Time change

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I've just made a new friend, Hector. It was a very brief conversation but we found we had quite a bit in common. We agreed we'd see each other soon and we both went on with our own commitments. After that, I changed the time of my watch. Tonight I'll be able to sleep an extra hour, and for a few weeks I'll be getting up when the sun is up already. I love that! Tonight I can breathe in and out and relax. So nice... to enjoy the moment: the fresh breeze that comes in through the balcony door of my 5th floor apartment, the background soft sound of the news channel, the occasional lost bat enjoying its flight of dark freedom and singing to it, lively conversation of happy teenagers who take the time change as an extra hour to party -not to sleep like me!-, the leisurely purring of car engines that come and go according to the traffic light at the corner. This quiet end of summer in Tucuman gives us a break, a respite of cool air in sixty extra minutes that today make all the difference...