I am a firm believer in not working Labor Day weekend. FIRM! We all work hard enough every other day for the rest of our lives to be working on a day designated to celebrate those of us who work every day for the rest of our lives.
But as they say, it’s not work if you’re doing what you love.
So after our Friday afternoon trip to the grocery store for items to be mentioned in just a few short paragraphs we will be doing what we love for three days. It will be not be work.
1. There will be meat.
All kinds of meat. Meat as big as your face. Meat like in the opening of The Flinstones when Fred throws that Dino-steak into his car. Meat!!! MEAT!!!
2. There will be pool time.
We haven’t found out when our pool closes but if they close the day after Labor Day it will be so sad. It always feels like Fat Tuesday in New Orleans. You know when you’re having the time of your life and everything is great and there is day drinking, and floats, and music. Just living the good life. And then the next day is Ash Wednesday and the street sweepers come out and get rid of all the evidence of the fun you had. And you’re sad. This is how I feel about the pool closing.
Also-it’s not like it suddenly cools off on Labor Day +1 in freakin Texas. The only things hotter than Texas from May-September is the core of Jupiter (43,000 degrees) and Hell (temperature unknown but it’s eternal). I like to swim and cool off in September. Other people do to. Perhaps I should start a petition. But since that would be work and I’m not working this weekend it will have to wait. So just in case. We WILL be at the pool..
Also should there be an incident of any kind we will pull out the backup pool Let’s just say we like our pool time.
3. There will be day drinking.
Look. On those work days at your 9-5 day drinking is frowned upon. And though you may long for the Mad Men days when you had a cabinet full of liquor in your office those days are long gone. The moral? Don’t drink during the day at work. Do drink during the day on your “no work’’ day.
A few options….
4. There will be yard games and family fun..
There is nothing we like more than yard games. Bags, lawn darts, washers, ladder ball, ginormous racket badminton. If you can play it in a yard, we’ll beat you at it. YEAH! I SAID IT!
And is there anything more ‘Merica than spending time in the yard with the family? No. No there isn’t.
And that’s why this girl here is encouraging everyone to demand their day off for Labor Day. Take the time and do whatever you wish you were doing when you are at work on every other day for the rest of your life.