So I waited again on the front porch, and this time he was not late.

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So I waited for that special time in August when we have earthquakes and hurricanes and, knowing business would be slow, devoted myself to learning the latest phone.

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So I just waited until I was done working, and then I said, 'Things are going to be a little bit different.

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He was going to tell me in his own way, so I said nothing and waited.

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The only regret I have is that I waited so long to do it.

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Anyway, here's what Bill made for dinner one week after bringing home his cookbook, having waited until an afternoon when I was gone so that he could conduct a stealth sortie into the kitchen: Oven-Roasted Tri-Tip.

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Thrilled with my purchase, I waited anxiously for my husband and son to return home so I could share the good news with them.

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So Andrews and I (and the rest of my general medicine team) waited to hear back from the oncologists about the result of his genetic studies.

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