Due to the library director's confusion, I was scheduled to work Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Saturday this week. But since we get paid for Friday (Good Friday being a paid holiday with the library closed), that would mean I got too many hours. So Tuesday she told me I did not have to work Saturday. Then today the schedule for next week came out and I discover I am off on Monday. So I have a four-day weekend!!!
But a little late to plan anything. Kris suggested I spin a bottle and then just drive for four hours in whatever direction the bottle pointed. I might end up in the Mississippi River or Lake Michigan or even Lake Superior, I suppose. So I probably won't do that.
I love this Ricky Martin song, and I used to know it almost by heart in Spanish. A totally inadequate English translation of the lyrics is below the video.
After you click on the arrow, the song may load in bits and pieces. If so, just let it go all the way to the end and then play it again. It should play straight through without interruptions. (Maybe?)
The title, Tal vez (Maybe), is particularly interesting today.
Maybe it's that this story already has an end. I don't know why today I feel you so far away from me. And even though I try again Maybe it will be too late, there's nothing more to do, And I can't believe that the time we both had Maybe has run out. Maybe, it was I who never gave you an entire night Maybe, I never gave you what you hoped for And I wasn't there when you needed me. Maybe I didn't listen to you, maybe I neglected you, Maybe I forgot that I love you Maybe........ ay,ay,ay,ay Maybe, now there's nothing more to talk about. Maybe, this time we need time to think. And I, for myself, propose trying again, thinking again. The more I think I can't think of one reason To go on without you. Maybe, it was I who never gave you an entire night. Maybe, I never gave you what you hoped for, And I wasn't there when you needed me. Maybe I didn't listen to you, maybe I neglected you, Maybe I forgot that I love you. Maybe life surprised me from behind, And tore and tore until the bond broke. Maybe I never understood what you were for me. Maybe I never knew who I loved... And I, for myself, propose trying again, thinking again. The more I think I can't think of one reason To go on without you. Maybe, it was I who never gave you an entire night. Maybe, I never gave you what you hoped for, And I wasn't there when you needed me. Maybe I didn't listen to you, maybe I neglected you, Maybe I forgot that I love you. Maybe...
Passover begins at sunset on Monday, March 29 and lasts a week. (For those who are not Jewish, you might want to know that the first two days of Passover are full-fledged, no-work-allowed holiday days. The subsequent four days are Chol Hamoed, when work is allowed, albeit with restrictions. Chol Hamoed is followed by another two full holiday days.) I hope everyone who celebrates has a happy (and kosher, if that is your way) Passover.
Although in English we say Happy Easter for the feast of the resurrection that many Christians will celebrate next Sunday, in many languages the greeting is closer to the Hebrew for Passover (pesach). [Spanish: Felices pascuas floridas; French: Joyeuses Pâques; Italian: Buona Pasqua.]
So if you celebrate Easter, this is an early wish for your happy day as well and for Holy Week for those who began with Palm Sunday yesterday.
Due to the library director's confusion, I was scheduled to work Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Saturday this week. But since we get paid for Friday (Good Friday being a paid holiday with the library closed), that would mean I got too many hours. So Tuesday she told me I did not have to work Saturday. Then today the schedule for next week came out and I discover I am off on Monday. So I have a four-day weekend!!!
