Time of Your Life

Trisha Scott is a published writer and inventor of 13 board games. She lives in the Cotswolds in England with two seriously spoilt cats. She is a member of the Society of Women Writers and Journalists, and her websites are: www.trishascott.net and www.bluebearbooks.net.

• ContentsA Matter of Time – Introduction 11In Your Own Time – Your Body 15While You’re …Blinking 16Face-focusing18Taking a breath – it’s a dream 19Sneezing 20Yawning 20Holding your breath22Hiccupping 22Falling asleep 23 Snoozing on the alarm 24Sleeping 27Taking the Time - Health & Wellbeing 30While You’re …Putting in your contact lenses 31Washing your hands after using the loo 32Using mouthwash 34Brushing your teeth 35Having a dental check-up 36Having an eye test 37Suffering from a cold 38Waiting for your NHS hospital treatment (GB) 40A Legend in Your Own Time –Creating the Image 41While You’re …Taking a shower 42Shaving that manly stubble 43Shaving your legs 44Getting ready to face the world 45In the beauty salon 45Between shampoos 47Wearing in your favourite jeans 48Changing your make-up style 49Once Upon a Time – Relationships 51While You’re …Having a female sobbing moment 52Getting married 53Waiting for your divorce 55A guy getting over a break-up 57 Expecting a baby 59Waiting to get engaged 61Giving up on your marriage 63Embracing the Moment – Sex 65While You’re …Having an orgasm – women 66Undoing a bra with your teeth 67Having an orgasm – men 67Removing a bra with both hands 69Having sexual intercourse 70Waiting as long as you can before sex 73Working through the Kama Sutra 74In your last moments as a virgin 75All in Good Time - Domestic & Family 77While You’re …Boiling an egg 78Eating at home 79Walking the dog 81Mowing the lawn 82At the PTA meeting 84Running a dishwasher 86Doing the housework 88Answering your four-year-old’s questions 92Looking for things you’ve lost 94Wearing out a pillow 96Filling the glovebox in your car 97Spending Time – Money & Shopping 100While You’re …Collecting up your supermarket shopping 101Complaining about bad service 102Grocery shopping 103Offering a man’s advice on your lady’s outfit 105Stuck in queues 107Ditching junk mail 108Paying for what you bought on eBay 109Time Off – Indoor Leisure 111While You’re …Playing a game of backgammon 112Watching the news round-up on TV 113Eating out 114Having a piano lesson 116Watching a ball game 116Playing computer games 122Considering your next chess move 123Waiting for the next CGI animation 124Time Out - Outdoor Leisure 128While You’re …Walking through Central Park 129Climbing Mount Snowdon 130Watching a one-day international cricket match 131Swimming the English Channel 133Hiking round the Grand Canyon 135At Glastonbury 136Climbing Mount Everest 138Hiking round Yosemite 139Learning to paraglide 140On holiday 141Playing for Time – Technology 144While You’re …Texting and driving 145Texting 146Kept on hold by a call centre 148Putting a video on YouTube 149Giving up sex for the Internet 150Playing Solitaire 152Right Place, Right Time – Travel 154While You’re …Changing a bike tyre 155Waiting for a bus 155 On the London Underground 156On auto maintenance 158Having a driving lesson 159Waiting for your flight 161Cruising across the Atlantic 163Flying to the Moon 164Driving Route 66 166Investing Time - Work 168While You’re …Reading a letter 169On a coffee break 170Dealing with spam 171Wasting some of your work day 174Finishing your work day 175Dealing with your work emails 178Finishing your work week 179At your job 181This Day and Age - Diary Days 185While You’re …Celebrating your birthday 186Leaving school 187Waking up as an adult 189Now a member of Planet Earth for 21 years 190Celebrating your quarter of a century 192Partying as a 30-year-old 193Fab at 40 years old 194Celebrating living through the last 50 years 196Cheering at becoming 60 years old 197Celebrating your centenary 200Being in the Moment - Miscellaneous 202While You’re …In any moment – in a jiffy 203Watching the King’s Christmas Message 204At your church service 206Avoiding Friday the 13th 208Waiting for a spell to work 210Living through your death year 211Now presumed dead 214‘Whatever you can do or dream you can …’ 216The Journey of a Lifetime – 70 years 217Time After Time – Habits 232Time Springs Eternal - Survival Odds 239Time for a Change - Sickie Excuses 243Time Index 251