28 February 2008

I Support the "No Work on Leap Day Revolution" and So Should You

Gene Weingarten's latest article in the Washington Post magazine really made me think. To me, tomorrow (leap day) is a lot like the extra hour we get in the Fall during the change from Daylight Saving Time back to standard time. It's a bonus. A free day. A day to do things that maybe we wouldn't have done if it were a "regular" day.

Like the man in the article, I want to do something cRaZee tomorrow. Something like pull my kids out of school. Oh wait, I don't have any kids. Okay, skip work. Well...I probably shouldn't do that since it is my last day before maternity leave. Also like the man in the article, I am Mormon and therefore won't be, "drinking alcohol or getting wild." (Gosh, this being Mormon sure seems to take the fun out of things!)

So since I can't skip work, get sloshed, or go wild, what will I do??? Given my current "delicate condition," most likely it will end up being finding a comfortable spot on the couch and not moving since it's hard to find that comfortable spot. But what will you do???

Who knows? Maybe I'll go just a touch wild and have some rice krispie treats. Now there's something I don't do every day.

3 comments:

emily said...

oh, that sounds fun! rice krispie treats.

hmmmm, what should i do? maybe buy a mcdonald's ice cream cone? i haven't done that in oh-so-long.

i wish i could not work. mommy-work, that is. but i probably shouldn't since miles is only almost-4 and could have a rough time watching his 2 younger siblings. but it's rather tempting. . .

Melissa said...

I've never thought of this. Leap Day should totally be a freebie.

Tamara said...

Do it, go crazy..eat the whole pan. I forget what happens if you are born today....