I am a religious watch-wearer.
I like to know the time. I don’t like to be late for things. I don’t really like for other people to be late for things either, but when I’m late, it does funky things to my blood pressure and my palms start to sweat and I think my left eye might twitch a little. It’s just the way I am. I’m timely.
So, I’ve always worn a watch. Even to bed. I like to know what time it is if I wake up in the middle of the night.
I think I’ve worn a watch like this ever since my birthday, during my senior year of high school. My grandma bought me a really nice one that had little diamond chips on it, and I wore it for years.
When that one went out of style, some time towards the end of my college years, I just bought a cheap $20 or so model from the Wal-Mart jewelry department, and I wore it until the battery went dead. Then I went and picked out a new one for another $20 or so, and I continued in this pattern until just a year or so ago.
My battery on my current watch died, so I went to Target and browsed the cheap watches. Big D was with me, and he encouraged me to buy a nicer watch. I explained my watch-buying habits to him. He thought it was ridiculous. “Just buy a nicer watch and then pay $5 to get the battery replaced,” he says.
I didn’t wanna. I think I whined. But then Big D found the above Timex watch. It was on clearance. It was still a good deal more than my usual $20, but I had some birthday money left over, so I bought the watch.
I wore it for a little over a year, and then the battery died. I took it off and placed it on my dresser, and that’s where it has been for the past few months. I cannot for the life of me remember to replace the battery. And I also cannot justify buying a cheap watch since I own that one.
So I am now watchless. For the first several days I felt positively naked, which was an unpleasant feeling, especially if I happened to be in the grocery store or at a baseball game or just driving down the street. But I’ve now gotten over it. I’m actually learning to use my cell phone…if I can find it…as a time piece.
Why am I sharing this? I have absolutely no idea. It’s just what’s on my mind today, I guess. It was either this or the lyrics to “Every Rose Has a Thorn” because Bret Michaels has been on my mind a lot too, and that hasn’t happened since about 1987.
Maybe someday, I just might remember to get a new battery for my watch.
But probably not.
I also always want to know the time, however a watch isn’t an option for me as I have something in my blood that drains batteries. I can’t keep a watch battery running, even a new one, for longer than 3 days maximum. I have two watches that do not require batteries and need to be wound up every day, however they are too fancy etc for every day work and as they have a lot of sentimental meaning and have been passed down to me, I don’t risk losing them. That being said, I have clocks all over the place, two within reach from my bed with the glowing numbers (I cover them up before I go to sleep but I can easily reach to peak when I wake up) and I always know the time anyway
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Funny, funny … I was singing “Every rose has its thorn” to Gwyneth just yesterday. What is it with that song?? Maybe all the knock-out roses blooming has inspired it!!
My watch it also tucked away in a drawer with a dead battery. I guess the good news is that the only times of the day worth much to me are nap time, David coming home and bed time!!!
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Now the next time someone shouts, “Watch out!” you will have to respond, “I can’t!” while holding up your naked left wrist.
What a spectacle that will make.
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So, GET A NEW BATTERY! I’m telling you, when mine dies, it is nearly an emergency. I send Devastatingly Handsome off with it to the jeweler. I don’t think I’ve gone over 12 hours watchless since the Asthma Nights.
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I’m like you with buy a cheap watch, wear it til the battery dies and then replace it. My last one’s battery died in October. I asked for a new, nicer watch for Christmas. But after a few months of not wearing one and just using my cell phone for the time, I told Brady not to bother. I’d just go watchless.
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I have a collection of really cool watches. Fossil, ArtWatch (The Persistence of Memory), etc. All dead. Needing a new battery. I will never remember to leave the house and bring any of them. Ever. They’ve been dead for years. Now, I make sure my kids have watches and just ask them for the time, use the cell, or the car clock. It’s a weird illness and I’m glad I’m not alone.
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I have a watch that I almost always forget to put on and then I have no idea what time it is. In fact, with a baby, I’m pretty much jewelry-less for the next six months or so at least!
I am glad to know I am not the only one to wear my watch at night. I also like to know what time it is if I wake up, and there has been more than one occasion when the alarm hasn’t gone off and I’ve saved hubby from being late for work. Without my contacts in, I can’t see the clock, but can see my watch. LOL I went a couple of weeks or so without mine one time due to not replacing the battery and it drove me bonkers. Well, moreso than I already am.
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I have at least three watches which need batteries. I tell you what. I’ll but two of each battery and send you the extras. Surely one will fit your watch.
My “just keep replacing with cheap watches” habit began when I lost a $200 watch when the clasp broke and I didn’t realize it. Even still, I also have a collection of cheap watches with a dead battery because I don’t know what to do with them.
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