It's About Time

It seems that lately all that I've been doing at work is testing.  First there was locator test for the EA test and then the EA test. This followed by more locator test and then the classroom EA test. Next I had to do the make up tests and the test for students who qualified for a higher level test. Then it was time to do the GED test.

One of the most important things you have to do when testing is to accurately time the test. As I was sitting there watching the clock, I became painfully aware of how much I watch clocks.  It is an all day thing.

I wake up and start watching the clock to be sure that I get to work on time. At work I am watching the clock all day to make sure that I get reports turned in on time, make any meetings I might have, and to make sure I get to lunch and back on time. And course there's watching that old clock on the wall and trying to make it move faster so that you can go home.

I get home and calculate how much time I have before supper, how long till it's time to get ready for bed.  Even during the night, if I happen to wake up, the first thing I do is look at the clock to see how much time I have until I have to get up. And it starts all over again.

I am taking two days off this week so that I have the entire week off.  Already I have caught myself counting how much time I have left until I have to be back at work.  A man could drive himself over the edge. 

I remember back before Anita and I got married, we talked about how we were going to throw away a pocketwatch I had to symbolize how time would not have a hold over us any more. We would have all the time we wanted to spend together. How naive we were.

I need to get this clock watching under control and not let it control me. I have got to get my act together. Just so you know, I can hear you and others saying, "It's about time!"