'94 E320 W124 Transmission "gear up" delay?

[The Godfather]

Ok here's my "problem." I'm in park, I put it in Drive, and then I have to wait about 2 seconds for it to get into gear. Then it's the same thing if I get it in reverse.

Basically it goes like this:

I put it in D.

1
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2

::car goes into gear::

IS that normal?