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Call off Work! Have Fun!
This is in no way an advocacy to neglect your duties at work…but sometimes work sucks, and you have nothing to do. Also, there are many legitimate reasons to take a day off. Mine was a bit more “Ferris Bhuler.”
Once upon a time, I skipped work. This happened so long ago that you cannot hold me accountable, and I will not end up fired, as it has been 30 years in the past. Being young is sometimes a license to be a little irresponsible.
I called in sick to work one morning, which, in essence, was true; I was feeling a little green. The illness, however, was of my own making, as sometimes happens. I had a ringing hangover, and typically, as this is of my own making, I would go to work and be generally unproductive.
I have no idea what inspired me to go on a road trip on a Tuesday evening after work with no particular destination in mind. I was living in Vancouver, British Columbia, at the time, and the US border was a short distance away, long before a passport was needed to cross…I wasn’t the driver this time, so technically, I was hostage to whatever was going to happen. I thought, “ Bellingham, WA, or perhaps Point Roberts, WA,” for a couple of beers and be home by midnight at the latest.
