{"id":34131,"date":"2026-09-05T21:39:54","date_gmt":"2026-09-05T21:39:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vicsocotra.com\/wordpress\/?p=34131"},"modified":"2026-09-08T21:42:14","modified_gmt":"2026-09-08T21:42:14","slug":"pacing-ourselves-on-a-day-of-labors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vicsocotra.com\/wordpress\/pacing-ourselves-on-a-day-of-labors\/","title":{"rendered":"Pacing Ourselves on a Day of Labors!"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Working on the Holiday!
\nPacing Ourselves on a Day of Labors!Inline image
\nThis is a team effort to get the holiday weekend launched with a modicum of respect, an outburst of collective energy and a commitment to good humor and fun.<\/p>\n

How do we intend to do it? Easy peasy, Pals!<\/p>\n

We started yesterday when Miles rolled out some proposed chores to get us through Monday and the onset of the more solemn 9\/11 events next week.<\/p>\n

Deirdre has all the Galley stuff done and ready for roll-out. She did a neat take on one of her Dee\u2019s Cheats Menu items that mimics the Taco Bell roll-up treats before they added that mal lettuce thing. It costs a fraction of the price, can be done in the air fryer for breakfast, or tucked in a briefcase for a snack on the run.<\/p>\n

Which is what we are going to be doing with the monthly Civitan Flea Market through the luncheon hour. This is a special market in which people who spent their lives doing odd things in strange places clean out their closets. It is a unique place for the fleas of the world to be marketed!<\/p>\n

The Creative Section naturally has bundles of odd stuff they have dragged through careers and marriages and which periodically need curating. And augmentation, which is what occurs with the hundred-odd vendors who proudly man the tables in parking places at the monthly First Saturday Flea Market over at the Washington-Liberty High School parking lot.
\nSplash and Vic are already over there, since the meet kicks off at seven and goes to after lunch.<\/p>\n

We find the bargaining and recycling a useful calibration for the passing of the season, and with a couple tacos to get us through the first pangs of lunch, we will be ready for some patio time in the afternoon back at the Trillium.<\/p>\n

Then we prepare for the opener of the Michigan Wolverines football season against Western this evening, so there will be a leisurely discussion of whether to set up the Conference Room for the Peacock Network presentation right after dinner.<\/p>\n

The Spartans of MSU beat Toledo last night, so some of us are already relaxed.<\/p>\n

Oh, here is the taco thing if you need something for a traveling tide-me-over for an agenda of Cooking, Crises, Swap Meets, NCAA athletics (before they change them again), and a pleasant day of laboring for leisure!<\/p>\n

We may need another holiday tomorrow before the actually Labor Day Monday from all the exertion today!<\/p>\n

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\nCopyright 2026 Vic Socotra
\nwww.vicsocotra.com<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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