Between Holidays

Now that your Christmas tree is a dried out fire hazard and your garbage can is full of wrapping paper, what do you do after the Christmas season has come to its conclusion.  For most children and college students there is another week to recover from the holiday hangover.  I am in the college category this year and am going to build a shelf with my dad in the garage during this week off.

I asked my wife a question at the beginning of December "what do you think the chances are that I get a shelf built in the garage?"  A simple question to inquire about how much confidence my wife had in me.

To this she replied, "on a scale of one to ten?"

I said,"yes."

"Zero"

"Zero!" I exclaimed!  How could I have zero chance.  That was off the scale. "How do you see it that way?"

"Well here is how I imagine you spending your vacation:  you will wake up around eleven each day.  Then you will do nothing all day until I get home at six when you start to make dinner."

I couldn't do anything but laugh.  She was right.  When days off hit, I am guilty of doing nothing but lounging around all day.  But why not?  This house is really nice.  The lights work, the plumbing works and I have wifi.  Someone has to try to find the end of the internet.

    Photo by: M. Stude