Tue 10 Nov 2009
Those who know me in real life know that I can be quite impatient: I’m always the one to eat dessert before the main course and open up gifts before Christmas day! Sometimes I’m so eager to experience things, I feel like the world couldn’t spin fast enough.
Two weeks ago I got a basket of green kiwis. I know kiwis are naturally green but these were hard and unripened. Of course, being me, I bit into one immediately and couldn’t believe how sour and awful-tasting it was! And to think only I had a whole basket of these. For days I’d been contemplating putting them in the garbage, until finally, today, I had the courage to give them one last try. To my astonishment, the kiwis had ripened to perfection and were now bursting with sweet flavor!!!
They say that good things happen to those who wait. So true! (I’m just glad I didn’t wait too long or I would’ve ended up with two dozen rotten kiwis in my kitchen.) Some things we love waiting for, other things tend to wear down our patience, and then there are some that are worth waiting for forever. If I were to make a list, mine would look like this:
Worst things to wait for:
- a bus in the winter
- a phone call from a friend when you need their advice ASAP
- a page to download, ahhh!
- your turn at the dentist’s office (!)
- morning when you have insomnia
- a waiter. There is something inherently wrong with waiting on a waiter.
Best things to wait for:
- new issue of Nylon magazine
- stuff to show up in the mail that you got on Etsy
- a fun vacation you’d been planning for weeks
- when your cat comes over to snuggle at night
- Harry Potter movies
- my birthday!
Worth waiting for forever:
- Someone who loves you just the way you are.
Your turn Deerlings! What do you hate, love waiting for and are willing to wait for forever?
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November 10th, 2009 at 1:17 pm
I really hate waiting to give people things. It’s easy for me to not open my gifts..but hard for me to shop too early because I want to give everyone their gifts right away.
Right now the best thing I’m waiting for is the baby that has 5 1/2 months left to cook.
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Doe Deere Reply:
November 10th, 2009 at 2:11 pm
Congratulations on the baby – talk about things that are worth the wait!
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November 10th, 2009 at 1:24 pm
I’m glad you tried the kiwis again. Next time, put them in a bag on the counter or table for a few days. They will ripen quicker in a bag. We have to do this every time we buy avocados since it’s not avocado season anymore so all the ones in stores are rock hard.
My Worst things to wait for:
Subway in winter
Car to warm up in winter
Vacation
Waiting for vet calls when a pet is sick
Food when I am really hungry
Traffic lights when I am in a rush
Traffic jams
My Best things to wait for:
My new Vegetarian Times mag showing up in my mailbox each month (food porn!)
Coming home from work to see my bf, 2 kitties and rabbit.
Autumn time (my favorite season)
Vacation
Delish food…especailly when you have a huge craving for it.
My daily kundalini yoga session.
Growing a garden from seeds. So worth the wait when you watch little seeds grow into something you can eat.
Ordering something special online and having it arrive at your door step.
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November 10th, 2009 at 1:26 pm
My best friend since we were 5 years old (that’s 20 years!) recently found a present she made for me in 4th grade, but forgot to give to me.
That little clay heart, broken in two with our names on each half was by far worth the 15 year wait. Adorable.
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Doe Deere Reply:
November 10th, 2009 at 2:09 pm
Ah! The best story ever :D
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November 10th, 2009 at 1:46 pm
My car was a 20-year-old heap running on faith and duct tape, with no heat or a/c (in Texas!). I had been saving to buy a car for months, and my friend’s mom decided to give me hers instead. It’s so nice to have a working car!
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Doe Deere Reply:
November 10th, 2009 at 2:10 pm
It sounds like that car waited for 20 years to get replaced, haha. :) Congrats on the new vehicle!
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November 10th, 2009 at 2:23 pm
when is your birthday ?
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November 10th, 2009 at 2:30 pm
The one thing that is worth the wait is for my boyfriend to overcome his depression. We don’t have the money to get him real help so it’s up to us and my knowledge of herbs and vitamins. After a week, he’s already made leaps and bounds. He actually really smiles and really laughs. He feels more then just worthless and upset. I know he still has a looooong way to go but, I’d wait forever because in the end, I know it is worth it. I want him to be happy and seeing the little times when he really smiles or laughs or says “I love you” and you can see that he is in the moment and feeling it…that’s os worth it.
