National Ample Time Day

Take some ample time today to help me come up with something fun to celebrate!

Hiya, Big People!  You know, in my continuing efforts to find fun things for us to celebrate, I've been combing the World Wide Web for obscure and little-known holidays for us to raise awareness of.  What obscure gem of a holiday did I uncover today?

"National Ample Time Day."  This holiday is designed to "recognize the importance of time management, making Ample Time in one's life for priorities to make the most of each day and live a completely fulfilling life."

I'm not sure we're ready for such a wild time, Friends.  I'm not sure we can handle a celebration for National Ample Time Day.  Especially with such a rousing description, found on the National Ample Time Day's website. 

You know, I wish I were making these things up, Friends.  I wish I were just pulling these boring and crazy holidays out of my ears.  But I'm not.  It makes me wonder how things become a "National" whatever day.  Do the members of Congress sit around and vote on this stuff?  Do they debate the merits of a National Ample Time Day?  How much of their ample time does this sort of thing take up, Big People?  Do you know?  I won't get to take Problems of Democracy until my senior year of high school, but if our lawmakers are spending precious time on this sort of thing, I'd say that's a big Problem of Democracy!  Why aren't you Big People getting all up in arms over this?  There are actual issues that MATTER that the lawmakers are not taking care of, if they're spending time giving the go-ahead for calling things like National Ample Time Day a "National" thing.  That they're agreeing on things such as this when there are huge, IMPORTANT things that partisanship is preventing from having any progress made on is kind of like when you've got to move house, and you've got huge boxes and boxes that you need to pack up and get ready for the moving truck to come, but you're sitting in front of the television, catching up on your DVR'd Days of Our Lives episodes while you alphabetize your 50 States Quarter collection.  Does deleting those DoOL eps and alphabetizing those state quarters get a lick of the big picture's work done?  NO!  But does it make you feel like you were busy all day while you were running down the clock until moving?  Yes.  And that's exactly what I think Congress does when they pass laws to make things like National Ample Time Day.

Darn it, Friends!  Now I've gone and gotten all mad.  I'm gonna go.  I'm gonna go do some yoga with my Little Giraffe Friends.  I love ya, Big People.  Muah!