I'm planning to drive up to Valdosta, GA on my day off tomorrow to visit a friend and check out a theme park I've never been to. It's about 3.5 hours each way.

Ok - the mental health bureacracy is crazy making and stupid and should be easier to assist people who need the effing help without making it so impossible tha tit feels like the only option is checking oneself into the hospital for three days.

Part of it is U of M's fault. They built this huge mental health compound and every shrink in the area is affiliated with it. OR they are in private practice and don't take insurance and charge $250/hour. And at this point, they are scheduling 14-16 weeks out.

My health insurance is no help - every number they give me reaches people that are not taking new patients or have similar scheduling issues as U of M.

I can get into the shrink at my university, but the health office that schedules the apoointments is closed until Monday.

I'm also hoping that my mom will be able to pull some strings with her shrink and get me in to him sooner rather than later given he knows her history and will take her word for it on mine to a degree enough that I can get in quickly.

So damned frustrated. It took WEEKS of saving spoons to get me to the point that I could call - despite pushing from my therapist. It shouldn't be this hard.

{{{Aims}}} I hate how frustrating the whole process is. I've been there sitting on the floor crying on the phone just trying to get through to someone who can help. It really shouldn't be like that.

wrod. I completely forgot...my cousin is marrying into the Crowder clan tomorrow...seriously, the fiance does look like Chinless!Walton Goggins...to the point that I'm looking at the photo, like, "Do I know this guy or what?" while my mom is all "Sunrise, Sunset" about how my aunt looked like that when she met my dad and so forth, but one day I was watching "Justified" and the resemblance clicked.(Boyd's more attractive.)

I'm not here. I have a lawyer question for a manuscript.

It doesn't say what state it's set in. There's a little girl, murdered Xmas Eve. The ADA is in the the police station, yelling at the chief that he want evidence gathered quickly because he wants to go up to a grand jury in the next 3 days.

So, is this crime, even though at this point they have a suspect, something that would go to a grand jury? And in 3 days?

Wow...even just being a procedural enthusiast, that sounds like "Where do you start?" levels of fucked-up.

I think without out knowing where it's happening it's difficult to say how long it would take to schedule a grand jury hearing. Also, I can't believe that you would be able to schedule it before evidence was gathered.

isn't the purpose to convene a grand jury to indict a particular person? you don't do it just for shits and giggles, right?

So isn't evidence processes before a GJ is scheduled?

And, hello - Christmas holidays? I'm pretty sure a lot of the court people take off for Christmas, New Year, etc. If I remember correctly, they don't schedule jury duty over the holidays.

Yeah, I know. It's a mid-sized town, they have a suspect (the father - he didn't do it) but no hard evidence. Actually, the ADA did it.

So is he just posturing and spewing nonsense? Because it didn't think all the things you mentioned were legally or logistically feasible.