Apparently it's Memorial Day

[conuly]

I didn't realize until I bumped into some neighborhood kids during school hours. Still, it's better than the year nobody told us they were going to have an air show on Memorial Day pretty much right over our house and I ended up in the basement with the kids for a good ten minutes. The kids thought I was absolutely out of my mind, but the last time I'd heard military planes right over my head was 3rd period, 9/11, immediately after our teacher informed us that all they knew is that all the planes had been grounded nationwide, so.

Edit: It is not Memorial Day. To be honest, I don't really keep track of that sort of thing now that the kids aren't in school. They're in college, they can keep track of their own days off.

Comments

[silver_chipmunk]

Um, Memorial Day is a week from today.

[conuly]

Is it? Well, then, I have no idea why the kids were not in school where they belonged.

[frith]

They were Québecois for the day, celebrating La Journée des Patriotes. Or the Queen's Birthday, Your Mileage May Vary.

[redbird]

The "Canadian holidays" option on Google calendar tells me today is "Victoria Day [regional holiday]" and "Patriots' Day [Quebec]."

[jessie_c]

Because only in Canada do we celebrate the reigning Monarch's birthday by naming it after a mouldy 19th Century Queen.

[conuly]

She died quite a while ago. Surely she's no longer moldy?

[jessie_c]

Probably, but 'dusty' just doesn't have the same impact.

[conuly]

I guess....

[adafrog]

The only reason I know when it is is because I deal with children all day.

[the_siobhan]

It's Victoria Day here in Canada. Maybe they were Canucks?

[kareina]

The 1.5 years I was in Italy I found out about holidays by walking across the street to my office to discover the building was empty. But as that was where my computer and Internet were, I was there no matter if I was working or relaxing..

[conuly]

That's a nice commute!