Observations from the waiting room

Last week my sister, aunt and I spent a good deal of time in the waiting room while my mother had shoulder surgery (try saying that three time fast!). When you’re sitting around you have time to notice things, especially me, because that’s what I do. How else would I have anything to say here?

So, I happen to notice that there was a variety of reading material available to us, including magazines, health pamphlets, announcements posted on the walls and novels. Novels? That’s right about 20 of them, and we’re not talking the condensed Reader’s Digest versions. We’re talking full blown, 300 pagers, no pictures! Fist of all it takes time to get through a book that size, even for me. I know it feels like forever when you’re sitting in a waiting room, but really!

I also noticed that there were about 10 puzzles. The smallest one was 350 pieces, one or two where 500 pieces but the rest were 1000 pieces. Really? A 1000 pieces? It take me a week to put one of those together, with help! Also I’d like to point out that while they had 10 puzzles, they only had one table. That could be the cause of a nasty puzzlers’ dispute, causing even more need for surgeries.

You know what I didn’t see that would have been some what appropriate? An Operation game!