Subject: RE: E.V.I.L. Running Reapers - Halloween Run ChallengeKOM - 2009-10-09 7:39 AM blujay65 - 2009-10-09 7:09 AM movingsouth - 2009-10-08 9:14 PM Happychick - 2009-10-08 4:36 PM Hey All! So who here gets a long weekend this weekend ~ for those of you who are about to ask "what for?", Columbus Day!? Us military folk take it for granted that every holiday (and some made up ) turn into long weekends! ![](https://beginnertriathlete.com/discussion/images/emoticons/smile.gif) I thought it was for Indigenous Peoples Day?? Ha, ha down south in MS the day isn't even recognized, (except by banks and the post office), most kids have no idea that it's even a holiday. Sad, I think...It is a big day here is RI. Lots of folks look at Columbus as a family member! Going up to VT tomorrow. Had trouble finding a room between the leaf peepers and the Canadians on Thanksgiving holiday. My daughter has today off- UVM doesn't want to celebrate the conquering of the native peoples on Monday. Crazy-but I am excited to see her. She has been at school since the last weekend in August. Where I work, they've taken nearly all of our long weekend holidays, like Columbus Day, and moved them to the week of Christmas. Ostensibly, to close the offices and give us that whole week off. Yeah. Right. It's never happened. I think it's just a ploy to up the company's productivity numbers. I do not work for an employee friendly company. Unfortunately, in today's market, I have to be grateful to just have a job that pays well and provides decent benefits. |