Community Columns 43
Ponte Vedra Recorder · November 5, 2015
Getting ahead of one’s self
Bonnie Talley
Quiltlady
They say that laughter is the best
medicine ‘out there!’ Well, I’ve certainly
had a big dose of that this past week. I
had received a beautiful postcard with
fall leaves in full color, telling me not to
forget to change my clocks! The only
bad news about this reminder was that it
failed to tell me WHEN to change them.
It seemed like we always changed them
the last Sunday of the month; so on Saturday, the 24th, I proceeded to change
at least 40 clocks in my house, setting
them back a full hour. (Mr. Whoozy and
I were always on time!)
I got up an hour later Sunday morning, the 25th, thinking I was getting a
good extra hour’s sleep. I even made
Precious, my adorable puppy, wait
another hour in her kennel before I fed
her.
Later in the day, I realized that my
cell phone hadn’t changed its clock like
it usually does. Bah humbug! I went to
‘settings’ and proceeded to change that
clock as well. That afternoon, about time
for the Cowboy football game, my son
called me to see if I were going to watch
the game. I told him I was all ready for
it, and had just turned on my TV. BING!
“Mom, it doesn’t start for another hour.”
How could that be? A lightbulb went off
in my senior brain, and I started to laugh
just thinking of all the things I had nearly
done that morning, like going to brunch
with my breakfast club group an hour
early, being at church an hour early, etc.
My son and I couldn’t stop laughing.
It’s nearly a week later, and I am still
laughing about it. I have had to add an
hour to the time every time I look at
a clock. I refused to set them all back
again and have to go through that
‘Mickey Mouse fire drill’ once more!
Having to explain my clock situation to
my visiting granddaughter, made it even
more hilarious. I’m sure she thinks her
grandmother is more senile than she
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