UMWA gives its employees April 1st off as a holiday to celebrate the first 8-hour workday in the coal mines.
So, I had an unconventional day off, where doing errands or hanging out would be kinda neat – everyone else at work, lines would be short.
So what do I do? I sleep until 9-ish, and then crash on the couch by 2, and not wake up until 9. Damn, I needed to catch up on sleep.
And thus I missed my best chance to see the cherry blossom festival. Oh well.
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