I didnt mean it! I promise! But the wait was killing me! I have been waiting for my RN school acceptance letter for many weeks now. Each day I come home, I patiently await the mailmans arrival thinking that "Yes, today is the day" only to be dissapointed day after agonizing day. As the mail enters the the mailslot, before it hits the ground, I am feverishly attacking the stack searching for "The Letter". With my heart pounding, sweat beading on my face and forehead, I riffle through the stack of mail, searching, hoping, pleading, praying, only to be dissappointed once again. The last piece of mail, Wallmart couponds with a happy face on the envelope, begins to tourment me. I stare at the smiley face with anguish and dispair, and it seems to mock me, laugh at me, I can almost swear that I actually hear it talking to me! Its telling me that the mailman is a lazy slob, he wants to hurry up and go home. Yes he knows that he has mistakenly left my letter in his bag, but says to himself "oh well its probably junk mail" so he isnt going to sweat the small stuff. As I hear the smiley face laughing at me, all I can think about is how my letter will end up in the dead mail file, or worse yet, sent back to the school with the dreaded "no forwarding address" stamped on it! With my heart pounding, throat dry, and what feel like a bag full of cotton in my mouth, I run out of the house searching for the mailman! I can see him in the distance, hes 50 yards from me, headed for his truck! If I dont catch him, I will never get my letter! I increase my rate of speed, the landscape becomes a blur around me as I close in the enemy, the lazy slob that has caused me endless tourment. My eyes zero in on his mailbag like an eagle zeroing in on a rabbit from high in the air. I am closing in on him fast! I pounce on him and grab the mailbag all in a single motion like a lion taking down a wilderbeast. I dump the contents of the bag, searching for what I know is there, my acceptance letter! As I ripp through the stack of letters, I think I hear something....Its a beeping sound! Is it the police? The fire department, an ambulance maybe? I dont care, I am on a mission, I must find that LETTER!!!!! Oh My Gosh I see it!!!!! I have it in my hands!!!! Oh thank you Lord! Finally!!!!! I tear it open, I begin to read it! Dear Prospective student....... Wait a minute, something wierd is happening.....That beeping sound, its getting louder and louder....Its...Its........Time to get up! You mean to tell me this has been a dream!!!! I guess the tourment continues.
For all of us that are still waiting for "The Letter" Good luck! Please sound off when you get it. That will keep us all encouraged!