It should probably be said that I suffered with depression for almost 5 or 6 years without knowing what was wrong. The only reason I knew finally was because a friend said something. I got myself out of depression in a few years because we were poor. I’m happy to wait because the happiness is worth it.
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Lauren Reply:
November 11th, 2009 at 2:48 pm
I admire you for sticking with him and helping him with everything you can…my ex cared, but he was terrified of clinical depression and never seemed to make any effort to help. I think it was that he just didn’t know how to deal with it; he was, quite naturally, a very high energy, cheerful person.
that was not why we broke up, but waititng and working to fix depression is definitely worth the wait.
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November 10th, 2009 at 2:37 pm
Ooo!
Things I absolutely can’t stand waiting for:
-People to accelerate from lights. I don’t get it, push the gas, go forward and accelerate! At what point does this not make sense?
-Class/Work to be over.
-Waiting in line to check out at the grocery store
-Slow internet loading pages/waiting for software to boot up
Things worth waiting for:
-The holidays to get here! I can’t wait to see my family!
-April to be here, so Paul and I can get our own “first” place together :)
-Waiting for the drive out to my parents to be over and done with. I get so excited when I hit the Wisconsin border and know that in 40 minutes or less, I’ll be with my family, and my horses.
-Waiting for Paul to finish dinner with his newly created recipe :) Always sooo delicous!
-Waiting for one of my fosters to find their perfect forever home <3
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Melinda Reply:
November 11th, 2009 at 12:59 am
What do you foster? :) I work with the animal shelter fostering 2 day old kittens, till they’re old enough and socialized enough to be adopted.
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November 10th, 2009 at 2:51 pm
I hate waiting to give people gifts. For Christmas I had got my husband a gold pocket watch with his initials engraved and I desperately wanted to give it to him because I wanted to see how happy he would be. So, the weeks before Christmas I kept giving him hints or that if he wanted to know what I got him then to look in the hat box in the closet. He is patient though, and never peeked and would shut me up whenever I tried to hint. Of course, I also peeked and rattled boxes when it came to my own gifts!
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Erica Reply:
November 10th, 2009 at 3:03 pm
I do the same thing when giving gifts! I get so excited to give them that even last year, the day BEFORE Christmas, I couldn’t wait any longer and MADE my boyfriend open up all his presents. I love giving people presents I know they’re going to love. It brings me so much GLEE!
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November 10th, 2009 at 2:54 pm
i just opened up my new issue of nylon, and what do i see on page 92? that very familiar-looking tube of lipstick with a holographic unicorn on the front…! needless to say i was ecstatic. congrats!
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Erica Reply:
November 10th, 2009 at 3:05 pm
I had the same reaction – I bought my issue for my plane ride back from Disney World (Florida) last week and throughout endless turbulence, ear-drum popping, snoring next to me, and a kid kicking my seat, the only thing that cheered me up was opening up my Nylon and seeing Lime Crime lipsticks! Total GLEE in the sky!
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Doe Deere Reply:
November 10th, 2009 at 4:02 pm
I knowwwww! :D Scanning it for the website right now. :)
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Cait Reply:
November 10th, 2009 at 8:57 pm
I have been waiting for this issue to come out for a while, when ever For the past few days I have been popping into the bookstore in the mall where I work, checking for this issue. Perhaps it will finally be on the self tis weekend when I work!!
>w<
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November 10th, 2009 at 4:03 pm
I am very impatient too!! Here are a few things I hate waiting for;
*coffee to brew in the morning when I am sooo sleepy
*people in drive thru lines that never make up their minds
*payday!!
*work to be over
Things that are so worth the wait;
*going home and cuddling with the kitties and the honey!!
*new collections of makeup
*my trips to NYC
*The Yankees to win the World Series!!!
Congrats on the Nylon Mag!! I haven’t bought any LC yet myself, but I received some as a gift and I am loving it!!
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November 10th, 2009 at 4:15 pm
Worst things to wait for:
- When you and your friends are going somewhere, and they say they will be right back and they show up much later than expected.
Best things to wait for:
- New Films I choose to see coming up
- Awesome packages.
