Labor Day Love

I especially love them when it’s Sunday night and I know there will be no alarm tomorrow morning, no DJ’s discussing traffic, no lunch money to disperse or work outfits to choose.

I think these should become mandatory for everyone who works, at least once a month.

I’m positive, I mean I would write my name in blood if needed, and promise that three day weekends once a month, with pay of course, would make me much more productive. I just know it.

Who can I contact about that? My Senator? Congressman? Surely they want three day weekends too?

I’m not quite sure why this particular government-approved day of rest is called ‘Labor Day.’ Other than the people who work at Target, Wal-Mart and Lowes, I haven’t seen much laborin’ on my block.

In fact, just the opposite. I happen to know of a few of us on my street, myself included, who were still in jammies this afternoon.

I think the holiday needs to be re-officially named, ‘Do Anything But Labor Day’ or ‘Sleep Until Noon Day’ or ‘Don’t Do a Darn Thing Day.’

Yep, I vote we re-name the day.

Of course, now that I think about it, they could call it ‘Stand on Your Head Day.’

Who cares.

Call it what you want, Uncle Sam.

And then give us several more of them throughout the year.

This whole not-getting-ready-for-work-on-Monday thing is way better than ‘is your homework done, did you wash your gym shorts, hurry up, eat your dinner, feed the dogs, do you have clothes for school tomorrow, what are you eating for lunch by the way, is there a football game this week, did you set your alarm, you need 200 popsicle sticks by Monday night to build a Mayflower due Tuesday that you didn’t tell me about, Homecoming is how soon, mums are how much, no I don’t remember how to do Algebra on Sunday night at 9 pm, and oh your new girlfriend is in what grade again?’ conversation that we normally have on Sunday nights.

Way better.

Detroit Labor Day Parade, 1942

Downtown HOUSTON Labor Day Parade, 1918

My house. Parade of Tweenies.

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