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What day is this...really?
Posted: Saturday, July 9, 2011 9:25 am
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Updated: 6:10 pm, Mon Feb 18, 2013.
What day is this...really?
Remember when you were a kid and Saturday came? For me it meant
up early with cold cereal and cartoons. And not today's stilted
animated crap or feel good, morally centered ones like Barney, Care
Bears or Dora the Explorer, who's main goal is to sell merchandise
and not entertain anyway. Nope! We're talking Looney Tunes with
Bugs, Sylvester, Tweety, Porky Pig and my personal favorite Daffy
Duck. This was a time where no one was overly concerned if it was
damaging to the childhood psyche if Elmer Fudd blew Daffy's beak
off repeatedly with a shotgun. But by 11:00 the TV was off and it
was back to real life and chores.
Even as a child I was hemmed in by five days of (school) work
ending in two days of (house) work. Not child labor violations,
but my mom worked full-time so that meant us kids had to shoulder
our share on the weekend.
Today is Saturday. I have been retired just under two weeks and
this is my first real Saturday. But now Saturday feels very much
like any random Wednesday or Thursday. No rush to get all the
chores and errands done in the 48 hours allotted for such things.
No to-dos. No pat agenda. No plans except to join some good
friends at their pool this afternoon.
So this morning as I read the paper, Jim presented me with the
retirees version of the days of the week. He said it would be
helpful because I was still a rookie. Here you go:
Saturday, Sunday (these don't change because they were perfectly
designed in the first place), Monsun, Tuesat, Wedunday, Thursatty
and Friunday.
Okay, I'm off to Kohl's because I need new underwear and I'm
going to see if they carry the "Days of the Week" retirement style
panties. Then if I'm ever confused I can just do a quick
check.
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Saturday, July 9, 2011 9:25 am.
Updated: 6:10 pm.
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Julie Govette posted at 10:16 am on Tue, Jul 12, 2011.
Good to know there's at least a little structure in your life. Let's meet next
Wedunday for martinis at eleventy o'clock.
You bring the Grey Goose.