I’m waiting for my daughter to come home from school so we can go to her doctor’s appointment and I’m all packed and ready for the waiting game. Here’s what I’m bringing:

1. The latest manuscript I’m indexing - it’s in the mark-up stage, so I can sit with a highlighter in the waiting room and actually work!

2. My sketchbook and pen, in case inspiration hits for the Big Draw.

3. Two cookbooks and my “I’d like to eat’ steno pad. I started going through our latest cookbooks a while ago, and jotting down recipes that I’d love to try, along with page numbers. It’s worked out well - my husband no longer asks me what I’d like him to cook. He just pages through the steno pad and cooks whatever catches his eye.

4. Canadian House and Home magazine. It’s the November 2008 issue, filled to the brim with Christmas stuff.

I’m wondering if I should take something to eat, too … nothing obtrusive, but just in case we get hungry.

A long time ago, I decided to actually start enjoying the waiting time when I have a doctor’s appointment. And ever since then, it actually feels a bit like “me” time!

Update: I almost forgot my iPod! Can’t have that, can we?