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Composition for Incident of Long Waiting

      Days that feel like they drag on forever are irritating, but later comical. It really is weird. How can one day feel like it drags on for centuries (metaphorically speaking)? I have one incident that felt like that. This is really more than one day, but it’s all along the same topic. Every time my dad went to Shands to see the neurologist, a hospital in Gainsville, Florida, I had to usually sit and wait the lobby/hall that comprised the medical complex of the building. This place, usually bustling with people from patients to doctors and nurses, became increasingly boring each time we went. It seemed like the appointments dragged on forever. A few times, I got to stay at my grandma’s house where I enjoyed watching TV with her to pass the time. I’ll never forget those days. It was long and hard to sit there for such times. But, that is in the past, and my lower-attention-span person doesn’t have to sit through it again. Rejoice!

-Andrew Warren