Today was the last proper public holiday of the year;
I am not counting Christmas and Boxing Day, as they are festivities rather than
public holiday. When I awoke this morning looking forward to a day relaxing I
could already her the rain beating on the window. This was to prove the pattern
for the day until mid-afternoon when the rain abated.
Now it is often said that this is typical public
holiday weather, but I think that this is a typical case of perception over
reality. We tend to think and hence remember extremes of weather rather than
the norm. From my memory the public holiday weekends this year have been rather
good, and by and large we have been able to get out and about. However we over
emphasise those days when we stare out of a rain streaked window wishing we
could be some where else, just as we remember the sun dominated holidays of our
youth. The reality was I think somewhat different.
Actually this is not the last public holiday for us
as we are travelling to the United States at the end of the week and so will
benefit from Labor Day next Monday. Hopefully it will be a sun soaked day on
Shelter Island.
While on the subject of public holidays now that I am
retired they no longer have the same significance. Really a public holiday
Monday is just like any other day, and crucially it does not matter so much if
the weather is bad, we can always reschedule what we are doing to another day. Another
benefit of retirement.
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