February 29th

Facebook really seems excited about today.  Among many other pages, I am a fan of iHeart Radio, Culver's, and Panera. They have all asked me what I am doing on my extra day, and I can only respond with a little sarcasm.  Don't get me wrong, I love extra time in my life, but what I need are more hours in a day, an extra day of the week, or maybe a freakish ability to only require 4 hours of sleep each night.  Thank you, Facebook, for asking what I will do with my extra day. I will do what I always do on Wednesdays--jump through the mundane hoops of Technical Communication and Shakespeare, both of which have busy work due tomorrow. I love my Wednesdays because I get the day off to get whatever I want done, yet I still lack the time to work out properly.  That's what I would like to do with my extra day, but really it's just another day in the week. The fact that the date is February 29th is just an ornament that decorates this month every four years.  What I'm getting at is that the question, to me, seems a little ridiculous. An extra day would be a Funday, right after Sunday, in which I could do whatever I want because all of my homework would be done, and I wouldn't have to work.  Alas, it is Wednesday in the 6th week (seriously, that's it?!) of Spring semester 2012. 


Question:
How are you spending your extra day?
Studying. Of course. In fact, duh.  This isn't an extra day in my week nor will it make a difference that there are 366 days this year. It's just an interesting quirk in our calendar. Nothing more.  Now I will return to my Shakespeare. 


Shameless plug for Moka: you can get a FREE extra shot of espresso or flavor on your extra day this year. I guess that's the best part--extra caffeine to keep me going on the normal track.