Classical music aficionado afflicted by wanderlust.

I’m continuing the unimaginative task of writing about my day. It is Veterans Day today and therefore had the day off becaue my main client is a public agency. I thought this was one of those holidays that was observed on either a Monday or a Friday, but I guess I am wrong and it is observed on whatever day it happens to fall on. All of this to say that I think it’s strange that we were given a Wednesday off. However, I ended up liking the fact that we were off on Wednesday because it broke up the week quite nicely.

I usually would use this day to catch up on a few administrative tasks, but instead, I spent the day doing a whole lot of nothing except for a few house chores. It felt quite nice and I won’t apologize one bit for enjoying my day off in such an unproductive manner.

I watched a fair amount of the Hallmark Channel today and enjoyed the romantic Christmas feel-good movies they played. The Hallmark Channel is often criticized for its conservative values and lack of diversity, but I honestly like the channel. I enjoy watching these idealized fantasies as an escape from so much that has gone on this year. It’s a great antidote to having observed too much of the news.

There is one thing that I did do today that wasn’t a waste of time. I spent some time this morning investing a little bit in the stock market. I’m curious to see how some of the hardest-hit companies will fare after this pandemic settles down. There are quite a few industries devastated, but I feel will eventually recover as people slowly return to their habits.