There's someone in my life that is always late no matter what.
That person is my mother.
I love her dearly but she has always been late everywhere she has gone for her entire life.
When I was in elementary school and we were supposed to be there at 8:00 she would have me there at 8:30.
Was there a recital that I had to go to? You are guaranteed that I would be 45 minutes late.
Dentist or doctor's appointment?
Literally any place, anywhere, any time.
Late.
Fortunately for her, she worked for herself most of her life so it didn't matter if she was late.
Nowadays she is retired and we get together every once in awhile to have lunch.
I always make sure to be 10 minutes later than I say I'm going to be.
Since I work every day, my time is valuable.
People don't change that often and she hasn't either.
Today I found myself staring at my watch.
The time was 2:45 and I had been sitting in my car for 35 minutes with the air conditioning running.
I got up to look around and found her sitting in her car underneath some trees in a distant area not even close to the restaurant we were supposed to meet at.
"Why are you sitting here where you cannot see me and I cannot see you?"
"It's shady over here."
Fair enough....... at least she was here.
Lunch was pretty good too.
