The holiday that isn't

So yesterday was supposed to be President's Day.

An outside of the "standard" closings like schools, banks and the freaking post office, it seemed like many businesses skipped the holiday. My daughter, who attends the local Catholic school, had school.

So what happened? When did national holidays stop being holidays?

It used to be that Presidents Day was about he only thing to look forward to in the winter. You come back to work or school in the new year and you pretty much had it targeted -- that one, three-day weekend in February. A perfect chance to go skiiing, sneak away for a three-day weekend, or just kick back and enjoy it, but no more.

It's bad enough that most businesses fail to recognize Martin Luther King Jr.'s birthday as a holiday (well, except for banks and the freaking post office), but Presidents Day? The next "official" holiday (excluded unofficial holidays like St. Patrick's Day and Baseball's Opening Day, of course) isn't until Easter (and that's on a Sunday). To find a Monday holiday, we're going to go all the way till the end of May and Memorial Day! That's wayyyy too long.

Don't think that employees won't get "even" and call out on some Friday or Monday to get in a well-deserved three-day weekend (maybe Good Friday, or St. Patrick's Day or Opening Day? Hmmmmm...).

Enjoy the day off! You deserve it!