I like to think of myself as a reliable person. A part of that means I like to be on time. If I don't think I'll be able to commit to something, I'll avoid committing to a specific time I don't know I can make. Usually, I'll have dinner ready at 6 if that's what we agreed to, or I'll pick you up exactly on time for our gym appointment, or whatever.
What's the key? Um ... it's actually trying to get out the door 10 minutes earlier than you think you need to. This wasn't a problem before Carmen was born, but now I have to make sure I've got her sippy and it's full and we have some food if she gets hungry in the car and she needs a diaper change and she's pulled off her shoes and lost them somewhere AGAIN and did I remember all the stuff I need for the 4000 errands I'm stringing together on this outing?
Anyway. I was taking Sadie to school the other day. School starts at 12:38, so my goal is to drop her off around 12:35 so she's on time but not so early that she'll be bored before class starts. I have my car clock synced with my phone's clock, give or take a few seconds, so I'm pretty consistent about what time I get her to school.
Turns out the school's clocks aren't quite exactly the same as mine. I was dropping her off on Friday and she was concerned about being on time because they were going to sing around the Christmas tree. She told me stories about, "Sometimes when I'm late they already have the carpets out. I don't want to be late because they might have already left to sing." and I thought, "Oh, crap, I'm ever late?! I know there was that one time it was exactly 12:38 and there were some other kids getting dropped off, too, but ... how often am I late because I think it's a different time than it really is?"
And stress, and spaz.
Aren't you glad you're not married to me?
It's 6:03 and dinner's ready whenever the Hurds get here with Mark. I figure they'll call by 6:15. I like having things done on time so they don't have to wait up on me once they get here. You never know what things are going to be like with traffic and snow and whatnot.
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