I’ve mentioned before that I can get hung up on time. I play these mind games where I think about things like, “24 hours ago I was doing this. 24 hours from now, I’ll be doing that.” Often I extend the game, like I found myself doing last night while reflecting on my college experience, “Let’s see,” I thought, “I started college 26 years ago last fall. 26 years before that it was, let’s see, 1959! I wasn’t even born! Kennedy wasn’t yet president!”

Somehow this all seems strange to me, this time thing. I mean, I can easily remember starting college. But 26 years before that is more than my entire lifetime up to that point.

Now what I didn’t know is that this crazy game I play is contagious. Today Melinda mentioned to me that we’ve been home from France for 168 days. And it’s 168 days until we go back this summer to visit.

In honor of us thinking about France and our friends there, I present today’s picture. It’s of a sign of the Paris Grocery in Seattle.

Today’s Question: How does time play tricks on you?