Always On Time

Important job interview. Leaving my apartment complex with plenty of extra time for the "just in case" scenarios that inevitably pop up.

Yep...popping up. Traffic traffic everywhere, and nowhere to accelerate.

Sigh.

Pull into the Metro station to park and ride. Loop, loop, loop, up, up, up. Squawking tires around corners.

Nothing? That's right, nothing. Not one empty parking space for a non-permit holder.

Loop, loop, loop, down, down, down. Endless sea of cars in the parking lot, and not one spot left for my Toyota.

Crap!

Oh, there's another parking structure. Good. Loop, loop, loop, up, up, up.

What? Still nothing?

Wait -- one spot! MINE!

Running in heels. Elevator too slow, down the steps we go.

Zip, zip, zip...go, go, go!

Swipe that SmarTrip card, run up those stairs, arrive at the platform, there goes the train I need taking off already.

Crap!

Next train arrives. Hop on, sit, wait, pray. Pray hard. Pray for no delays, no mechanical difficulties, no breakdowns, and for the driver of this train to step on the gas.

Ok, we're hauling ass. Big time hauling ass.

Sweet!

Metro station.

Hop off Orange Line, running to Red Line. Oh, pray again.

Pray I can find the right train connection, and that it isn't taking off when I get to the next platform.

And...here I am. There goes the Red Line to Shady Grove.

Crap!

Another Red Line...Shady Grove. Oh, thank you Jesus.

Hop off Red Line, run to escalator.

Why are people standing on the left side when everyone knows if you're actually going to ride the escalator instead of run/walk up it like the rest of us do, you stand on the right side.

Move it!

Never mind. Running up the escalator, shoving through shoulders, saying "excuse me" after the shove.

Top of the stairs. Arrive on Connecticut Avenue. Where is this place exactly?

Because I have two minutes.

Oh, I see it. It really is just across the street from the Metro station, just as she said. Wait, wait, wait for the light to change. Cross the street. Press 01 to be buzzed up.

"Good Morning, Ms. Kuhn. Nice to meet you. Welcome."

Worrying over.

Wondering still, though, if I give myself extra time to arrive early, why does Murphy's Law always kick in and I don't arrive early, I arrive just in the nick of time?

Ding, ding, ding! I get it.

When God says:

Ask and it will be given to you.

Seek and you will find.

Knock and the door will be opened.

He doesn't answer early. He doesn't answer late.

It may not be when I want it, but when I ask, seek, and knock, God is always on time.