Sunday, March 27, 2005

I Hate Easter

Easter is the suckiest of all holidays.

The stores are closed, so it can be difficult to get things done. For instance, let's say you put in a new laundry basin in the basement and it started leaking when your wife did the wash on Easter morning. Thank Jeebus for the heathens at Home Depot being open today 9-7.

Another reason Easter sucks is that you don't get a day off of work. It always lands on a Sunday. And you can't do anything on that Sunday but go to grandma's house and eat ham. So, basically all Easter does is rob you of a prefectly good weekend day. One of only two days of sloth I am alotted per week. As the current World's Greatest husband and dad, I covet the tiny scraps of free time I can scavange.

Also, you don't GET anything on Easter. If you are a kid you get candy, but that's a hollow gift. It doesn't last long and leaves you with a tummy ache. It's nothing you can really use or really want.

So, there I am sitting with family today, annoyed, my wash basin leaking on the floor at home, piles of work waiting for me on my laptop, precious minutes ticking away from my weekend, and I all I can think about is all the work I could be doing and how much I hate Easter. I don't know what I would have done without the elite eight.

Shockingly, some people seem to love this holiday. Numerous people said "Happy Easter" or "have a good Easter" this week. What gives?

Out of all the holidays we have here in the US, Easter clearly sucks the most ass for all the reasons I mentioned above. Yet, some people seem to love it. I don't get it, but at least it is over and I can get back to the greasing the soul-crushing gears of software documentation.