Always carry a book

I have long been in the habit of carrying a book with me wherever I go. This has been an ingrained behavior since I could read, at least that is my recollection. Here at work it sometimes gets me funny looks when I grab my book for a quick trip up the elevator to pick up something from a resident for example. My contention has always been that it's in case the elevator breaks down. Well, today my habit proved it's wisdom as I was, for the second time since I started working here in 1990, trapped on the elevator for a time. The elevator shot past the 26th floor, which is the top floor, and stuck about 3 feet higher than the floor level. I was only in the elevator about 20 minutes, but that would have seemed much longer without a book to read! :-) So, always carry a book, you never know when you'll be stuck with nothing to do. When, for some reason, like I just finished the book I was carrying that day, I don't have a book to take with me I stick my pocket sized bible, that is always with me, in my pocket just in case.

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