Does Anybody Know What Time It Is?

[worthitt]

When the husband and I moved to North Florida to raise greyhounds, I quit a time clock-punching job that involved precision timing in the exposures of various materials to light.  I had gotten so that I could count down a thirty second, or a two minute,  exposure accurately, without the darkroom timer.  The hour and the minute and the second hands

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[jehannamama]

Being a nurse, I was always running to beat the clock. After I stopped working, I found myself still dashing to the store and having panic attacks in traffic on the way to get milk. I realized how stupid it was, and decided that what I needed to do was take off my watch.

That was a huge thing. Just not knowing what time it was. Of course I still had my car clock to check for when to pick up the kids or whatever. But it took a load off me.

Ronnie, last year, went through the same thing... and to take off the pressure and get him to stop checking his watch every five seconds, I took it off of him.

Now he's always late! And stressing about other stuff... but at least not stressing so much about how long something takes.

[47shadesofwhite]

I've always been hard on my watches too...I never buy one that costs anything because I know 6mths down the road I'll need to replace it. Most of the time I'm relying on that primal sense you wrote about.
Have you noticed that while watch deficient, the folks you ask for time aren't wearing one either? Uhhhh...one hair past a freckle. That'll get you there!

SO glad to see you! She lives!