Peace & solitude on my secret holiday! This is bliss!
Today isn’t a work day for the Council on Aging, where I work. My boss closed down the whole operation in honor of my birthday, tomorrow. She explained that she couldn’t change the date of Columbus Day, to the 9 th, but she said that if the reason that she declared this obscure holiday to qualify for a closure, ever became public knowledge, many people would want their own birthday to be treated as though it is remotely as important as mine is. It’s a good thing I wasn’t born close to “Flower... Sign in to see full entry.