Thursday, May 18, 2006

Time Stands Still

What are the odds of my main running wrist watch and my emergency backup watch both stopping on the same day? 100-1? 1,000-1? A million to one?

I had just replaced the battery in my main watch last fall. It's a great watch that does everything but take out the garbage. It even takes your pulse. So when it stopped functioning I went for my backup runner's watch that I'd had for about 20 years. Not much of the original watch remained both the band and the battery had been replaced many times, the last time in 1999. So why after seven years it chose to die on this day I do not know.

That was Monday. And because I had to work six straight days this week I haven't had a chance to get new batteries for these time pieces. But the more I go without a watch, the less I need it. I haven't been late for work. And I haven't cared about the times of my runs. I still have a white strip on my tanned arm but it's beginning to fade. I've noticed less stress. Before I used to check my watch as often as most people check their cell phones but no more. As long as I'm not late for work or dinner I may continue to forgo the burden of a time piece. Does anyone really care what time it is?

 

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Time means money,I need my watch.