As a child, I once looked forward to holidays, such as Memorial Day, Labor Day, and so forth. They meant that I did not have to go to school, which translated to 'stay up late the night before and generally laze about the house all day.' Now that I am grown up, I understand why my parents never seemed as excited as I did about holidays.
What did I do this Memorial Day? I did get to sleep late, but that is more a function of Ranger's not awaking at the crack of dawn than a sign of a holiday. After making some sandwiches for lunch, I loaded the dishwasher, mowed the front yard, pulled the gas-powered mower out of the basement and tried a tip from Sandi's dad on how to get it to crank (big props to Bobby, because it worked), mowed the back yard, cooked supper, ran the dishwasher, and put away a bunch of laundry that was washed today. It isn't all bad; we took a break from all this work to play a couple of hours of video games.
I have also found as I get older that holidays warp my sense of time. I have repeatedly found myself thinking that tomorrow is Monday, which has the potential to wreak havoc with my schedule for the rest of the week.
Tomorrow begins a quantitative literacy workshop I will be attending at Emory and Henry College. King is sending two other faculty members up the highway a few miles, as well. Wackily enough, I had apparently not remembered to tell Sandi that I should receive a $750 stipend for attending this workshop and devising a plan with my colleagues to improve quantitative literacy (which, by the way, I always thought was called numeracy) on our campus. Extra money is always good, especially when you have no idea you are going to get it.
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I just wanted to post in my defense. That I awoke 2 hours earlier than Phil and let him sleep. And I helped weed-eat the yard, helped get the cover off the mower so he could spray it, and helped with the laundry. Although, I do agree with the fact that holiday's aren't so great anymore.
I must admit that holidays don't have the same alure they did when I was young. However, I have reached the age of "permission to ignore all that needs to be done in favor or what I want to do. I spent most of the day in a comfortable chair, with a cold glass of tea by my side, and a good book in my hand. It was the most relaxing day I have had in ages.
HELLO TO ALL!
Phil, I'm impressed you do house work and yard work!
Keep up the good work! Also....let me know about the "grace happenings in your lives.." Sincerely, Pastor Ed Sears
Well, Ryland Rock did tell me while I was working at the church that I would make some girl a great housewife one day . . .
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