when you have one thing you have to do all day
and it is called summer.
—
“re: times in my life when i had one thing to do all day, but i still couldn’t get to it.
“i gotta go to the post office, but i’d probably have to put on pants.
and they’re only open until five.
looks like i’m going to have to do that next week.”
-jim gaffigan
Not putting on pants = writer. (I used to say all my days are Saturdays, but now I think maybe they’re summer…)
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saturday-ish, let’s call it. in the ‘spirit of saturday’ )
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Yep … procrastination is it’s name .. no else to blame .. for missing the summer games
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right, right!
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HI Beth, this is very nice.
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thanks )
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Happy summer!!
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you too –
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I love the phrase, “in the spirit of Saturday”.
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Forget about breathing. Just enjoy summer.
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that’s right
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Enjoy your summer Beth.
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thanks!
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💝
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This is when I really admire and respect my friends who chose teaching as a profession, Beth. Just saying.
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What are pants?
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That is it! One thing: Summer!!! Great thought Beth!
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yes –
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It puts the “pro” in procrastination.
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That it does
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I have been in Jim Gaffigan’s (shorts? briefs?) a time or two…
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))))
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Perfect definition, Beth. Hugs on the wing.
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❤️
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That picture instantly conjured the sounds of laughing children and splashing, the smells of chlorine and coconut, the heat of the summer sun. The procrastination part became my lifestyle when I retired!
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That’s it exactly, and I look forward to it
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I suppose, somewhere in the world, there is a person who can’t relate to that.
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Mayyyyyybe…)
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Have had many days like that recently..😏
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I suspect them many of us have, myself included)
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I feel like that guy you quoted. It’s not like I’m procrastinating, it’s a different value system. If there are too many steps in the way? Nah. BUT today is cool and cloudy and I’m wearing long pants which means I’ll take the weed eater out back and deal with the determined Aspen tree suckers.
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I really can identify with it too. Jim gaffiigan is a comedian and father of 5 just trying to get through life )
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By God that reminds me of me… (LoL)
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I think summer is best enjoyed when you have nothing on the schedule. Just go where the “music” takes ya. I also know that feeling of talking myself out of a chore until another day…but then I’ll have one then too…so, pants on and out the door I go!
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Perfect response
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Hahaha. Yes, let’s do summer. Gaffigan is hilarious…
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He really is!
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Oh yes!
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Retirement feels like summer every day. I thought that feeling would eventually wear off, but it still hasn’t.
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I’m so glad to hear this and makes me even more excited for a couple of years from now
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Don’t get me wrong. I miss the kids and many of my colleagues, but I love this phase of life. Pretty sure you will too, Beth.
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I can feel it already)
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Procrastination has kept me calm throughout my life. 🙂
Best wishes, Pete.
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it’s certainly a calming method –
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That is me, right now!
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))!
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