Thursday, July 10, 2014

Where'd You Go...

Cecilia?

A little excitement in the SJG 'hood yesterday, courtesy of Cecilia, a gal in an electric wheelchair who got just a bit lost.  It took a team of concerned suburban sleuths to figure out that Cecilia had somehow made her way via bus from a group home in Panorama City to our humble street.  The exact details of her long journey remained iffy, but we managed to put a story together, plot holes and all.  Her name took a while to decipher, too, till a nice truck driver retrieved her license, discarded on the road en route to nowheresville. Phone calls were made, and promises to retrieve her. The issue of when seemed fuzzy. "Soon" was the best answer we could get.  Throughout the ordeal, Cecilia tried to stay calm. "I'm in trouble now," she said, more than once. "You got a little lost," I said. "It happens to all of us.  Have some water."  More calls were made and then, an hour later, maybe longer, her ride finally arrived.  "Cee-Cee, what happened?" the driver asked.  "We thought you went to Walmart." "Is she allowed to leave the group home?" I asked, still in amateur detective mode. "She can sign herself out and go on errands."  "Maybe someone needs to take another look at that." 

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