Things Always Take Longer Than You Think They Will

Today's lesson is that things will always take longer than you think they will. For example, today I had an appointment at the car dealer for some warranty repairs. But it took 3 hours, longer than the 1.5 hours as promised. It is a lovely place to wait, with food, good coffee, magazines and a desk to do all the things I carry around to do while waiting, but I just wasn't wanting to sit still that long. Doctor appointments, errands, shopping, etc. always take longer than planned, leading to procrastination. I try to only plan one such thing per day to allow for the expanded time needs, but somedays it is just frustrating. Minor, compared to life after the tsunami, having to do two or three jobs in order to support your family or being in a battlefield in Iraq...but annoying nonetheless.