I really think that 3 days is the PERFECT length for a weekend - at least for me. On a typical weekend, I’ll spend Saturday mowing the lawn, doing laundry and cleaning up the house. I might even squeeze in a carwash. If I’ve worked on any photo projects, I’ll try to get some work done on those as well. All in all, Saturday is really a work day for me, just not at the office. Sunday starts early - 6:00am. That’s the same time I get up during the week so it’s not something that I struggle with. Why so early? On the Sunday’s I’m playing (which is every one for the last several weeks) I need to be at the theater to start setting up my drums at 7:30. By the time I make breakfast, shower, find something to wear then load the car with what I’m bringing, the 90 mins between 6:00-7:30 is all used up. After church is over, I usually eat with friends then make it home around 1:30 or 2. It’s either nap time or time to watch a race on the tube (and THEN take a nap). Probably dinner again with friends before wrapping up the day and hitting the sack. That’s how I burn up a normal weekend. Having that additional day on a 3-day weekend lets me spread Saturday’s stuff out over 2 days or just completely doing NOTHING for one day. The latter won out this weekend. Friday was my total do-nothing day. I grilled out with friends that evening, but that definitely doesn’t fall into any kind of “work” classification.

As a side note from Friday, I started mariniating the steaks I would be grilling around noon Thursday with some honey terriyaki marinade. By the time I put them on the grill, they had been soaking for more than 24 hours. They tasted GREAT.

I think I’m just gonna sit here and think about how good those were.

I hope everyone had a safe and enjoyable holiday weekend!