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November 10th, 2009 at 4:37 pm
When I opened this post, I thought the kiwis were to show us your new idea for a lipstick color. Now THAT would be something worth waiting for! :D
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November 10th, 2009 at 4:41 pm
Thanks Doe, your post made me smile. I’m a big fan even though I’m just shy of 50. Here is a link to the best thing I ever waited for. http://www.finishwellmusic.com/yverline.html . Our daughter came home after 4 years. If you click on history you will read her story. BTW click on photos for a pic with her and brothers at the hospital, she is covered in sparkle powder. Glee, glee. xxxoo God Bless cynde and family
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November 10th, 2009 at 4:44 pm
Best things to wait for
-Christmas!
-Summer vacation!!
-Paycheck!
-Doe’s next post!
Worst things to wait for
-a phonecall/txt message/look from a boy :(
Worth waiting forever…the right time for you and that special someone to be together
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November 10th, 2009 at 4:52 pm
Things I Hate Waiting For:
-The Bus. You wait an hour…
-The rain to stop. JUST BE HEAVY RAIN AND GET IT DONE WITH!
-The kettle to finish boiling. There’s STEAM coming out of you. Your water has been BUBBLING for a full minute. You’re BOILED. Get over yourself.
-Payday. All Noodles and No Cake makes Jack a Dull Boy.
-My favourite blogs to update. But Doe, I find you lovely and prompt. <3
Things I Still Hate Waiting For, But Know It'll Be Worth It:
-My Birthday and Christmas.
-For my Little Cousin to get well again.
-Getting Engaged…I hope?
-Days when I can see my friends.
-New collections of Dresses on my favourite sites!
-Longer days, warmer nights.
-My go on the rollercoaster!
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November 10th, 2009 at 4:54 pm
I don’t mind waiting for gifts but I absolutely hate waiting to give gifts! I had an amazing idea for my best friend’s birthday present and I gave her a hint and she guessed u.u So now I’ll have to come up with something extra and be careful enough not to tell her anything!
Worst things to wait for:
-Exams/Tests results!
-Break at school
-Things to print.
-Calls and/or texts
-Exam/Test day!
-Nail polish to dry
-The time you did in the pool!
Best things to wait for:
-CD’s, movies or books!
-Payday/Allowance :DD
-Soccer/Basketball match!
-Sleepovers
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November 10th, 2009 at 5:43 pm
I guess seeing my hockey team win a championship would be worth waiting forever for (yes, this is my equivalent of romance)…
I can’t think of much else besides what was already on your lists, Doe. I definitely hate waiting for public transport when it’s cold and dark like it is now. In fact, it’s not nice to wait for anything when you’re in a rush.
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November 10th, 2009 at 5:56 pm
The worst thing to wait for in my oppinion are tests and growing hair out! There is engough anxiety as it is studying and preparing for them, the last thing I want to do is wait any longer. Hair is also such a pain to grow. For all of my highschool years I had short hair and now I would like to try having long hair again.
The best thing to wait for is the summer. The summer means fun, carefree, warm days that lead up to my birthday in August.
And finaly the thing that I am most willing to wait for is someone to love me. I am 18 and have never had a boy friend, I have helped my friends go through their relationships but have yet to experience one myself. Something becuase of this I question myself and wonder what I could possibly be doing wrong… But I am willing to wait, becuase ‘Good things come to those who wait.’
<3 Cait
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November 10th, 2009 at 6:26 pm
I’m waiting for two of your lipsticks! ah! so excited. I look at pictures of them a few times a day thats how much I want them! This is a love/hate type of waiting! Although you hate waiting for it you want to wait cause it hypes you up. Nothings fun when its just so easy to get.
Can’t wait for my trip to Spain next summer! and my wedding right before that!
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November 10th, 2009 at 6:32 pm
I live in Australia so will have to wait another month for tha mag, and then shell out $8.95 for it! But as always your worth it. Your lucky you didn’t have to wait for the person who loves you just as you are :)
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November 10th, 2009 at 6:49 pm
The last one’s the best! (L)
I love that moment when you’re dancing with that guy you like, that you know he’ll end up kissing you but you just don’t know when he’ll be brave enough, the longer it is, the most exciting it gets! x)
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November 10th, 2009 at 7:00 pm
Spot on lists! Especially about the winter buses. Things worth waiting for are also weekends with trips to museums! I love museums.
