Pro #9 – Work? Why Would I work in This Weather?
The sun blew upacross the sky today, a gloriously 80 degree day on the first Friday of April, which considering the Mariner game in Cleveland was snowed out means we Seattleites are lucky bastards. With record highs, a flaky red layer of dead skin on my nose and a wonderful walk around Seward Park and furtive glances to Mt Rainier and the coming months of rain before summer finally truly arrives.
This, my friends is the number 9 Pro of being unemployed. Not only did I wake up bright and early today at nine and find my way to the golf course for a round of beautiful summer weather and golfing (regardless of how horribly I played) but I was able to head south and enjoy an afternoon on the water afterwards. A walk outside today at nine o’clock to the store was still gloriously warm and comfortable and meant that I didn’t have to bundle up (ah, winter, how I’ll miss you). The key to all of it is that I was able to just wake up today, send a couple of quick emails saying I was going to send in projects a day late and then leave.
Two or three conversations started today with “what a beautiful day. ” “yeah, I’m stuck inside working. you’re off today?” “I took the day off.” And it’s that simple. I took the day off. I woke up, saw the weather and didn’t feel like working. Simple as that. Eventually I have to do something; bills are there to be paid at least. But, the ability to just decide that the weather is too nice to work and then go out is something that I only dreamed of a few months ago.
Now that the nice days are here (or at least the prelude to them), it’s a matter of having no job and spending my time chilling in the nice weather. If there’s no other pro going into the summer months, than I’d be happy just there. Next up: tennis and swimming.
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