For you working stiffs (Mason excepted), you may not know it but in 1492, Columbus sailed the ocean blue and discovered America on October 9th.  Why?  cause it is a Monday! As they say, leave it to a man to sail in the wrong direction, get where he was not going, and not realize he was lost!

Thus was born Columbus day (even though we are named for Amerigo Vespucci - at least he knew where he was not).  And a Holiday for Banks, the Feds, and States (and some students).

The problem with these phony holidays is you never know if the Trash man is coming (he did, but I was not sure), if the Liquor store is open (the state has a monopoly here) or if the Mailman is coming (he is not).  And of course since Columbus was Christian, he could not coordinate his non-discovery with Rosh Hashannah (sp) as my Wife works for a Jewish Law firm and they get that holiday off (that was LAST monday).

Working for the state has its advantages - as in we get about 14-15 days of holidays a year, this being one of them.  But, other than trying to get my clients to schedule my visits on them, they can be quite boring.  I really dont want to do anything without my wife, so I play on the computer, pick up limbs in the yard (we just had a monsoon this past weekend) and fight with the cat about jumping on the computer.

At least now, I can do SOME work now that the captain is gone.  But being a "professional", it is non-paid.  And of course all our fellow chaps and Lassies in other countries are probably working and wondering what the hell we are doing with a day off (as am I and thus the "phony" part of the holiday).

I guess I should not complain, but I sure loved the work when I was a consultant!  Then I could work and get paid!  And they did not bat an eyelash, as the rest of the "COV" people were alergic to the office on these days.

I guess I may get use to it some day.  But I am stir crazy today, and just waiting for Lunch time so I can spend it with my love.  We eat lunch together so seldom as we work so far apart.  So at least that is one good thing!  Well, I guess sleeping to 7am is another!

So for all you that forgot what today is, it is MALE day!  Where not asking for directions pays off with a holiday!  And getting lost is forever made a trait of being a guy!

Have a great "no direction, lost" day!  Work resumes tomorrow.