Wasted Time

This is actually just a draft so excuse the errors...

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It is amazing when one spends time with a loved one how, suddenly, it does not matter where you are, what time it is, or what has to be done that day. You could have the most pressing engagement but it just does not seem worth it to, let us say, get out of bed and leave the one you are holding (or is holding you, depending upon the situation). Time seems to become irrelevant. Things seem to pale in comparison.

In all seriousness what would you rather do, get up at 8 o’clock in the morning and go to work so that you can keep your job and make some money or, instead, wake up at 8 o’clock in the morning, hold your loved one a little tighter and then go back to sleep and then wake up at 1 o’clock in the afternoon and begin enjoying the rest of the day? (Quick aside: Notice how long that sentence was? And Microsoft grammar check did not even highlight it, am I good at breaking up a sentence or what? It also did not highlight the “and” at the beginning of the last sentence. Take that you grammar Nazi’s!!!)

On Sunday I spent the entire day (with the exception of about three hours in between to help a friend fix his broken left tail-light for his car) with the one I care about. We got up late-ish (not quite 1 o’clock but whatever), and we went downtown where we got lunch, walked around and then went ice-skating in Central Park (for four hours no less). The next thing we knew it was 10 o’clock. We barely did anything at all, really, yet the entire day was used up. Now if you ask me there is no better way to spend ones time.

Yet at the end of the weekend, however, I have to go back to work and she has to go back to school, and finals. Why do we bother with these things? What is the point? Is making a ton of money really that important? I often wonder if the people of this country truly realize that we spend most of our lives doing things that aid us in making money. For all those that have office jobs you work five days a week for the entirety of the middle of the day working so you can make money. For those that have service or consumer jobs (restaurants, department store etc.) you are working all hours of every week (including weekends) on making money. To what end? Do any of them realize that you barely get to see the ones you love or the ones you care about?

If money is our true objective, if money is what we spend our time working on then what is the point of getting married? Think about it! Most married couples only see each other at nights and on weekends (if they are so lucky). The rest of the time they are working to make enough money to support the families that they have spent so little time with.