CPT

...is an acroym for "colored people's time". While I resent the term because I know plenty of colored folk who make it a priority to be on time, if not early - shot out to my sands Sheena - I admit that the space on my wrist where a watch should be is dictated by CPT. In fact, scratch that. I'm on my own time, period. There's no tellin' when I may show up to something. But one thing you can count on is this: if I don't say that I won't make it well in advance, you can bet I'll be there...at any given time.

I really don't know what my problem is. I don't like being late, it always makes me feel guilty. However, I have a terrible habit of finding other things to do when I need to be making my way somewhere to get there on time. This year I've been working on this bad habit of mine. Can't say whether or not I'm doing well, unfortunately, because I don't think about my stats much. Guess that's a problem...But it trips me out that when I really care about making an impression, I'll go out of my way to make it work the first few times. After that, I care, just not that much I guess. It reminds me of the time when I really liked this guy, and I discovered early on that his idea of being on time was being five minutes early - at least. This turned me on to him even more. He was strong in an area in which I was weak -score! He said he was going to stop by early one morning to pick up something of his that he had let me borrow. I got up 45 minutes before the time he was suppopsed to arrive so that I could shower, bursh my teeth, and arrange myself to look fresh and attractively "roused" from slumber when he arrived at 6:50am instead of 7am. (the lengths women go to...sheesh!)

Ironically, though I am cronically late to a severe fault, I cannot stand when others are tardy and/or waste my time. I guess I look at it as, my time is my time; I can waste it at my own discretion and leisure. If you're foolin' around with me, you should know me well enough to know that though I love you dearly, I'm probably going to be late. I'm sorry. I am considerate of your time in my mind, but that doesn't seem to translate well to CPT - or Mic's Time in this case. Bear with me people, I'm still working on it...

This Black History Month: FALL in time...(mic)