I had an interview for a term time only job that would have fitted me perfectly. Unfortunately I arrived an hour late.

How this happened I do not know. I had a huge fat hour in the palm of my hand which was plenty of time. But when I set off suddenly it had all disappeared.

It’s exactly the same with keys. There they are solid and bunchy in my hand and then a few seconds later, where are they? They have evaporated into thin air. Hunting around all the possible places where I might have put them proves completely useless, until suddenly they materialize in a place which I am certain I looked at a few seconds earlier.

At least with keys, however frustrating the search is, I can be pretty sure that they will (hopefully) turn up somewhere.

Not so with the missing time, it misplaces itself and never returns, usually when I need it the most. Yet when I’m in a queue or doing something equally boring, those five minutes last much longer. I have a suspicion that boring moments are time vampires that have sucked the odd hour from other important places in my life. I don’t think anyone will believe me when I use it as an excuse for my lateness though!