Time

I have learned something about time. The more you feel like you have to accomplish, the faster time seems to fly past. Even though time itself is consistent, the perception is when you have little or nothing to do, time seems to go slower and the opposite is also true. I guess one of the reasons I have been thinking about the passage of time so much is I feel as if I have a very long list of things to accomplish and I am out of time in order to get it all done...

Don't get me wrong, I am VERY excited that my Mom is coming to visit me this week but there is a lot that I wanted to get done before she came. Granted, I did already give her a disclaimer for if I didn't get my list accomplished - - I told her, "Mom, you know how my room looked growing up so nothing should really surprise you..." =) We'll see if she's surprised or not...

Even though Mom is going to be here for a week, I know that the time will go far too quickly. There have been times that Mom and I have been talking on the phone and all of a sudden we'll realize we've been talking for 2 hours. It'll be interesting to see how long conversations last when it's just the two of us. I'm sure it will also be interesting to see what kind of "trouble" we get into when she's here... =)

I guess at the end of the day all I can say is if I have done my best managing my time during the day or not. Today I ran errands before and after churched, talked on the phone with my Dad (still working while on the phone with him), worked for several hours after that and then finally decided that I needed to sit down and eat something (since I didn't really eat anything all day). As I was sitting here eating my dinner, I realized that I had yet to think of something to write about today...

In thinking about the passage of time, I have had some pretty interesting thoughts go through my head:

• I came across some wedding photos as I was cleaning - if the wasband and I would have stayed together, we would have been married for 8 years this winter
• Next month, it has been 3 years since the wasband chose to walk away
• For the last 3 years, I have been learning how to stand on my own two feet
• I have been dancing for two years (almost!)
• Depending on what we're learning in dance class, the time seems to go super fast or it seems to slow down (I am also finding this out on a slightly different scale because I have been helping out as the "substitute" dance instructor and depending on the class dynamic the time seems to drag on or be over before I know it)
• There are times where I find myself just sitting and then I realize that 5-10 minutes have passed because I just kind of been staring off into space - - must show that there are times where I'm over stressed...

Sigh. Even though I may have really said anything tonight or not, I think it is time to sign off (I just realized what time it is...) and it's time to go to bed. Hope everyone has a good week! =)