Waiting.

Waiting for the phone to ring.

Waiting for something to come in the mail.

Waiting for someone.

Waiting for bad news. Waiting for good news.

Waiting in a line up to go to the can.

Any kind of waiting more or less sucks.

There is the rush as you are aware that the wait is just about over, the concussion-like shock when the news hits, then that downer period (no matter how good the news is) because you aren't waiting, and now is the time that every thing changes. That limbo like state is never easy to get through - it is like knowing you have a paper to write, you distract yourself ceaselessly to avoid it until the deadline looms ahead.