It's a compulsion of mine. A disease really. I am always early for things. When I was a child, I would come home from school on a Friday afternoon and the first thing I would do was my homework. I wanted to make sure I had enough time to do it so I started early. I am not quite sure who infected me with this disease, but I am pretty certain that it has overtaken my life. When the kids and I are expected to meet friends for a play date at the park, I am always 10 minutes early and the other moms are always 10 minutes late. This means I have to explain to my kids at least 20 times that the other kids will soon be arriving. I am not frustrated that others are late (well maybe sometimes I am) but I am a little irritated that I am always early. Being EARLY or having projects prepared far in advance simply means that I have a lapse of time when NOTHING is really going on. It is dead air. Wasted time. To some this may not sound like a disease but rather appropriate time management. To me, it just makes me irritated because I almost expect the same of other people. Where is the balance in all of this.
I have cookies in my fridge waiting to be cut and packaged for our bake sale on Saturday but I think I will make them wait a little longer....at least until after my meeting tonight. A meeting that I am - YES - already prepared for.
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Well said. I like to be prepared for things, although I am not always early....just on time. However, I hate having anyone waiting on me, so I am usually early when I have to depend on someone else to give me a ride. As for the cookies in my fridge.....they would probably be all gone before anyone got there!!! HAAAAAA.
By the way, I LOVE that picture! How do you do that? Nice one for your facebook profile!
You ARE always early which makes me feel bad when I am on time or a few minutes late! Pretty soon you'll get sick of it so you'll start coming on time and I'll feel so bad that I'll start coming early, haha!!!
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