Yikes....if I were being graded on my blog posting I have a feeling I would not be passing. Thus, the title of today's entry: Where does the time go?
Here I sit on the Monday evening of Memorial Day weekend wondering where this weekend went much less the last 2 months since my last entry. It's amazing how easy it is to let the routine of life (see my last posting) take hold. So, on this 88 degree evening sitting out on our patio listening to the gentle wind push the palm fronds to and fro, I thought I better dig deep and start examining life again.
Once again, it's the crazy steps we take in life that really seem to shake things up. But, does it always have to take money? After several months of trying to sell it privately, we took the plunge on Friday afternoon and drove to our local car dealer to see what luck we would have trading my car in for something newer. Luckily, having been through that exercise about a month ago, we were fully prepared for the inevitable haggling that seems to define the car buying process. Just once I would like to walk into a car dealership, see the car I want and walk out 15 minutes later with nothing but a smile on my face. All in all, this deal wasn't a hard one but I still have to wonder why our capitalist society rears it's worst ugliness in the musty confines of car dealerships? Why take up 3 or 4 hours of my time getting to the point where I'm ready to sign the paperwork? It could have been done so much more quickly and without all the back and forth with the Wizard of Oz-like manager murmuring "Don't pay attention to what's behind the curtain!" Just get it done, sir, and lets call it a day, shall we?
Time really does seem to be flying by. I had the epiphany last week that I could have a college-aged child right now. My Mom was my age when she dropped me off at college 20 years ago! 1991 seems like yesterday and, yet, that is the birth year of one of the students I met last week. Dang.
We always hear how we need to stop and smell the roses every now and then. I believe it needs to be more often. Oh, and just for the record....the trip to Colorado in April was a BLAST and delivered on reminding me why life needs to include a crazy moment every now and then!
