~:[CH14 - Day 209]:~ Struggling Against Time

 

~:[CH14 - Day 209]:~ Struggling Against Time

A tale of two tales as I struggled against time. I left my apartment at 3:30am and headed to Haneda, not realizing that the terminal didn't open until 5am. I should have figured since it was a domestic flight and so I waited as the clock ticked slowly by. At 5am, I checked in all my luggage and waited for my flight, slowly it ticked again. We boarded and sat on the runway for awhile before returning to the gate due to system issues, our flight would be delayed and would make my lunch meeting a tough one to get to on time. As I need to get to Osaka quickly, I needed time to now slowly down, the opposite of just hours ago. Luckily, our flight took off, yet I was late to lunch and wished that time could move slowly, but before I knew it, I headed back to the airport. I actually had time on my side as I rested in the lounge before my flight, realizing that the JPOP/KPOP group JO1 was next to me. Next thing you know, my drink was on my shirt as the machine launched it forward. It was a day of struggles and not just against time I guess.  Luckily, I had a change of clothes, as I changed and boarded my flight, landing five ours before the time I took off. The longest day began as I had to struggle to make it through 12 more hours. I made use of that time and almost had everything unpacked as I wrapped up the day only to realize I accidentally washed a souvenir, which cracked in the laundry. A summary of what the day had been. When you need more time, the clock will speed up and when you're bored or want something to come quickly, time will slow down. It's inevitable. The only thing you can do is just adapt to what life throws at you. I picked up the pieces to the dish hoping that I had everything and then wrapped up my final task before heading to bed. It was a long day where the clock was both fast and slow and filled with amazing occurrences followed with utter disasters, but that is life. Accept that life has it's struggles, but appreciate that you still have time in this life as no matter how it goes, it's the one thing you should always be grateful that you have.