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<\/a>I’d love to be luxuriating on this float, wouldn’t you?<\/p><\/div>\n
It’s really just one extra work<\/em> day off than when the holiday is on a Monday. But it seems sooo much longer, meaning more fun\/vacation\/relaxation\/getting things done around the house.<\/p>\n You can start celebrating today<\/em> as soon as your work ends, take tomorrow (Friday) off, and then there are the usual week-end days, and you get Tuesday off, anyway, because it’s the holiday!<\/p>\n So, if you start your holiday week-end tomorrow<\/em>, all you’re taking off extra from work are Monday and Wednesday if you go out of town, or just Monday if you stay in town and don’t need Wednesday as a travel day. Clever, right?<\/p>\n If you do all of my outlined scenario, and get out of town this<\/em> (Thursday) evening, you have a whole week’s<\/em> vacay while using just one-to-three days extra off! Now I wish I<\/em> had an employer, just so I can follow my own advice here!<\/p>\n A previous fabulous Fourth of July event Mr. X and I went to. I hope we can repeat it this year! Photo by Karen Salkin.<\/p><\/div>\n If this all makes great sense to you, but it’s too late to arrange all of that, keep it in mind for next<\/em> year, when the 4th falls on a Thursday. (It skips over Wednesday because of Leap Year.)<\/p>\n [Note: For you sports fans out there, I feel like I sound like Shaquille O’Neal explaining his theory of why to fill your gas tank only half full each time to save money! Only his<\/em> idea does not<\/em> work, at all, while mine<\/em> is superb!]<\/p>\n And then get ready for the busy summer, beginning right after the 4th. I already have invitations for just about every day and night, while also watching so many fun sports all season.<\/p>\n Major kudos to Domingo German on his Perfect game!<\/p><\/div>\n But first I have to recover from the absolute stress and exhilaration of Yankees pitcher Domingo German’s perfect<\/em> game last night!!! For those who don’t understand why it’s such a big deal, it’s only the twenty-fourth<\/em> perfect game in the history<\/em> of baseball!!! And that’s about one hundred sixty-five years!!! I almost missed the game for several reasons, so I’m extra-elated that I got to witness not only amazing history, but from my<\/em> team!<\/p>\n Even though a perfect game is about ninety-eight percent on the pitcher, he also needs perfection from his all-important catcher, and from the rest of the guys in the field, as well; no one can make an error nor even miss catching a ball, or all is lost. It’s tension all around, starting at about the third inning and majorly increasing as the game goes along. Everyone is scared to even talk<\/em> to the pitcher in-between innings. And that German did not lose his concentration when, at one point, he had to sit around losing his warm arm while the Yanks played a twenty-six minute<\/em> half inning, scoring nine runs in it, makes his accomplishment that much extra astonishing.<\/p>\n<\/a><\/a>