life with more cowbell

I don’t know about you, but I count the days till a long weekend. Work days, that is. As I write this, it’s just under a day and a half – and counting.

This upcoming long weekend is a relatively recent addition to the calendar – and Simcoe Day is a civic holiday, as opposed to a stat holiday. This means that some folks will be working – and, most importantly, the Beer Store will be open. Even more recently, Family Day was introduced and we now have a long weekend in February.

So this leaves us with March/April (depending on when Easter falls), June and November as the only months without a long weekend. I think this is preposterous. Okay, so not preposterous, but something that’s easily remedied. Here are my suggestions:

March/April: Some kind of Spring Thaw celebration. Let’s face it, February and March (which I like to call “the month of Farch”) are pretty grim, so it would be a nice pick-me-up.

June: Johnny Depp’s birthday (June 9). If it doesn’t fall on a Monday, this could be celebrated the second Monday of the month. Okay, so it’s also my birthday. It’s also Michael J. Fox’s, Arlene Paculan’s, Natalie Portman’s and Tennille Read’s – and I’m sure loads of other people’s too.

November: Second Thanksgiving. Now, who doesn’t love Thanksgiving? This could be scheduled in the Monday after American Thanksgiving to create a double holiday long weekend (much like Canada Day and July 4). More turkey/tofurkey for everyone!

What holiday Mondays would you like to see filling out the calendar?