The Waiting Game

Have you ever played the waiting game? It’s not nearly as much fun as the quiet game. I’ve been playing the waiting game for a month now, and it is starting to get very old.

When you think about it though, we are always waiting for something. But some people make better use of their time waiting than others. They get out there and explore and learn and grow, and when what they are waiting for comes around, they’ll have done all kinds of things while they waited. Kind of like how while I’m waiting to finish curling my hair I’ll do heel raises or belly dance drills, just to make good use of that time. I’ve tried reading while I wait to curl my hair, but it’s to much stopping and starting to get anything out of what I’m reading.

I think I do a pretty good job of using my time while I wait. But there are those moments when I’d like one thing to finally arrive so that I can stop waiting on it and start doing things while I wait on something else. Like right now, I would like to stop waiting to hear back from the University of Arizona, and start waiting on getting down there.

But in the mean time, this is what I did tonight while I waited, yet again, for the mailman to bring me the right letter.