Wednesday, July 23, 2008
If I Could Save Time in a Bottle
I am quickly learning one of the most precious things one has especially as one ages is time. Where are the days when there was time for idleness? I am a lazy person and like to have lots of time for laziness, but life keeps getting in the way. I am of an age where everytime I try to do something, I create at least one other task besides that in which I am engaged. I sweep a floor then accidently drop part of the contents on a rug so that I have to vacuum. I clean the steps and knock a picture off the wall so glass shatters everywhere and I have to sweep up glass before I can finish the task at hand. I shake some spice into what I am cooking then knock over several bottles when I go to return the one I just used so that I have to straighten up the rack so everything will fit. Or I rearrange the freezer to fit some new groceries and then can't fit what I took out to assist with the rearrangement. All of these things take time. It takes me more time to do everything. I used to jump out of bed into the shower and be on my way to work in 15 minutes. I don't undertand why now it takes me 20 or 25 minutes to get out the door now! My introverted self needs more solitude time to re-charge the batteries, and I just keep going like the Energizer bunny. Yes, I think if I could save time in a bottle, I'd use it mostly when I just seem to run out of time - which with age, is just plain too often, if not daily.
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