Jun242009
Hours go by slowly, but the years go by in a blur!
Filed under thinking by 086 at 4:33 pm on Jun 24 2009
Man, how time flies by! I always remember the old saying “the hours go by slowly, but years go in a blur”. You see, my oldest niece’s birthday is just around the corner, so like the good uncle I am I’m scouring the Internet looking for a good last-minute present. Well, so far I’m thinking about getting her a hip wristwatch, kind of like those ESQ watches. I think it’s got a classic-future kind of thing going on, and she’ll definitely enjoy it, like the tasteful teenager that she is.
Which brings us to the point, which is precisely her age! You see, while I was distracted picking the perfect clock from the online catalog, the thought/realization suddenly dawned, of exactly how old was my niece : 17, can you believe it?! Lol, this may sound like a silly rant, but truth of the matter is that I still think of myself as a grown-up in process (I’ve barely completed my third decade, here) – and to realize my own little niece is fast approaching the last few of her teenage years… wow, it’s the kind of thing that just makes you go all like “now, those years certainly go by in a blur”.
And you know what’s the funny thing about it? You try to just sit in the same place for one hour, and see how that goes. Just sit there; no magazines, computers, PDA or Internet. Just sitting. Standing there and watching those 60 minutes go by. Chances are you’ll get bored out your socks and quit in less than 10 minutes! Myself, I’d probably do the same! The funny thing about it? Even though the hours drag by so slowly, the years certainly seem to run across at unimaginably blazing speeds!
