Lunch

I've found a new favorite in the hospital cafeteria. I buy a pre-packaged scoop of chicken salad for $1.65. I then buy a croissant for $1.45. This meal comes up to a little under $4. It's delicious, it could be healthier, but it isn't too too bad. Sometimes I'll buy a can of Diet Coke for $1 also. I go up to the Plaza Level and go outside, find a bench underneath a tree, and read a book. It's quiet under my tree. I enjoy it. I have a beautiful view of the hills from my favorite bench. These hills look like a backdrop on some days. Other days you can barely see the top of them from the smog or clouds rolling in. I see other people out there on the Plaza Level. Most of them sit by themselves and will pull out a book or some just stare off in to their own little world. Some of these people are doctors and I often wonder if they're thinking about this critically ill person on floor 7 or the woman who just had to have an emergency C-section on floor 3. Maybe they're just thinking about how they're new BMW got hit in the doctor's parking garage.

Life is good on the Plaza Level from 11:45-12:30.