But this weekend, your MatchGirl was able to really enjoy a three day weekend (because, even in previous employment, I always had such crazy schedules that they just weren't the same as my friends who worked in the 9 to 5 world). And enjoy it, I did.
While the whole weekend was mellow and lovely, it was really Sunday that epitomized the start of summer. The way I hope sets the tone for weekends for the rest of the summer.
Sunday started mellow, listening to NPR and puttering about the apartment. But in the afternoon, I met up with my friend T and went to a little BBQ on my friend Tony and Jackie's roof. There was a ton of meat, cold beer and interesting conversation on a Greenpoint rooftop. When T and I were leaving the rooftop, we ran into a couple of the guys from Cafe Royal, sitting outside and enjoying the weather, so we stopped for a chat - where the conversation ran from barbecue to the neighborhood to the intricacies of the Arabic language to the USS Iwo Jima. Then we touched base with a couple of friends who had a friend in town from Germany and, though we had just eaten delicious grilled meat for several hours, we somehow found ourselves at Fatty Cue eating even more.
It was one of those easy, sleepy, dreamy summer days with not a care in the world.
It was one of those kinds of days that is so easy to not appreciate when you're unemployed. But it was also one of those days that is so easy to overlook when you are used to the rhythm of the working world and those Bank holidays that happen from time to time.
I'm happy to be in the working world, and happy to be getting into the swing of things. And very happy that it's still new enough that I can truly appreciate things like a three day weekend.
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