VA Scavenger Hunt

today i "checked out" from my clinic placement at the Veterans Affairs Hospital in Dallas. apparently they like to make it EXTREMELY difficult for people to leave government employment. i received a piece of paper which required no less than 14 signatures from certain divisions within the VA in order to sever my employment (with no pay). so i was handed a map and told that i would be walking a lot.
i started at 1pm. i was finished at 3:45. the VA is a BIG building! it has 3 main buildings and about 60 some-odd buildings located around the property. i had to walk to places that weren't even on the map. i went out the front entrance, around parking lots and construction and finally found the building (or should i say trailer..) i was looking for, only to be told I had to have the other sections sign it first. so back around the parking lots and construction. through a different entrance to wait in a line for 30 minutes only to be told the door i needed was right around the corner, where, by the way, there was no line and it took 30 seconds for someone to sign.
i looked lost most of the time and several people took pity on me asked asked if they could help.
i really enjoyed my time at the VA. i think i learned a lot and will really miss the people that i got to work with.
but it would not have been complete without my VA scavenger hunt!