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bubbly, champagne, egg, food, goodies, miscellaneous, perfect time, random, sperm, thoughts, time, you
There is a small bottle of champagne in my fridge waiting for the right moment to be popped. I am not sure when that will be but maybe I will just celebrate that the sun has finally decided to shine again, or maybe I will keep it for a rainy day.
The little bottle of sparkly found its way into my possession in a paper-bag filled with goodies that I got yesterday because I was in the wrong place at the right time. I was meant to be seeing a film to review, but I got the cinema wrong and ended up at a red-carpet launch for on-demand TV. Never one to say ‘no’ to some free bubbly I was happy to take the unexpected gift home with me and I was especially intrigued by the pair of fluffy socks that were in the bag too.
This bag of surprises made me think about timing and how much it influences our lives. Something as small as being late for a bus can change the whole day, you feel stressed and annoyed which influences how you then approach others. Or if you just happen to bump into someone you know and like but haven’t seen for a while it makes you smile and the day suddenly seems brighter. A postcard that arrives on a day you are feeling low makes you feel better, you open the oven at the right time and the souffle is perfect or you are standing in the wrong place and bird droppings land on your head. Even the fact that you are you is all down to timing, after all that one sperm had to find the egg in the perfect moment to create the uniqueness that is you.
So with so little time on my hands I think that being at the right place is of great importance today, but then who knows if I do end up somewhere at the wrong time, or at the right time in the wrong place what kind of goodies await me.
jensinewall 
The tags at the side of this post make it sound like it’s going to be the least appetising recipe ever when, in fact, it’s a lovely, cheery, summery post!
I love the idea of how life hangs on the balance of perfect timing. I moved back from Berlin to do a Masters in the UK. The day after I got back in the country, I got a coach up to Manchester – I had an appointment to view a room in a house-share, and another at the Uni.
The coach struggled on the windy country roads and we were running late – about half an hour late. But, as luck would have it, the coach route goes right past the house about 30 minutes before it trundles into the coach station in town. I found myself looking out of the coach window at the house-share, so I begged the driver to chuck me out. He did, and I managed to catch the guy who owned the house just as he was leaving, thinking I wasn’t going to show.
We’ve been together for four years, now, and married for just over one 🙂
how cool is that … perfect timing is all I can say 🙂 yeah
And also, helpful bus driver!! It’s like a whole strange new world! 😀
that sounds like the univers wanted it to happen
Thanks, so even the messed up “me” was meant to be after all.
yes i believe so as was i with all my messyness
Wow! Somehow I am not usually that lucky when I am late. Normally I lose my appointment time or the person left. No one has ever handed me a bottle of champagne!
there is a first time for everything as yesterday proves 😉
Fun post! Unexpected champagne, what’s better than THAT? Have you seen the movie Sliding Doors with Gwenyth Paltrow?It is about how your life can change depending on timing (she misses a subway train by seonds) and it is very nicely done. I really appreciate the importance of timing because my husband and I met at the airport standing in line. He had had a flight cancelled in another terminal and I had been in the line earlier that day but decided to go get breakfast and wait for a shorter line. Talk about timing! Enjoy your unexpected bubbly!
thanks … and yes Sliding doors is the only film that I like her in (not a fan, think she is overrated) and after reading your story, must fly more often 🙂
I agree, she is overrated. She did a pretty good job in country strong as well. Most of her other movies have not really grabbed me.
didn’t see the country song one and yes she is a bit bland
This is so true. I think if we all thought of each unpredictable thing that happens as an opportunity we’d all be less stressed.
thanks, and I agree
Just think: open one door and you go on as expected. But if you fake left, then slip in somewhere unexpected, who knows!!? Like a story by Philip K. Dick.
I know think I will fake left, slip right and sail right under the gate
What a lovely unexpected surprise!! I adore when things like this happen.
I’m the queen of “wrong place, right time”. It’s always a joy to witness life’s twists and turns.
Beautifully written blog!
❤ Jules
oh thanks so much … have me blushing