Averaging Out

Sadly, I did not survive the daylight savings transition unscathed. I set all my clocks forward Saturday night, ignoring the answering machine which never left daylight savings time - it's a pain to set and so is an hour off for half the year. I didn't give it a second thought. Then came Monday.

Ever Monday a friend and I get together at 11:00am … except for the time I inexplicable thought it was 10:00am and arrived an hour early. On the drive over this 1st Monday of daylight savings I looked at my car clock as I drove over and realized it was 9:40, not 10:40. The first thought in my head wasn’t I forgot to change my car clock, it was crap, I've done it again! This mistake was reinforced when I looked at my watch. Yup, changed all my clocks.

Soooo, I wandered to a few stores to kill some time because I wasn't going to show up on his doorstep an hour early again. As I was browsing, I looked at the store's clock and observed 10:45 (yup, it was wrong, too) and meandered to my friends place. Sure glad I noticed and avoided being embarrassed a second time.

"Hi", he said. "I wasn't sure if you were coming". Huh? Gears turn, neurons fire, pieces fall into place, and I suddenly realize: I'm an idiot.

One hour early, one hour late, it does averages out.

Not much of a break between classes. Finished the last final for the Winter term last week. Spring term starts this week and this Friday I start the last programming class needed for the Java Associate Certificate. I also need to do a practicum. Talking to a company about projects and hoping to nail something down in the next couple weeks.

Books:
Term Limits - Vince Flynn

Movies:
Spirited Away
Basic