Ever feel....

... like something bad is about to happen, and then it does and it spooks you out?

... like you wish you had a pause button for life to make time stand still during the blissful moments?

... like you are running against a clock, in the sand, on a rainy day?

... like you wish you could fast forward to something good, but you have no idea what that is right now?

... like if you could talk to yourself three years ago, you'd let your old self have it for thinking she had problems then? You'd also laugh at her plans.

... like home is more of an imaginary land- a place you've been to in dreams only- a place you've heard described so completely that it seems more familiar to you than where you are now- a place you ache to be.

Yeah, me too.

I'm here to pick up my body parts....

Today at work, a very sweet and feeble old gentleman came in to the admissions desk and waited in line. When my coworker asked him if she could help him, he replied "Yes'm. I'm here to pick up my body parts." Everything stopped. We looked at each other, and then looked at him, and then back to each other. She said "Excuse me, sir, You're here to do what now?" He stepped up closer and leaned in over the desk, as if my friend was hard of hearing. "I'M HERE TO PICK UP MY BODY PARTS" he yelled. Carefully, she asked, "Which part are you here to pick up today, sir?" I knew this was a loaded question, and I couldn't wait for his answer. "I think it's a screw or soemthing for my knee. Dr. X said they'd be here today. He's gonna put em in my hip next week." I could almost see the lightbulb go off above my friend's head. "Oh! You're here for preop! Are you having a hip replacement surgery next week?" she asked him, handing him the sign-in sheet. "That's what I been trying to tell ya!," he replied, scribbling his name on the clipboard, "And the doc said he had to order some parts and they'd be here. I guess I'm here to pick em up".
Well, needless to say, we didn't give him his body parts today, but he did get the ones he has already checked out and should recieve the new shiny ones next week.