Boredom! And, to "show-off" My Occasional-Time-*Management*-SKILLS... Which, alas, was NOT to Occur!

So. IT was just a Regular-Check-Up for THE ELDERLY-MALE-PARENTAL-UNIT... No Worries... He *still* has disgustingly "PERFECT" BLOOD-PRESSURE!! -- A Useful-TRAIT, that He *Neglected* to PASS-ON to the REST of Us PROGENY! - [..I didn't get His Skinny-KNEES, either...gee, "thanks" DAD!]

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