sooner or later
And this is how the universe works for me sometimes:At ten p.m. I realize that it is nearly time to Fall Back. And I am sad, because for a number of years now I’ve had a tradition – one of my favorite traditions of the year – to go out and do something fun and silly on the night of Fall Back, something that might be considered A Waste Of Time or something that might be considered Risky, and then to return to my house and turn back the clock. And then it never happened.
You don’t usually get to do that. It feels almost magical: It’s two a.m., and you live for an hour, and then it’s two a.m. still.
But tonight I haven’t planned ahead, and I don’t know whom I can call who wouldn’t be busy or away. And so I resolve to have an inward hour, to get my room in order while doing some mental housekeeping too. It will work because it needs to, but I'm not very excited about it. But I make myself stay awake.
And then, at 1:40, my phone rattles its text message rattle. “Don’t suppose youre both awake & want some breakfast?” says my phone. And I am. And I do.
Ten minutes later I am in a booth at Holman’s, laughing and drawing and awaiting grilled cheese.
I don’t know why it works like this but I’m so grateful for it sometimes I can hardly breathe.
And here I am back home, and I never even left.
posted by tortaluga @ 2:36 AM
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