There's always a reckoning. Sooner or later your lab work will come back. Sooner or later a doctor's office will be leaving you a voicemail in a serious tone of voice. Sooner or later your chickens will come home to roost. As Foghorn Leghorn would say, "I say, I say, boy, pay attention. Don't mix your metaphors and avoid intransitive verbs." Smart chicken, huh?