Hello George Pope!
** On Tuesday 04.01.22 - 10:26, George Pope wrote to August Abolins:
I skip the hoopla, go to bed early on 31/12, & if I wake
up the next day & all is gone, I'll just go back to bed.
(I started that bit for Y2K & kept it as I like it)
I find that sticking to a regular sleep period is indeed a good
idea. This year was the first time in many years that I
actually had two days off in a row. When Jan 1 would all on a
weekday, I'd be back at work the next day. This time Jan 2 fell
on Sunday, so that was a day off too. I wouldn't want to feel
"tired" or trip up my sleep pattern just because of a silly
midnight tradition.
Logical. I've never been big one the holidays -- would rather work them & get paid 250% for my time, than sit at home trying to figure out stuff to do when everything's closed.
My coworkers love it ("you want Xmas off? Sure; no problem, no need to work one of my days in exchange")
Most of my bosses only care that the shifts are covered as per the schedule -- the who isn't so important as the when.
For the observances that are meaningful to me, I can take time any time, work or home, to focus on the meaning & spirit of the day.
When I was a teenage business owner, & otherwise in my teens, Xmas was all about the spirit -- I'd get someone to pick me up a 40 of whiskey & invite a couple buddies over to get sloshed. . .
Once we went out in as much of a blizzard as Mission ever gets & did carolling.
In the hour before we got too cold, we were given enough money(we had no idea that would happen!) to buy full price smokes & a hot meal in a warm restaurant for all of us!
--- BBBS/Li6 v4.10 Toy-5
* Origin: The Rusty MailBox - Penticton, BC Canada (1:153/757)