This is a day when no one should work. Laborers should be celebrating and celebrated.
When I expressed dismay about her having to work today, my favorite Penzey's lady smiled and said Time and a Half!
When I similarly commiserated with the cashier-just-a-little-younger-than-I as she helped me navigate the self-checkout at Safeway this morning, she gave me the same response.
Then she shrugged and said What else would I do? I moved here and I love it but it's hard to meet people. One very full, very large, very well insulated grocery tote later, she was thanking me for the link to The Happy Ladies Club.
Tomorrow I have many things to do. Today, I am going to lie back and enjoy the fruits of my labors. And to all those who cannot share in my plan, I hope life gives you time and a half today.
I thanked the self-check assistant for working on Labor Day as we checked out at Home Depot. We labored at home, laundry and house work and cooking dinner and Tom's geranium cutting project. Today is pretty slow, though. Since it's still cool outside I think I'll try to go for a walk. My body isn't working very well but I have to keep moving.
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Labor Day was pretty quiet for me but now I can't get it into my head that it is Tuesday.
ReplyDeleteThank you! Our garbage collection was pushed back too and that was another smack in the head. I kept asking people all day if it was Tuesday.
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I never go shopping on those holidays like yesterday, but we did drive home from the Bay Area after a fabulous weekend with our kids. I paid the house sitter extra, I called it holiday differential. But, after we got home at noon, we stayed home.
ReplyDeleteToday, Tuesday, we both had medical appointments and I did the grocery shopping that I didn't do before we left town. Wednesday and Thursday are Columbia days. Got my bag of tricks ready to go after I came home.
I try to avoid it, too (Penzey's encounter was Friday) but corn was on sale 8/$1 and I couldn't resist. Plus, I did a good deed by connecting Pam to Happy Ladies so I absolved myself of guilt. Have fun at school!
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