Monday, August 11, 2008

Time Flies (Away)

As is the norm for most people, everything happens at once around here. So I've got lots and lots and lots to do. Calls to make, yarn to spin, errands to run, chores to finish (ha), people to see (or avoid), blogs to write and read. Just like you. And like you, I theoretically have 24 hours per day in which to do these things.

But I don't. Evidently I didn't get into line quickly enough when they were handing out the number of hours we get in our own personal days. Late again, no surprise there...

How do people like the Yarn Harlot manage to run their households, knit, spin, design, write books, take classes, raise children, attend meetings, go on publicity tours - and, you know, eat and take showers? Sometimes all on the same day?

Clearly these people have a lot more hours in their day than I have in mine. It's not like I'm wasting a lot of time in sleep - I'm up at 6am, and rarely go to bed before midnight. Yet I barely have the amount of hours that it takes to get up, wake up the Teenaged Thug, call the insurance company about that crack in my windshield, sip some water, go to the grocery store, eat dinner, phone a family member about something or other, and fall into bed. I might card or spin a couple ounces of fibre in there somewhere. That's about it... if I fit in a second meal, I feel pretty efficient.

Going by daily tasks accomplished, I calculate that I've got approximately 3.5 hours in my day.

Obviously, someone else is using the rest of my allotment, and I want it back.

You know where to reach me. You can leave it on the porch in an unmarked container, no questions asked.

5 comments:

Nancy K. said...

AMEN!!!!!

There must be a ring of thieves. Perhaps "underworld" connected? Because they've stolen most of my hours as well!

mrspao said...

They've got mine, too! We should form a posse and go get our time back (or club together for a time machine - the blue box type would be awesome).

Sending you great big hugs and hoping you find a bit of extra time!

timary said...

I'm glad to know that I am not the only one who wonders where all my time went. I am INSANELY jealous of those superwomen who do it all.
But now that I think about it, you are quite the proficient blogger (especially compared to me who is having trouble posting even a few times a month). And I sure am seeing lots of beautiful yarn appearing on your blog. So maybe you are one of 'those women' after all.... Hmmm...

knitnzu said...

hahaha, teenaged thug! I'll add you to my bloglines. Thanks for visiting my place.

Barbara Maloney said...

Since time goes faster the older you get - the outlook is bleak - I'm now down to about 20 minutes. And in that small window of time, I'm feeling teenage thug deprivation. Sigh!