There are lists and lists of projects or events that are in never ending in the completion. We wrestle with these, all the time. They never go away.
Replacing
an engine,
discovering missing parts and tools, with more auto
parts littering the floor. Oh, sure, friendly veteran sang a story
about an old war injury prevented him from using manual shift, so that's
why there are only 75,000 miles on the speedometer. You drive classic
car home, finding smoke and clanks following you. Not such a good deal,
and when online sites send replacement parts, there will always be a screw
short.
Being
in labor
for hour after hour definitely makes the list. (45
hours? Followed by C-Section.) After ten hours, just when you beg for an
epidural, An army nurse briskly tells you that it is too late to give
one.
Flights
to the other side of
the world.
Australia? South Africa? Switzerland? You find yourself in cheap
seats, middle seat packed in, next to someone who hasn't taken a bath in
the last year.
Playground
duty. You are the only teacher with 300 children racing around
an one acre playground. You clutch a clipboard under one arm and grip
the teacher whistle in a tightly clenched fist.
Waiting
for Santa. You are 6 years old and this night is one wished for
all year. Tick, Tick, Tick...eyes want to shut but you won't let
them...tick, tick, tick...
Picking
strawberries day
after day after day. No joy after the
fifth day. Mid-May arrives with garden full of red berries peeking from
green leaves. First day is like discovering rubies, sweet rubies. Leads
onto the second day, third day, fourth day, fifth day....Enough
already. This won't ever end, our hands will be dyed red.
Waiting
in an emergency room,
filled with sneezing and coughing. You have a brain-splitting migraine
and your blood pressure is 177/85. With your head dropping to your
knees and a throw-up bowl beneath, you watch as a child with
sinusitis(#45) is called in. You are #62. You won't live to see the
end of this day.
Driving
through Death Valley in
summer. (Been there, done that) Long straight road over flat desolate
land, you see in distance, heat waves fooling you to think it is water.
It is 121 degrees and you watch your car's gas light like a hawk.
Standing
in the line at DMV,
until legs are shaking, growing
light-headed. Husband is home, too sick to go into the line from hell to
transfer registration. You are three months pregnant, and hours pass.
At the third hour, you tell the kind lady behind you that you are
pregnant and wonder if...then you open your eyes as you lie on the
floor. Registration was expedited.
YouTube has numerous of Curling videos
Being
forced to
watch “curling” during the Winter Olympics. Your family is Nordic, and
cheer for some team. Crushed between Olaf and Sven, you decide to
develop a tummy-bug, staying in the bathroom before sneaking away, where is not important.
Re-modeling
a
bathroom and/or kitchen the week before company arrives--this is your
spouse's idea. Tearing out the sink and cabinet reveal rot and mold.
Company will be staying in the hotel with you, as your entire house is
being examined and treated.
Most or all of this involve unending waiting…and more waiting…i
What
about you? Can you add to this list your
own unending events?
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