Labor Day Weekend

It was a fabulous weekend. I love long weekends. I wish we could have them once a month. I'd be a lot more sane. I suppose I should move to Canada. I hear they have a lot of long weekends or at least a lot more holidays than we do in the US. But it's cold in Canada. I'm not sure that's a sacrifice I'm willing to make. Maybe I should just move to Europe. They have lots of holidays too. Maybe I'll live in Germany with Karen and J.

So, we celebrated all our labor (and lack of holidays) on Labor Day. Damn right. This country works amazingly hard. It amazes me how much we get done. When I think about this nation's productivity, I'm proud to be an American. (When I think about our foreign policy, I'm not.)

I spent the weekend relaxing and doing very little labor.

• Friday night, I stayed home and watched television. It was decadent.
• Saturday I studied with Charlie, a classmate, in the morning then in the afternoon I enjoyed the fruits of my labor. I went shopping! (I ended up purchasing 4 pairs of shoes...no one needs that many pairs of shoes all at once. But I got a pair of purple tennis shoes! Everyone needs purple tennis shoes!) Saturday night, Leia had some people to the house for a cookout. I got to enjoy good food and the company of good friends.
• Sunday was movie day. I saw saw a bunch of movies on Sunday. Leia and I saw Garden State. Scotty and I saw Donnie Darko Director's Cut. I watched Solaris and Twin Falls Idaho on TiVo. Oh, and a little bit of Shrek at Scotty's house. It was a fantastically movie-indulgent day.
• Monday I worked on a paper for school. Mom and Dad came over and helped get the bathroom in order. I can officially say that the bathroom is now complete. Unfortunately, I still haven't taken the time to enjoy a jacuzzi bath. I simply ran out of time.

Last night I was trying to tell Ryan about Garden State, but I didn't do a very good job. It really is a fantastic movie. Only a few minutes after leaving the theater, I wanted to see it again. To better explain the movie, I'd like to quote the writer, director, and actor, Zach Braff.

What Garden State's really about is how short life is. And how we get caught up in so many entanglements and insecurities and worries and obsessions and trivial arguments while life races right by us shaking it's head at how seriously we take ourselves. Keep in mind that the sun's gonna burn out in about a million years and truly nothing will have mattered.

Now that the fun, long, relaxing weekend is over, the craziness begins. The craziness of my schedule, that is. I swear, it sounds like a rock star schedule, but I'm not even that cool. Tonight I leave for Grand Rapids, Michigan to visit a client on Wednesday. Thursday, I'll be visiting another client in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. I'm back home Friday and Saturday. Sunday I leave for a week of manager's meetings in Scottsdale, Arizona. The following Friday, Saturday, and Sunday, I'll be visiting Summer and Greg in Denver. Then I'm home for three days and I'll leave for ten days in Germany. Whew, I'm tired just thinking about it! One day at a time is the only way to approach a schedule like this. I'll try to keep things under control and not to get too homesick. Though, I still haven't figured out how I'm going to keep up with my school work. It doesn't matter, you only get to be a rock star once.

*Update - the first leg of the trip has been cancelled. My coworkers didn't make it out of Phoenix and can't get to Michigan in time. So we're rescheduling the meeting. I get to sleep in my own bed tonight and I'll be off to Milwaukee tomorrow.*

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