The Waiting
I'm not one who likes to sit around and wait. After all, I have a life and I like to live it to its fullest. I have fewer years ahead of me than I have behind and I'd like to use that time wisely. When we were a one-vehicle family, I used to drive and pick DW up after work. Because she got a jump on her work day, I usually expected that she'd be ready to go when I finished my day and hopped in the car to get her, but that wasn't always the case. Sometimes, she'd want to finish up a task, or print something up, before calling it a day. And so I'd sit in the car—for sometimes more than a half an hour—and wait. One of the reasons we bought a second vehicle was for me to avoid having to wait, but also because I worked further from home so it made no sense to carpool, especially when we had kids to pick up from daycare. At the doctor's office, I also hate having to wait. I would always book the first appointment of the day so that I'd never have to wait ...
