Forgot it was a holiday (go me).

[helen99]

Today was a government holiday but I forgot to check whether or not my company actually had a holiday or not, so I went in to work anyway. Nobody was there. The hallway was spooky and dark, and not even the fan was on. I turned on the light in my office and fired up the computer. No messages from anyone. I prepared and submitted a weekly report that would have been due sometime tomorrow to avoid having to get in early tomorrow to finish it on time. Then I left around noon. I can't believe I didn't know it was a holiday. Actually I'm glad, though, since I got the report done. After I came back home, I finally got a chance to do some basic maintenance yardwork (trimming, mowing, sweeping the driveway, walkways, and gutters, and whatever else it takes for the city to forget about harassing me for another month...)

Comments

Yards of Forest

[imieisegreti.livejournal.com]

Yay for a change of hands! As people, we do tend, sometimes, to get hung up on the silliest things, don't we? And who says 'normal' is great? Personally, I like a yard that is like a forest! *laughs*

Re: Yards of Forest

[helen99.livejournal.com]

What I really wish is that I could convert all the houses adjacent to my hard into a woods (including my yard), and rebuild the house in the middle of the woods with natural materials so it flows with the land. I could give the house some room around it so it could get some sun. The clearing would be a pretty little glen with sunlight and a garden surrounded by a block of forest. I think that would work best. Unfortunately (aside from the fact that I'd have to find buried pirate treasure to finance this) I'd get taxed into the next solar system if I had that much land in the middle of the city. It would be so cool though...

Re: Yards of Forest

[helen99.livejournal.com]

Urk - that was supposed to be "yard", not "hard".

Re: Yards of Forest

[imieisegreti.livejournal.com]

I understood what you meant. *grins* And I think such a set up would be wonderful! But taxes. Yuck. And they can't even do anything good with the money they tax you on!