I hadn't fully grasped the significance of time zones before. I knew the theory but I didn't feel it.

They're not existing simultaneously on another part of the planet, simply needing a little more expertise with the alarm clock to facilitate some skype, they've moved into another day and have left us behind still living in the day before. They're on a completely different planet.

As are we to the continents we've left behind in yesterday. They're not here yet, and when they arrive, we'll all be gone.