To Read or Not to Read

I have weird thoughts at times. Just wondering about certain stuff. Thinking whether I'm the only person in the world having these thoughts or if I could consider myself being crazy or silly. To check each option I asked A. what he thought of my concoctions... Of course he is biased but he said that I'm crazy anyway *grin* It must be my silly goat personality, thinking about strange stuff.

I had to go to my GP for a brain check and I was sitting in the waiting room. I expected the doctor to come in and call for me but she didn't. It took quite a while and I was wondering what was going on and what to do in the meantime. I was supposed to be there at 09.00 in the morning and I was. I saw her through the window of the door opposite of me, she was about to enter the room and call the next person who would've been me since it was past 09.00 and I came in on time.

But it wasn't me, there was another person who had to see her and I had no idea how long it would take. I saw the magazines on the table the moment I came in and I was in doubt whether I should read some or not. The thing is, since you don't know how long it will take before it's your turn, you would probably have no time to finish that interesting article that you started to read. So what is the point in reading something then?

I explained this to A. and he said I could go to a store and buy the magazine which is a good point but most of the time the magazines that are in the waiting room are outdated and it's impossible to get another copy. Also the effort to get one would make me decide straight away not to read the magazine. I have been disappointed at some occasions because I wasn't able to finish reading. And staying in that room after a visiting the GP just to finish that article would have been a silly thing to do right?

That particular day I decided not to pick up any magazine but be patient and wait for my turn which was 'only' 25 minutes later. I wonder how many words could've been read by me in that time span...