Does anyone remember the old Garrison Keilor song about a cat — all cats actually — that constantly changes its mind about wanting to be inside or outside?
“Well … I wanna go out. Yes, the great outdoors is for me. I’m just a wandering soul, that can’t be held down.
But … I wanna come in. Yes, I know you missed me so. I’ve been gone long enough, so I think I’ll hang around.
Now … It’s time to go out. Yes, it’s time to see what’s new…”
Anyway, you get the drift.
The great thing about going in the front door, instead of through the ER, is that you can just ask to leave whenever the mood strikes you.
So … I wanna go out. Yes, I need to get these legs a movin’. Time is passing by and I don’t want to miss the scene.
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ideas2words // 18 August 2007 at 12:13 pm
Just in case anyone is worried that I left the hospital when in fact I still need to be there, I wanted to provide a little more detail. I will be going back on Monday. My kids are coming back from camp today, but will be leaving for Houston on Monday. My doctor knows how much I needed to see my kids, so he thought it prudent to let me go spend the weekend with them. So, thanks for your concern, but I didn’t leave the hospital as lightly as my post would indicate. I was just feeling a little goofy. And, I love the “In and Out Cat Song.”* (BTW, those weren’t the actual words, I just made them up to give you the feel for the song; Garrison’s words are much more clever.)
* - For the would be grammarian out there (you know who you are): Periods and commas always go inside quotation marks, even inside single quotes. See http://www.grammarbook.com/punctuation/quotes.asp . Come on, say it. Say it. You’re my what? That’s right, you’re my Be-yotch.
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