This year, we have a gift.
There is an extra day on the calendar to waste on boring meetings, stupid arguments with coworkers, and intellectually vapid conversations.
This year, I will waste the day by prepping for webinars and speaking gigs. I will have a few calls with my coworkers. I will scoop cat litter and watch TV.
That’s life, right? I don’t need an extra day in February. I need an extra day in June when the weather is perfect and my garden needs some work. I need an extra day in August when I’m on vacation and time is running out. And I need an extra day in October when the weather is just right and it’s time to pick some apples.
Leap year is always so disappointing. An extra day in February – especially one that falls on a Wednesday — really sucks.
How will you waste today?
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Celebrating my mom’s 17th birthday
That’s so fun!
Be careful what you wish for. Some big cheese in astronomy reckons leap days are more trouble than they are worth. It might get canned. Then you’ll be sorry. You’ll have to work all night just to make up the lost time. And I’ll blame you on twitter. #Lauriestoleadayfromyouhateher
One day closer to death.
I’m celebrating with bronchitis! But I have health insurance, so I don’t give a fk.
I’m with you Simone. Not quite bronchitis yet, but moving in that direction. I have no insurance but the OTC meds are worthless. Might have to trek to the doc anyway. The cats are celebrating Leap Day by taking turns leaping over my carcass in their bed.
Honey – straight honey, it actually outperformed OTC cough meds for soothing coughs at night in a double blind trial. Hope you feel better!
Ditto. It’s all about the honey. Also, if you have seasonal allergies, you should eat a spoonful of honey from a local beehive daily.
Presumably the pain from the bee stings takes your mind off the allergies?
be well!
Been there. Ugh. Lots of peppermint tea (loads of antioxidants and caffeine-free) and Delsyum cough syrup, the one in the orange box. Take it at night. Helps tons. And Mucinex twice a day…..That’s what my former doctor would have me do even when I HAD insurance. He’d throw in some antibiotic for good measure, but the other stuff always, always helps and I still follow it.
No! Feel better!
In ancient Egypt, they saw the seasons come and go, and estimated that the cycle repeated itself every 360 days.
Over time, they found there was some seasonal drift – the five days they missed earlier.
So they partied and feasted for the five days between every 360 day year.
We should really go back to that.
I want to feast RIGHT NOW.
Just no pleasing you, Laurie. You can call me! In fact you are: What time?
That’s true.
I started out my day with stepping in cat barf. Gross.
I’ll finish out the day with the final game in my skeeball league!
Hope you have a great day!
Skeeball League????? WHOA!
I’m wasting the day on employee relation issues and a webinar.
Lame.
I get to conduct interviews at the zoo today! I think that’s an awesome way to spend my extra day.
Wow. Crazy!
You need to come to Tampa Bay Laurie…84 degrees today.
Nice! We’ll hit 80 tomorrow. I won’t complain.
A leisurely drive to Chick-Fil-A for lunch then it’s on to the Public Library to make sure we don’t have any porn down there that our tax payer dollars are funding.
Homophobe.
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I’m wasting mine working, and explaining the concept of solar years, the relativity of time and the ultimate pointlessness of our arbitrary calender-based perception thereof.
It was interesting reading to see how other cultures amended their calenders to prevent wandering seasons – and how long people have obsessively tried to keep track of seasons and the time of year – yay for the agricultural revolution. I think the Druids had it right – just build a big-ass stone circle. Then, when the sun hits here, X, it’s the solstice, okay.
I like how the Druids were petite and wore baggy clothing. I can get behind that.
Unfortunately, in the office…working and networking tonight which isn’t SO bad. And I mean “unfortunately” because today in Chicago it’s WARM and I would have loved to be outdoors this evening. You know it’s only February – we could be dumped with snow tomorrow. Boooo!
I hired two people and watched the rain fall outside my window… I might try to get some extra sleep…
I spent 7 hours sitting at Chicago Midway. Yay me.