patience for all things desired

a recent discussion with my students about describing qualities and characteristics, it came out that i am a patien person.  i like to think of myself as impatient, knowing that i am really patient.  i can write a to-do list and patiently accomplish those tasks over a period of months with the sheer determination of crossing things off.  all this long after most would have tossed the to-do list.

i am a person who definitely wants things and will work my butt off to get them.  patiently.  like a cat waiting for a mouse to come out.  but there is no way that i would be patient enough, to hold out for those birds to eat from my hand.  creepy.