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November 10th, 2009 at 7:39 pm
I’m soon about to send my uni application in – terrifying, but exciting at the same time! I can’t wait to hear from them.
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November 10th, 2009 at 8:05 pm
Definitely agree with your lists. Busses in winter = so not fun to wait for, and I definitely don’t mind waiting for things in the mail. Currently, what I am waiting for is the week to go by(because the weekends can never come soon enough for me!), and even tougher is the guy I like.. we’ve been seeing each other for a while, and I’m hoping we will be making it official soon(AT LEAST before Christmas! lol)
I saw the thing in NYLON on your line. YAY!! (I couln’t buy the mag, but I did take a picture of the article with my phone.. ^_^ hehe)
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November 10th, 2009 at 8:23 pm
Developing a photo in the dark room! Sticking it in the developer, stop bath, fixer and wash…it feels like forever but the gorgeous picture (hopefully, haha) at the end is worth the wait!
Also, waiting in the airport of a foreign country! Most people hate airport lines, but for me, it just means I’m going home later.
Hey Doe, have you ever checked this girl’s blog out? http://goldbeautymua-mevish.blogspot.com/ It seems like she loves the vivid lips – she uses shades similar to Styletto, Great Pink Planet or Centrifuschia.
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November 10th, 2009 at 8:27 pm
My birthday was last Thursday, and my sister said she was going to send me package. It was worth waiting for I found it outside my door when I came home from school. It was colorful rainbow box filled of yummy treats like popcorn and chocolates
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November 10th, 2009 at 9:01 pm
I was the kid who sneaked a look at their Christmas presents early. I’m getting better, but I still hate waiting.
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November 10th, 2009 at 9:10 pm
My Lime Crime lipsticks arrived today – a tube of Airborne Unicorn and Countessa Fluorescent – and (although I didn’t have to wait very long!) they were well worth it!
I agree that “Someone who loves you just the way you are” is something worth waiting a lifetime for. I’m lucky to have found that person and married him last week, on Halloween :)
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November 10th, 2009 at 10:02 pm
Worst things to wait for:
-the results on a chemistry test
-your next anxiety pill
-a doctor with undeniably bad news
-the dog to poop so you can scoop it up and go home
Best things to wait for:
-bedtime
-packages in the mail!
-snuggle time with my dog
-end of the school day
Things worth waiting for forever:
-love
-unicorns
I have a really hard time waiting to give people gifts, as well. I just love it when I know I got a gift that they’re going to love to bits!
Christmastime is especially hard for me. I feel like I’ll burst with information any second!
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November 10th, 2009 at 11:04 pm
hate = right now i’m the only person in my family with a car. so i have to cart everyone else around. i don’t mind doing it. i love to help people but what i do hate is waiting forever for them when they know i am coming to get them to take them somewhere >_<
wait forever/love = my boyfriend and i have been together for 7 awesome years. he doesn't believe in marriage but i want to get married. i don't want to find anyone else even if they were willing to marry me because i know he is my soulmate. so i would wait forever for him to ask even if it never happened, knowing that he is there anyways ^_^
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November 10th, 2009 at 11:45 pm
I am such an impatient person. I’m not sure there is anything I like waiting for. haha
Things I hate waiting on:
-long lines at lunch. It’s especially frustrating when you only have 20 minutes between work and a 3.5 hour class.
-this semester to be OVER. I want to graduate! I’m graduating early and I’m still impatient. And half of my grad school applications will be out by then.
-finishing grad school applications. I want all of them done. It’s almost enough to make me want to say screw it.
-test grades. Seriously. I took the test. Now give it back to me the next class.
-warm weather. It can’t come soon enough!
I’m impatiently waiting for my boyfriend to realize he can’t live without me and to hurry up and propose already. I even come with my own ring! (my mom’s/grandmother’s) I’m confident he’ll figure it out eventually. Everyone else already has. For now, I just taunt him with panties that say “HINT HINT” next to a diamond ring.
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November 11th, 2009 at 1:09 am
Right now, I’m going through a lot so, there are things I can’t wait for:
~Work to be over (hobbylobby)
~New Teaching position so I can finally have insurance to….
~Have my hair grow back from being diagnosed with Alopecia (thankfully the bald spots are in places that no one can see)
~To have a new Teaching position to get insurance
Things worth waiting for:
~When I move in with my boyfriend
~Seeing our new little baby play (Its a ferret!)
