Malingering.
Mar 31st, 2008 by B.
Today the girls are finally back in school after Easter break and now Jim is home sick. He spent all of yesterday moaning and groaning like a bad porno, and then begged me to drive him to the doctor this morning because he was “too sick” to drive himself. After sitting in the dr’s waiting room for 2+ hours with him, I have no doubt I’ll soon be too sick to drive too. I did feel kinda bad when he came out with a diagnosis of flu, a note excusing him from work for the rest of the week, and a temp of 40.5 - wow, I have no idea what that is in fahrenheit anymore. I guess somewhere along the line I quit doing the mental conversions…
It was really weird in the waiting room… some mouth-breather to my left kept staring at my book (Lolita). I couldn’t figure out if he had pedophilic leanings or if he thought I did. It wasn’t even the creepy old penguin classic cover either, so I have no idea what the fascination was. Had I known I’d have an audience I would’ve picked something really interesting to read.
On this day..
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I once spent several flights reading “HelterSkelter,” which was a great way to maintain my personal space. I noticed my seatmates leaning far, far away from me. (The book is great, by the way, one of my all-time favorites.)
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I have to admit that I read “Stiff” while my husband was in the hospital. I got a lot of looks in the waiting room. {SNORT}
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Hey B. how is Lolita? It sounds like one depressing book, but those gals in Tehran sure loved it. I hope Jim is feeling better.
Love, love LOVE Lolita…I think it’s the best book ever!
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To be honest…..you never stop the metric conversion mess….after fourteen years….I still do it. I did feel your pain at the doctor’s office….I always had the impression that half of the folks there in the morning were just “fakers” trying to get a note to get out of work, and the other half were old geezers who wanted to whine about aches and pains. I always had the impression that those who brought books into the waiting room were begging to stay longer, and the nurses just rigged things to make you happy.
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