Going Walkies

I took myself for a quick walk around the floor this afternoon, and realized a few things:

Top ten signs you've spent too long in the hospital

1) You can say hello to most of the nurses by name.
2) Staff wave, call you by name, and wonder whether you are "having nice walkies?"
3) You forget you aren't wearing pants
4) Staff point you out as you go by to other patients as "that cute little cancer girl"
5) Jello, or no Jello? Serious deliberation
6) Staff start asking you real questions: "does the cancer hurt? was chemotherapy hard? you are so young, does your mom worry?" (everyone asks about your mom)
7) You run out of veins.
8) The routine begins to make sense.
9) Doctors forget why you were originally admitted.
10) Coming back to the room, you look for your housekeys to open the door.