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I waited for three hours at the place where I went to get my blood work done. It was a comedy of errors, in all respects. I arrived around 9am--which I assumed would require some waiting but no where near what I experienced.

To begin, I discovered that the lab I have been going to no longer is covered under my new medical plan. Too bad--that office was empty with no one waiting for anything. I was directed to a lab across the corridor from my old lab.

When I entered the new place, I knew that something was out of place. There were over 20 people in the waiting room. I was directed to put my name on the attendance list and wait to be called up for my details. There was signage directing people into two lines--those with and without appointments. I put my name on the "without" list and took the only remaining seat in that place--a small table next to a 2-person sofa. There were a few people without seating who were standing up against the wall.

Before I knew it, an hour had passed and the receptionist had started telling arriving people that there was an hour wait. I figured that since I had already been there for an hour that I would surely be serviced in another hour. Nearly everyone who was waiting had been fasting--me included. My plans for a hearty breakfast were rapidly being altered to a luncheon scenario.

About that time, the receptionist also revealed that their computers were down and that anyone with an e-request for lab work would have to either come back or go to another lab. I didn't have an e-request so I elected to stay. I had already put in the time and I didn't want to come back another day.

At the two hour mark, the room was still filled with people and the receptionist's wait time was still an hour or more. At the 2.5 hour mark, I checked with the receptionist thinking that I was probably going to abort and come back another day. When I asked her where I was in the queue, she discovered that I had been skipped over as they inserted waiting people and appointment people.

She pushed me to the head of the line and I left right at the 3 hour mark! I went and grabbed a sandwich and beamed my way to dance class. I made it just in time for the first dance!

Class went well! The dance socks were not needed on that classroom's floor. As a final cap on events, I discovered, when class was over, that I hadn't brought my medication for my midday dose. Sort of a crown on the cap of so many out of kilter events.

Now, I only have to produce a stool sample and mail it in for testing! What else? Who knows? The day isn't over yet!