~Marriage
~Life to continue
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November 11th, 2009 at 1:24 am
Hate waiting for:
~my customers to make up their damn minds
~headaches to go away
~inspiration to dissolve my writer’s block
~work to end
~Summer to end (AZ, too damn hot during summer here)
~the christmas season to end (can’t end soon enough. However, Winter is allowed to stay)
~Snowbirds to go home. And take their bad driving with them
Worth waiting for:
~New music from Emilie Autumn (or other various bands that I like, mostly her.)
~A Cruxshadows concert
~(impartial) Review on a story
~movies I’m excited for (usually. Sometimes they end up being The 4th Kind =/)
~decent video games (Left 4 Dead 2!!!! Brutal Legend)
~Meet and Greet with someone you idolize
~The next book in your favorite series.
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November 11th, 2009 at 2:35 am
Worst thing waiting for:
People, especially when ur running late
Pizza guy, when i’m hungry
checkout lines..lol
Things worth waiting for:
Xmas..I LOVE to decorate
My coke to get chilled before i drink it
Vampire Diaries
Results from a contest, in or out of poly
Worth waiting FOREVER:
MY DREAMS….oxoxoxo
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November 11th, 2009 at 6:20 am
oh… and i already thought, you wanted to indtroduce a new kiwi-green lipstick for your collection, hahaha!
yeah, its really worth waiting for some things. i’m very unpatient too, but I love for example to wait for new fotos from my favourite model lessandes (www.lessandes.com). she is my delight!
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November 11th, 2009 at 4:45 pm
Welcome from Kiwi Fruit Capital ( New zealand) fruit geek time – stick a apple in with them, this ripens them up faster.
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November 11th, 2009 at 4:46 pm
Hate – Waiting on the next bus because the one you chased down the road didn’t wait for you at the stop! Especially when it’s cold/wet.
Love – Banana muffins, lemon chicken, chilli, brownies; basically anything I make from scratch! So worth the wait when my tummy is full of goodness!
Willing – To grow old happy and in love!
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November 11th, 2009 at 8:53 pm
I totally agree on the whole waiting for a friend to call back when you really need their advice–welcome to my life this entire past week and a half!!
WORST
waiting for economics class to end
waiting to continue a super-secret important conversation
waiting till I can chew again (I had my first chip in almost two-and-a-half months yesterday!)
BEST
waiting for Doe’s next blog post
waiting for my beautiful rocket/other things bought online
waiting to give someone the present you spent weeks making/hunting down
waiting for the guests to arrive at your party
waiting for the show to start when you’re in position backstage
waiting to see that special someone!
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November 12th, 2009 at 10:52 am
The thing I hate waiting for the most right now is for my friend to talk to me. Something happened and I’m not sure what but I miss my good friend :(
The best thing to wait for was getting my black belt. I trained for 5 years to earn it.
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November 13th, 2009 at 8:55 am
aaah as if i was waiting for a dentist appointment like two hours before i read this.. madness! im sooo impatient. waiting for my online shopping to arrive is always the worst!
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November 13th, 2009 at 9:34 pm
impatience is a typical Gemini trait.
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November 14th, 2009 at 12:08 am
I love waiting for my magazine subscriptions to come in the mail, or anything I order online.
I HATE waiting for my shift at work or my breaktime to come, and I especially hate having to wait for payday. And I hate having to wait in line at a grocery store with only a few things to buy and only one register open. Then occasionally if other customers are nice and notice the girl with only a gallon of milk and a loaf of bread, they’ll let me cut ahead of them, but I feel bad about it because they’re still waiting with their huge loads.
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November 15th, 2009 at 5:53 pm
Worst Things to Wait For
- exam results to be posted
- a “discussion” with someone you really don’t want to have
- the bus (when you are blind like me, it is a nightmare)
- agents and editors to get back to your about accepting your novel for publication
BEST Things to Wait for:
- an exciting trip you’ve planned for months (or even YEARS, in my case)
- giving people presents, especially one you’ve made yourself
- New CDs from fave bands and new books from favorite authors
- husband to come home from work (hug time!)
THINGS can wait a lifetime for:
- hugs
- love
- dreams coming true
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