On this gloomy and grey Reverend Doctor Martin Luther King Jr. Day, I thought maybe I could take a few minutes away from work and list holidays.
Days the FEDERAL GOVERNMENT observes (11 total, from wikipedia):
- Jan 1 (New Year’s Day)
- Third Monday in Jan (Martin Luther King Jr. Day)
- January 20 every 4th Year (Inauguration Day)
- Third Monday in February (Washington’s Bday/President’s Day)
- Last Monday in May (Memorial Day)
- July 4th (Independence Day)
- First Monday in September (Labor Day)
- Second Monday in October (Columbus Day)
- November 11th (Veterans Day)
- Fourth Thursday in November (Thanksgiving)
- December 25th (Christmas)
Days MY COMPANY observes (7 total):
- Jan 1 (New Year’s Day)
- Last Monday in May (Memorial Day)
- July 4th (Independence Day)
- First Monday in September (Labor Day)
- Fourth Thursday in November (Thanksgiving)
- Day after Thanksgiving
- December 25th (Christmas)
[[plus 2 additional floating holidays]]
I’m pretty terrible, in that I’ve said to people in the past that consultants hate civil rights. which is not at all true, consultants are equal opportunity haters. also included in the hating are italians and veterans and presidents. mostly, consultants just love to get lots of work done. or make me look like I’m doing lots of work. something.
In other news I slept a lot this weekend and had a nice dinner on long island and a nice breakfast with rfrd friends and also sewed a skirt. I was thinking that I should use my digicam more, so I’m going to try and take a photo-a-day (nearly) to get back on that horse. Mostly it’s because my friend roz pointed out the calender view in the archive function at flickr, and the month that I DID take a photo a day (July 2005) is much more interesting than the months I didn’t (ex., December 2006).
Also of note: my secret plans to send out Reverend Doctor Martin Luther King Jr. Day Cards have not come to fruition. Which means I have to pick another holiday, and shucks, I don’t really like the next few. I’ll just pick a famous dead scientist’s birthday or something. I would say Happy August Strindberg’s Birthday, in honor of the hilarous Strindberg and Helium (SO VERY FUNNY. Click over POST HASTE), but it might be too esoteric for some of my friends and family.
I, too, have failed in the holiday card scenario! I am thinking President’s day? or Oooh! Groundhog’s day!
groundhog’s day is great! way better than president’s day. I just want to send out cards early, because I *don’t* want to send happy 4th of july cards.
at least you get sick days in your line of work. And holidays that are paid (in restaurants, if the place is closed, it means you get the day off and that’s that). Saturdays and Sundays off as a general rule…. that must be nice, too. I mean, not that I’ve worked lately, but still, none of my sick leave has been paid; and having the time off has made me realize that much of the time off and many of the benefits the rest of the world takes for granted is basically out of the question for chefs.
that’s so true. I’d tie that to the plight of healthcare in america as well. and it’s not even the rest of the world that enjoys these things — my brother is a union electrician with all the associated cush union benefits, right? except when they decide to take the day off for a holiday, he doesn’t get paid either. he just doesn’t get fired. which is a benefit, to be sure, but when you’re trying to make ends meet every days labor helps.