Midsummer Fun

Yesterday was Independence Day in the US and a day off for me. Today, I'm back to work. Same for my rocket engineer son, one day off. My wife remembers a few of her companies giving a 4-day weekend when a holiday falls on a Tuesday or Thursday, but that hasn't been my experience and isn't this week. I know we're barely into summer, which technically started Jun 21, but most of my life has measured summer between the end of one school year and the beginning of another. That's usually late May (Memorial Day) to early September (Labor Day). I think that's a very American thing, as I know lots of my friends in Europe are just starting their break between two grade years. For those of you in the Southern Hemisphere, I'm sure this time of year is even more different. Read the rest of Midsummer Fun