Tag: Holiday

Day Off

Oh the glorious day off. Friday without work? Perfection.

I slept late, I ran some errands with the love of my life, I cooked dinner on the grill, and I am thinking about going to bed early.

Who could ask for anything more?

It is July 3rd and the sun went down 30 minutes ago and we just heard our first fireworks in the neighborhood. All fireworks are illegal in Massachusetts, but not in New Hampshire and New Hampshire is maybe 100–200 yards away from my house.

Now the question is, do I go to the ocean at sunrise tomorrow and take some 4th of July sunrise pics?

Probably not.

Long Weekend

Tomorrow is July 3rd. July 4th is Saturday so we get the holiday day off tomorrow. My beloved bride’s company gave them Monday off so I took a vacation day on Monday too. Instant four day holiday weekend. Awesome.

We don’t have any plans. I might get a haircut. I might get the car inspected. I might ask my beloved bride if she wants to go see Supergirl before it goes away.

On saturday July 4th nothing happens because we’re a fascist shit hole of a country. Musically for me, the 50 songs in 90 days challenge starts. From July 4th to October 1st write 50 songs. I’ve tried it a bunch of times and failed all but three. The challenge used to be part of fawm.org but last year the dropped it. I’m still doing it. Fawm replaced it with a short term thing, Write five songs in nine days. Maybe I’ll sneak one of those in as part of 50/90. We’ll see.

Happy long weekend, everyone.

Three Day Weekend

Memorial Day Weekend has arrived. It’s a three day weekend. We are in New England though so it is likely to be rainy and cold the whole time. Yippee.

We are having a cookout on Sunday. Well… a cookin, I think. It’s supposed to rain. What can you do, right?

Other than that… I don’t think I have any any plans at all. I have to get some blood work done. I could do that. 

It’s the unofficial start of summer. I hope the temperatures stay above freezing.

Patriots Day

Today is a holiday in Massachusetts. Patriots Day. Did I get the day off from work? Nope. I live in Massachusetts and I work in Massachusetts but I did not get the day off.

Bummer.

The Red Sox played their annual Boston Marathon Monday 11:00am game. As the leaders were crossing the finish line I had a break between my nearly endless string of conferences calls that was long enough for me to put the game on the radio for a couple of innings.

The very first word I heard from the broadcast was, “disaster.” Uh oh. It was the third inning and Sonny Gray had just been pulled due to an injury. Disaster, indeed. Crud.

On one of my endless conference calls today a coworker from another group mentioned that she is about to go on a trip to Bermuda. I am so jealous. My parents went to Bermuda on their honeymoon. Based on that it’s practically required that I go someday, isn’t it? That’s how it works, right?

I don’t know… maybe I just need a nap.

Holiday Schedule

I took this picture yesterday. Not sure why I am posting it now, but I am… so there.

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As mentioned in a post from nearly 24 hours ago, yesterday was a holiday in Massachusetts. Patriots Day. In my neighborhood, Tuesday is trash day. I got up early and got everything ready and opened the door to walk outside with a big trash bag and as the door was swinging in toward me, I remembered that whole holiday thing. The holiday trash pickup schedule punts our Tuesday to Wednesday. Aw, hell. I hate when I forget about that. I took the barrel out to the street anyway. Tomorrow’s an in-the-office day. Taking the barrel out now saves me about three minutes tomorrow morning. Yippee.

Now, onward to another super fascinating Tuesday. Yippee, again.

It is All Gone

And just like that, all of the xmas decorations have been removed from the living areas of the house and placed back in the cellar storage.

Insert an emphatic sigh of relief here. We can start 2025 now.

Oh wait… 2025 is going to suck… crap, let’s put the xmas stuff back up and see if we can stave off the inevitable societal collapse.

HoHoHoly crap.

New Years Day

How’s your New Years Day going? I slept late. I didn’t fall asleep until 2:00am and I woke up at a little after 7:00am… so I slept REALLY late and am still completely exhausted. Hooray.

The only definite item on today’s agenda is taking down all of the xmas decorations. I can’t wait! I’m so excited for that. I love how much my family loves xmas, but I also love it when we put it away for another year. I want my house back, you know?

HoHoHappy New Year!

Tradition

Last year on New Years Eve my family huddled around the warm glowing warming glow of the television and watched Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire.

This year we made that viewing a holiday tradition by watching Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix. Harry’s expulsion hearing is wrapping up right now.

Worst line in the entire series: Padfoot, are you barking mad? You have to know the story to know why that’s such a terrible line. Just take my word for it.

New Years Eve Bonus!

The plan was to have dinner with the whole family after Jen and I finished work for the day. Then my step daughter, Bellana, was going to head back to Vermont. After that we, meaning me, my wife Jen, and my step son Harry, would ring in the New Year together by probably watching a movie or something. Harry was planning to go back to Vermont on Sunday so we’d have him here for the rest of the week.

Now things have changed! Bellana’s Vermont plans have fallen through and she is staying with us until Sunday too! BONUS!

Our Happy New Years Eve plans just got happier! Both kids are here for the holiday! Awesome!