Eleven Minutes and Opportunities

In fewer than 11 minutes I was back home picking up my laptop that I had inadvertently left behind.  I decided to go home  not so much because of the short distance or the fact that it would make my life easier, but because I decided to think of my lapse as opportunity to change up my routine and get a chance to see my beloved and get to share a cup of coffee with her before the day would pick up for both of us.   I hopped in our beat up minivan and sure enough, I was home with little effort. I was grateful for the moment of bliss sipping coffee together and for the fact that it only took me 11 minutes to make it home.  When I worked at my old campus, it would take me an hour, sometimes an hour and a half to get back home in the afternoon.  Good times.