Late

As many of you have pointed out...I failed to blog yesterday.  You see, it all started on Wednesday night.  I couldn't sleep and went to bed LATE.  Usually that would not be a problem, but I had to get up at 5:45 am on Thursday to get ready for an early flight to Houston for business...couldn't be LATE for my flight.  Meetings went really well, but when I got home it was LATE and I was tired.  No excuse, I know.  SO, what is it about this word LATE?  To be honest, I really get annoyed when people are LATE.  Rightfully so, you can be mad at me for being LATE with this post.  Well, you can look at it one of two ways....it can be that this blog is LATE from yesterday, or it's early for today.  By the way, you're not getting another one today, so cut your losses now.  LATE.  On Tuesday I went to the gym for a training session at 2 pm.  As I really get anxious about being LATE, I arrived to the gym around 1:45.  I stretched a little, played some Words with Friends and just people watched.  2 o'clock came and no trainer.  Usually I would be annoyed, but since I was waiting for my torture to begin, I was not as concerned.    I know that she usually has back to back sessions, so if she's LATE, then my torture just gets cut a little short.  Keep in mind, these are free training sessions that I earned for joining the gym.  If I was paying, her being LATE would be a whole different story.  Obviously when your waiting to be tortured by your trainer (and the session is free) being LATE can be a good thing.  Now, keep in mind, in the spirit of fitness and the whole "trainer" concept, I had to pretend to be annoyed.  When she texted me at 2:03 and said that she was LATE and was soooooo sorry, I replied with, "....well be ready to give me twenty."  Insinuating that her punishment would be 20 push-ups....you know....have to talk in their language.  In all honesty, I was so happy that she was LATE.   Hmmmm....so there isn't one emotion associated with LATEness.  Sometimes it's really annoying.....ie....your plane departure is LATE, a customer who is supposed to meet with you at 2:30 in Houston is LATE (yes, it happened to me yesterday), or a dinner companion is LATE (Katy Palermo.  I almost ate my arm off last night waiting for you to arrive at Green Papaya).   So sometimes being LATE can be good, and sometimes being LATE can be bad.  So is there a point where how LATE you are matters?  Yes.  Take college for example....20 minutes.  If you attended college, you know what that means.  If your professor is 20 minutes late to show up for class, you can leave without being penalized.  I guess that's just an unspoken rule.  It wasn't written in my college orientation package, but it's just one of those "legacy" things that gets passed down from class to class.  I assume it's true everywhere?  I remember being in a class, and it was so close to being 20 minutes after the hour....so we took the clock off the wall, moved the big hand a few minutes forward, everyone signed their names on the board (indicating that we were there) and we took off!  It's great when you have a class where everyone has the same idea and there isn't some P.I.T.A. that decides that they need class that day and ruins it for everyone (that would usually be me, but not in college and not on a Friday!  Amen to that sista!!!!).  I was doing so good without digressions today...oh well.  So in the college instance, being LATE is ok, if you're the professor and if it's at least 20 min LATE.  Don't be showing up 10 to 15 minutes LATE or I will just be pissed.  So when else does being LATE depend on time.  Sorry ladies, you knew this was coming.  You never want Flo to be LATE (hahahahaha, I love the old school term for menstruating!).  Never good when a girlfriend, in a panic, tells you she's LATE.  First question?  How LATE?  A couple days?  Big deal.  A week?  Slut.  Yeah, being LATE can be good.  Being LATE can be bad.  Being LATE can have a time factor which can determine when it's good and when it's bad.  Since sometimes you won't know how being LATE will be viewed by the person or persons that are effected by the LATEness, I suggest to just avoid being LATE all together.  One last point, just to make sure that "a certain someone" is reading my blog....saying you're ready to leave the house and then continuing to; 1) read your e-mail 2) go to the bathroom to blow your nose or 3) take a last check in the mirror....makes you LATE.  xoxo!!!!